Statement Of Faith
The Bible
We believe that the Bible (66 Books) is the only inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. The New Testament is the ultimate and final authority for believers and the Church in all matters of faith and practice.
Sin
We believe that as a result of the fall of man into sin, people remain spiritually dead, morally depraved, separated from God and unable to attain right standing with God apart from Jesus Christ. Everyone has sinned and stands guilty before God.
The Church
We believe in one true universal Church consisting of all genuine believers and in the visible expression of that Church in local congregations. Local churches are commissioned to propagate the gospel, teach God's Word, administer the sacraments (baptism and communion), exercise spiritual authority.
God
We believe in one eternal God who has revealed Himself in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; distinguishable yet indivisible and of one substance.
Salvation
We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. Salvation is wholly dependent upon the work of God's free grace and is manifested through repentance from sin and faith in Christ and His finished work on the cross. Through His work, not our own, we obtain the forgiveness of sins and are adopted into the family of God. A Person has to repent and confess Christ in the waters of Baptism to be saved.
Christ's Second Coming
We believe in the second coming of Christ - physical and visible - to judge the living and the dead, receive his Church, and to consummate human history in the plan of God.
Jesus Christ
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
Holy Spirit
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling every Christian is enabled to live a godly life and the gifts are distributed according to the needs of each congregation by the Spirit to be effective witnesses of His truth and salvation. However we do not hold that speaking in tongues as the only manifestation of Holy Spirit.
The Resurrection
We believe in the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost: the saved unto the resurrection of life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation.