CONCERNING THE SCRIPTURES
We believe the Scriptures are the very Word of God, inerrant and infallible. They are the absolute and final authority for Christians in all matters of life, faith, and practice. (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21).
CONCERNING GOD
We believe there is one God eternally existent in Three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 28:19; 1 John 5:7).
CONCERNING JESUS CHRIST
We believe that Jesus Christ is truly God, existing in eternity past, and became truly man. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the virgin Mary. Because of his love for sinful man, He became man without ceasing to be God, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men (Isaiah 7:14, 9:6; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-3, 14; Galatians 4:4-5; 1 Timothy 3:16).
We believe that because Jesus Christ is truly God, He was unable to sin, and lived a life completely satisfying our need for perfect righteousness; that He died as a substitute for sinners to satisfy the wrath of God against us; and that He resurrected physically from the tomb to secure our justification before God (Acts 2:18-36; Romans 3:24-25; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 1 Peter 1:3-5; 2:24; Ephesians 1:7).
We believe that Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, and is now at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He ministers as Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate (Acts 1:9-10; Hebrews 9:24; 7:25; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1-2).
CONCERNING THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine Person Who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and that He supernaturally regenerates, indwells, and seals all believers unto the day of redemption (John 16:8-11; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Ephesians 1:13-14).
CONCERNING THE CREATION AND FALL OF MAN
We believe that man was created by God through a special act of creation (Genesis 1:26-27), not through evolution from other creatures; that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam’s sin the human race fell (Romans 3:10, 23), inherited a sinful nature (Romans 5:12), became alienated from God, and became subject to physical death (Romans 6:23); and, that man is entirely corrupted, and, of himself, unable to remedy his lost condition (Ephesians 2:1-3).
CONCERNING SALVATION
We believe all people may be saved from the wrath of God (John 3:16; 2 Peter 3:9), be forgiven of sin (Romans 8:1a), be justified by the righteousness of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 7:25), be reconciled to God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and be eternally secure in Him (John 10:28-29). This salvation is received as a free gift of God’s grace to all who believe (Ephesians 2:8-10) and call on the name of the Lord (Romans 10:13, John 1:12).
We believe that every person is responsible in either the proclamation of, or the reception of, the gospel. We reject the teaching that man can lose his salvation or the suggestion that “believing” is a merit of salvation. We claim neither the title of Calvinist nor Arminian.
CONCERNING HEAVEN AND HELL
We believe in the everlasting conscious punishment of the wicked in Hell and the everlasting conscious blessedness of the saints in Heaven (Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:11-15).
CONCERNING THE LOCAL CHURCH
We believe that the local church is a group of born-again, baptized believers joined together for the purpose of carrying out the great commission (Matthew 28:19-20).
CONCERNING THE ORDINANCES
We believe that there are two Christian ordinances and that neither of these ordinances contributes to salvation.
Our conviction is that after one is saved, baptism by immersion is the next step of public identification of the believer’s union with Christ.
We believe that Jesus Christ instituted the Lord’s Supper to commemorate His death until He comes (Luke 22:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26) and that the elements (bread and the fruit of the vine) symbolically picture the body and blood of Christ for the purpose of remembrance, personal examination, corporate reconciliation, and consideration of our future hope in Christ. We reject the doctrines of transubstantiation and consubstantiation.