Articles of Faith These things we believe

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, inerrant Word of God from which we learn and believe that there is One God, eternally existing in three Persons (Father, Son and Holy Spirit).  We believe that God created man in His own image, but that man chose to disobey, causing a separation between God and man due to sin.  We believe that God loved and cared for mankind, even though fallen and rebellious.  In order to save, we believe that the eternal Son of God became Son of Man through the virgin birth and was tempted in all points as we are yet without sin.  We believe that He offered Himself on the cross paying for our debt and rose again.  We believe that a person can be saved by faith, trusting that Christ died for our sins and rose again from the dead.   We believe Jesus is preparing a place for all who trust in Him and that He is in the process of preparing us for that place with Him.  We look forward to Him coming to take us home.

Because we believe these things we are called

We are called to build relationships with those around us, demonstrating the difference that Jesus makes in our lives and inviting them to consider the claims of Christ on their lives.  We understand that it is both a privilege and a responsibility to represent Jesus Christ to our friends, neighbors and relatives. 

More fully

We believe the Bible is our one and only source for authoritative doctrine from God. Therefore, we heartily affirm the following Articles of Faith

►We believe that all Scripture (both the Old and New Testament) is inspired in all its parts and without error in the original manuscripts (2 Timothy 3: 16)

►We believe that the Bible should be interpreted literally, grammatically, contextually and historically

►We believe that the Godhead eternally exists in three Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3:13-17, 28: 19)

►We believe that our salvation from sin has been purchased for us by the shed blood and substitutionary death of our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:21, Romans 5:6-9)

►We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ was conceived in the flesh by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and is both true God and true man (Matthew 1: 18-23)

►We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ was resurrected in bodily form according to the Scriptures, and that His resurrection guarantees the resurrection of all who are united to Him by faith (1 Corinthians 15)

►We believe that all have sinned and are unable to fulfill God's standard of perfection to earn salvation (Romans 3:23)

►We believe that salvation is the gift of God by grace through faith in Christ Jesus alone (Ephesians 2:8-9)

►We believe that salvation is the believer's present permanent possession, while future rewards are earned by present faithful works (John 10:27-30,2 Cor. 5:10)

►We believe that all who have received Jesus Christ as Savior are called to a life of obedience to the Lord which demonstrates that serving God is both reasonable and joyous (Romans 12:1-2)

►We believe that the church is composed of all believers, who are responsible to guard the spirit of unity within the Body of Christ (the church) (1 Cor. 12:12-27)

►We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit includes the convincing of the world of sin, righteousness and judgment, guiding the believer into truth, interceding in prayer, comforting in need, equipping for service (John 14:16-26, 16:7-15, Romans 8:26,27; 1 Corinthians 2:10-13)

►We believe that all who trust in the Lord Jesus for salvation are 'baptized' into (placed into) the Body of Christ by the Holy Spirit who also gives enabling gifts and power according to the will of God (1 Corinthians 12:11-13, Acts 1:8)

►We believe that God in Christ provides victory over sin and Satan, as we in prayerful, watchful humility yield ourselves to Jesus on a moment by moment basis (Ephesians 6: 1 0-20)

►We believe that believers at death enter eternal bliss and that unbelievers at death enter eternal misery (Luke 16: 19-21)

►We believe that the world is fast ripening for the tribulation judgments which all believers will escape by the rapture of the church prior to the tribulation (1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18)

►We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ shall be the judge of all people (Revelation 20:11-15)

►We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ will come in power, majesty and glory to close the tribulation period and establish His millennial reign (Revelation 19:11-16)

►We believe that our Lord shall literally and personally reign as King with His resurrected saints of all ages in the time known as the Millennium (Revelation 20:4÷10)

►We believe that the person Satan is the father of lies, a murderer and the great deceiver who will ultimately suffer eternal punishment in the lake of fire (John 8:44, Revelation 20:7-10)

►We believe that the Lord left two ordinances for the Church:

1. Baptism by immersion in water after salvation (Acts 8:26-38)

2. The Lord's Supper for all believers present in fellowship (1 Corinthians 11 :20-34)

►We believe that God calls every Christian to the grace of giving primarily to the local church as generous, systematic stewards of God's things (2 Corinthians 8, 9)

►We believe that all believers should be devoted to the Lord in Bible study, prayer, church fellowship, witness and missions' (Philippians 4:15-16, Acts 2:42)

►We believe that every believer is called to use his/her gifts, talents and abilities for the glory of God (Colossians 3)