The Word Of God
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, fully inspired and without error in the original manuscripts, written by men under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and that it has supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.

Verses: 2 Peter 1:21; John 17:17; Romans 15:4; 1 Timothy 3:16-17

The Trinity
We believe that there is one living and true God, eternally existing in three Divine Persons – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit – equal in attributes, power and glory, yet having distinct offices, functions and personalities.

Verses: 1 John 1:1-4; Matthew 28:19; Deuteronomy 6:4; Acts 5:3-4; 30-32 Corinthians 13:14; 1 John 5:20

God the Father
We believe in God the Father, an infinite, personal Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power, and love. We believe that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men and that He hears and answers prayer, that He saves from sin and spiritual death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ.

Verses: Jeremiah 10:10; Genesis 17:1; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 145; John 3:16-17, 4:24; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Acts 5:30-31

Jesus Christ
We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s One and Only Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles and teachings. We believe in His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven. We believe that Jesus Christ is the believer’s direct access to God and that He makes perpetual intercession for His people. We believe in Jesus Christ’s personal, visible, bodily return to earth.

Verses: Matthew 1:18; John 1:18; Acts 1:11; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Philippians 2:5-11; 1 Timothy 3:16; John 1:14

The Holy Spirit
We believe the Holy Spirit – the third Divine Person of the Trinity – to be equal with the Father and the Son and of the same essence and nature. We believe that He 1 lives to convince the world of its sin and of God’s righteousness and judgment, that He 2 bears witness to the truth, that He 3 indwells all believers from the moment of their salvation, and that He is 4 the source of power for Christian living and ministry.

Verses: John 14:16, 17, 26; 16:6-14; 3:5; Acts 5:3-4; Romans 8:9; 1Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 John 2:27; Matthew 28:19

Sin
We believe the human race became subject to God’s wrath when Adam and Eve chose to disobey the revealed will of God. Therefore, all are sinners by nature, deed and by divine pronouncement. Sin effects are transmitted to all people of all ages, Jesus Christ excepted. All are hopelessly lost apart from the salvation which is in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Verses: Genesis 2:16-17; 3:1-19; 1 Timothy 2:13-14; John 1:8; 3:36; Romans 3:23; 5:12-19; 6:23; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Ephesians 2:1-3; Psalm 14:1-3; Jeremiah 17:9; James 2:10

Salvation
We believe that salvation is a free gift of God’s grace. It cannot be gained by meritorious works, but is freely bestowed upon all who put their faith in Christ Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. Whosoever will trust the Savior are forgiven of their sins and born into the family of God by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit, and once saved are kept by God’s power and are secure in Christ forever.

Verses: Ephesians 2:8-9; John 1:12-13; 3:3-6; 6:37; Romans 6:2; 8:14-17; Galatians 3:26; Colossians 2:13

The Church
We believe the universal church to be a fellowship of all believers, the living, spiritual Body of which Christ is the Head and all persons are members. We believe in the local church, consisting of believers in Jesus Christ, baptized on a sincere profession of faith and associated for worship, work, and fellowship. We believe that God has laid upon the members of the local church the primary task of giving the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a lost world.

Verses: Matthew 16:16-18; 28:19-20; Acts 2:28-41; Ephesians 2:19-22; Hebrews 10:24-25

Christian Conduct
We believe that a Christian should live for the glory of God and the well being of his fellowmen; that in his conduct he should strive to be blameless before the world, that he should be a faithful steward of his possessions, and that he should continually seek, for himself and others, a closer, mature relationship with Jesus Christ.

Verses: 1 John 2:6; 2 Corinthians 9:6-8; Philippians 2:14-16; Hebrews 12:1-2; 2Peter 3:18; 1John 1:7

The Ordinances
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has committed two ordinances to the local Church: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. We believe that these ordinances are not a means of salvation, but that they should be observed and administered until the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We believe Christian Baptism is the immersion of a believer in water into the Name of the Triune God as a step of obedience to the commandment of the Lord Jesus Christ. This follows a confession of faith and precedes membership in the local assembly.

We believe the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper was instituted by Christ as a perpetual remembrance of His sacrificial death and is to be observed by His people in a worthy manner until He returns. The elements of the bread and the cup are visible symbols of the Lord’s body and the blood given and poured out for the sins of the world.

Verses: Matthew 28:18-20; 1 Corinthians 11:26; Acts 2:41-42; Romans 6:3-5; 1 Corinthians 11:23-24

Christian Liberty
We believe that every human being can have direct access to God and is responsible to God alone in all matters of faith.

We believe that Christ has purchased for all believers a liberty which includes freedom from the wrath of God, deliverance from the present evil world, and victory over death. Only those in Christ are truly free!

We believe this liberty also includes freedom from the obligation to obey any doctrines, traditions, or demands which are opposed to the Word of God or are not contained in it. God alone is to be Lord of the conscience.

We believe that each church is independent and must be free from interference by any ecclesiastical or political authority; that, therefore, Church and State must be kept separate as having different functions, each fulfilling its duties free from direction or patronage of the other.

Verses: Matthew 15:9; 22:21; John 3:36; 8:36; Romans 13:1-7; 14:4; Acts 5:29; 1Corinthians 7:23; 15:54-5; Galatians 1:3-5, 10; Ephesians 2:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 1:9b-10; 1Timothy 2:1-3; Hebrews 2:14-15; Hebrews 4:14-16: 1Peter 2:13-18; James 4:12

Civil Government
We believe God as the Supreme Authority has instituted civil government and has set up civil authorities to rule over communities for the public good and for His glory. God has given to civil government the power to punish evil and encourage good behavior.

We believe Christians are to submit to civil government. Obedience to the laws of the land, payment of taxes, and prayer for those in authority are required. Only when civil government commands what is forbidden in the Scriptures must Christians disobey in favor of obeying God.

Verses: Genesis 9:5-6; Proverbs 21:15; Daniel 4:17; Matthew 22:15-21; Romans 13:1-7; Acts 5:29; 1Timothy 2:1-2; Titus 3:1-2; 1Peter 2:13-14

The Last Things
We believe in the pre-millennial rapture of the Church, the personal, visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth, and the establishment of His Kingdom. We believe that the souls of those who have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation do, at death, immediately pass into His Presence and there remain in conscious bliss until the resurrection of the body at His coming.

We believe in the resurrection of the body, the final judgment, the eternal peace of the righteous, and the endless suffering of the wicked.

Verses: Acts 1:11; Matthew 25:31-46; Luke 16:19-31; John 5:28-29; Acts 15:14-17; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 1Thessalonians 4:13-18; Philippians 1:21-23; 1John 5:11-13; Revelation 20:1-15