We Believe In The Bible
We believe the Bible is inspired by God. 2 Timothy 3:14-17 & 2 Peter 1:20-21
We Believe In God
We believe the Godhead is eternally co-equal and co-existent in three persons, not three but one, not one person but three,
namely Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Genesis 1:26 • Mark 12:29 • Matthew 28:19
We Believe In Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Thus we uphold His absolute deity as well as His complete humanity; two natures but one undivided Person.
Luke 1:30-35• John 1:1 • Hebrews 2:9-16 • Hebrews 1:5-12 • Philippians 2:5-8
We Believe In The Resurrection
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, and that he ascended into heaven where He is now seated at the right of God, in the position of power and authority. We believe in the bodily resurrection of all the dead.
Daniel 12:2 • Romans 8:34 • Mark 12:36 • Mark 14:62 • 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, 20 • Philippians 2:8-11
• Acts 2:33 • Luke 22:69 • Revelations 20:11-15
We Believe In Lordship
We confess the Lord Jesus Christ and no other, as Head of the Church, and as our Lord.
Ephesians 1:22-23 • Ephesians 4:15-16 • Colossians 1:18-24
We Believe In The Second Advent of Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ will manifest Himself in glory, majesty, and power and in physical Presence. This is the second coming of Christ and the blessed hope of the Church.
Matthew 24:30 • Luke 21:27 • 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 • 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 • Revelations 22:7
• Revelations 1:7 • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
We Believe In The Fall
Every individual has sinned and is guilty before God. Man by nature is incapable of saving his own soul.
Romans 3:10, 23 • Ephesians 2:8-10
We Believe In Redemption
The Lord Jesus Christ, by his death, resurrection, and ascension, has made available to all mankind the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. These blessings are made personally real to the individual, not by works, or by any personal merit in themselves, but by faith alone, which is accompanied by repentance.
John 3:16 • Romans 8:8-16 • 2 Timothy 1:9 • Titus 3:4-7 • Titus 2:11
We Believe In The New Birth
We believe in the necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit in the New Birth, which makes a repentant sinner a child of God being baptized by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ.
John 1:11-13 • 2 Corinthians 5:17 • John 3:3-8 • 1 Peter 1:22-25 • 1 Corinthians 12:13
We Believe In The Church
We believe that the true Church consists of the community of true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, who by faith have had their sins forgiven and have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit. We believe in the fellowship of all true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, recognizing that the true Church is not confined to any one denomination.
Hebrews 12:23-24 • 1 John 1:7 • Ephesians 3:3-10 • 1 Corinthians 1:9 • Ephesians 4:3-6 • 1 Corinthians 10:32
We Believe In Water Baptism
We believe in baptism by immersion, of believers only.
Matthew 28:19 • Matthew 3:13-17 • Acts 10:47 • Hebrews 10:22• Acts 8:36-39 • 1 Peter 3:21
We Believe In The Lord’s Supper (Communion or Breaking of Bread)
We believe in the breaking of Bread as commanded by our Lord Jesus Christ and as practiced by the Early Church.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17 • 1 Corinthians 11:23-32
We Believe In Sanctification
The scriptures teach of a life of holiness, and we are to obey the command “You must be holy because I am holy.” Believers are sanctified (i.e. set apart) for God’s purpose at conversion. Continuation in sanctification is the will of God for all believers and should be earnestly pursued by walking in obedience to God’s Word and through faith and submission to the Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 12:14 • Matthew 5:48 • 1 Peter 1:16 • Hebrews 6:1 • Philippians 3:11-14 • 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
We Believe In Babtism In The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Baptiser in the Holy Spirit and that this baptism, as a distinct experience from the New Birth, is promised to every believer.
Matthew 3:11 • Acts 10:44-46 • Acts 1:4-8 • Acts 8:14-17 • Acts 11:14-16 • Acts 2:32-33