Our Beliefs

1. We believe in the complete, divinely-inspired, infallible, and inerrant Word of God, the authority we rely on in matters of faith and conduct.
   (Jn. 17:17; Ps. 119:160; 2 Tim. 3:16; Pr. 30:5)
2. We believe in the One True God expressed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; eternally existent, three in one.
   (Mt. 3:16–17)
3. We believe in God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth, Sovereign over all.
   (Gen. 1:1–31; Gen. 2:1–23)
4. We believe in God the Son—God manifest in flesh—the Lord Jesus Christ, the world’s only Savior. We believe in His pre-incarnate existence, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His vicarious death, burial, and bodily resurrection, His ascension into heaven, His present mediatorial ministry, and His imminent personal return in power and glory.
   (Jn. 3:16; Jn. 1:1)
5. We believe in God the Holy Spirit, who convicts the world of sin, regenerates all believers, indwells them, and enables us to live holy lives of witness for our Lord Jesus Christ.
   (Jn. 16:7–13; Rom. 8:14–17; Rom. 8:26)
6. We believe in the sinfulness of mankind. We believe that mankind is born separated from God and is subject to His eternal wrath and condemnation because of sin.
   (Gen. 2:16–17)
7. We believe that baptism is an ordinance instituted by Jesus Christ and commanded in the Holy Scriptures.
   (Mt. 28:19; Rom. 6:4; Mk. 16:16; Jn. 3:5; Acts 16:31–34)
8. We believe that salvation is a gift from God, made possible through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. By God’s grace, all who repent of their sins, seek God’s forgiveness, and place their faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior are welcomed into God’s family. The evidence of this salvation is seen in the transformation of character and conduct, as demonstrated by the fruit of the Spirit in the believer’s life.
   (Gal. 5:22–23; Eph. 2:8–9; Rom. 10:9–10; Jn. 3:16)
9. We believe in the bodily resurrection: believers to the full enjoyment of eternal life in heaven; unbelievers to the full condemnation of eternal death in hell.
   (Rom. 8:11; Mt. 25:46)
10. We believe in the church and the importance of it in edifying and equipping the believer for the work of the ministry. Every believer should be an active participant in a church community, serve in the church, and be accountable to the church. “Do not forsake the gathering of yourselves together.”
    (Heb. 10:25; Eph. 4:1–16)
11. We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary sexes together reflect the image and nature of God. Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person.
    (Gen. 1:26–27)
12. We believe the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture. (Gen. 2:18–25)
    We believe that marriage between one man and one woman, for life, uniquely reflects Christ’s relationship with His Church. (Eph. 5:21–33)
    We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other.
    We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman.
    (1 Cor. 6:18; 7:2–5; Heb. 13:4)
13. We believe that any form of sexual immorality, including adultery, fornication, cohabitation, homosexual behavior, rejection of one’s biological sex, or use of pornography, is sinful and offensive to God.
    (Mt. 15:18–20; 1 Cor. 6:9–10)
14. We believe that God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ.
    (Acts 3:19–21; Rom. 10:9–10; 1 Cor. 6:9–11)
15. We believe that every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect, and dignity. Hateful and harassing behavior or attitudes directed toward any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with Scripture nor the tenets of the ministry.
    (Mk. 12:28–31; Lk. 6:31)
16. We believe that all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all human life.
    (Ps. 139)