What We Believe About God

The Bible is the Word of God.
There is one true God who exists in 3 Persons: God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
God created all things for His glory.
Men and women were originally created in the image of God.
Man rebelled against God, causing sin and death to enter the world.
All humans are born completely sinful.
Jesus Christ came to earth to reveal God and redeem sinful man.
Salvation is from God’s grace alone, through Christ’s blood alone, by the Holy Spirit’s work alone.
At conversion, the Holy Spirit indwells believers and gives spiritual gifts to them for the glory of God.
The Church is the community of Christians for all time who have been loved and saved by Jesus to serve Him by making disciples of all nations.
Jesus is returning soon to establish His Kingdom on earth.
Heaven is the eternal reality for those who surrender to Christ; Hell is the eternal reality for those who reject Christ.

THE SCRIPTURES

We believe the Bible to be the inspired and infallible Word of God. The 39 books of the Old Testament and 27 books of the New Testament are the final authority for all Christian living, doctrine, preaching, and teaching. The Bible is God’s revelation about Himself, the sinfulness of man, and salvation through Jesus Christ. Being given by God, the Bible is both fully and verbally inspired by Him and inerrant in the original writings. The Scriptures should be read and studied by believers, both privately and corporately, in order to fully mature in the grace and knowledge of God.

(II Timothy 3:14-16; I Peter 1:20-21)

THE GODHEAD

There is one true and living God; He is infinite, eternal, almighty and perfect in holiness, truth, and love. In the unity of the Godhead, there are three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, co-existent, co-equal and co-eternal. One Triune God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – is the foundation of Christian faith, doctrine, and life.

(Deuteronomy 6:4; Ephesians 4:4-6; II Corinthians 13:14)

THE PERSON AND WORK OF JESUS CHRIST

Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, is the eternal Word made flesh, supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He is perfect in nature, teaching and obedience. He is fully God and fully man. He is the only Savior for the sins of the world, having shed His blood in a vicarious death on Calvary’s cross. On the cross He displayed the love of God and satisfied the wrath of God. Having provided atonement for sinners, He rose bodily from the grave on the third day and ascended into Heaven to the right hand of God the Father 40 days later, where He now intercedes for His people and rules as Lord over all. He is the Head of His body, the church, and should be adored, loved, served and obeyed by all.

(John 1:1-2; Colossians 1:15-20; Isaiah 53:1-12; I John 2:2; Romans 5:6-11)

THE PERSON AND WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life, convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment. Through the proclamation of the gospel, He convicts and calls men to repent of their sins, believe the Gospel, and confess Jesus Christ as Lord. He regenerates the human heart and indwells every believer, guiding them in all truth. He leads the Church into a right understanding and rich application of the truth of God’s Word. His ultimate work is to glorify Jesus Christ. He is to be respected, honored and worshiped as God, the Third Person of the Trinity.

(John 14:16-17, 16:7-11; Ephesians 1:13-14; Ezekiel 36:25-27; I Corinthians 12:7-11)

THE GOSPEL

Jesus Christ is the Gospel. The good news is revealed in Christ’s birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension. Christ’s death is the heart of the Gospel, His resurrection the power of the gospel, and His ascension the glory of the gospel. Christ went to the cross in the place of the sinful believer and died in our place for our sin. Christ’s death satisfies the demands of God’s holy justice, appeases His holy wrath, demonstrates His mysterious love, and reveals His amazing grace. Salvation is found for sinful humanity in no one else but Jesus Christ. The Church’s responsibility is to sincerely preach this Gospel to all men in all nations in the power of the Holy Spirit for the glory of God.

(I Corinthians 15:1-6; John 3:14-17; Romans 3:21-26)