Statement of Faith
- God
We believe that God is the creator of heaven and the earth and everything visible and invisible in it. He is infinitely perfect, immutable, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, and divine. Gen.1:1-28; 11:7; Deut.6: 4-5; Ps.139:7-12; Is.40:28; Mt.28:19-20; Lk.3: 21-22; Jn.14:16, 17:11; Acts 14:15; 17:24-29; Col.1:15-17.
- Trinity
We believe that God is three in personality (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) one in Godhead. Deut.6:4-5; Is.44:6-8; 45:5; Mt.3:16-17; 28:19-20; Jn.14:16; 2 Cor.13:14, Eph.4:6.
- Bible
We believe that the Bible is God’s inspired Word, written by the guidance of the Holy Spirit through men, without error in every way. In the Bible, God has revealed everything necessary for salvation, godliness, and service. We believe that the Bible has 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament, 66 books in all. Ex.20:1; 34:1, 15-17,27; 31:18; 2 Sam.23:2; 1 Chron.28:19; Jer.36:1-4; Lk.9:35; Jn.17:8; 2 Tim.3:16-17; Heb.1:1-4; 1 Pet.1:28; 2 Pet.1:3,21; Rev.1:17-19.
- The Creation and Fall of Man
We believe that man was created, male and female, in the image and likeness of God, eternal, holy, righteous, and the ruler of creation. We believe that man broke the command of God. Because of his sin man fell into bodily death, is dead in his spiritual life and a sinner. Because of man’s fall the creation of the whole earth is under the curse of God. We believe that man cannot save himself from this fall. Gen.1:26-28; 2:16-17: 3:1-7, 16-19; Acts 4:12; Rom.3:25; 5:12,19; 6:23; Eph.2:1-9.
- Salvation
We believe that man cannot be saved by his merits, but that when he repents and trusts in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is the Son of God the Father, the Creator of the world, perfect God and perfect man with the two natures united in one person when he was born of the Virgin Mary. He lived a sinless human life, performed divine miracles, and died an atoning, redeeming death. He was raised from the dead in power and glory, ascended, and is seated at the right hand of the Father in glory. He presently is interceding for the saints and will come in glory and power to judge the living and the dead.
We believe that when man believes in Jesus Christ and repents, he will be born again, will become a child of God, will be declared righteous through the grace of God, will be able to live a holy life through the power of the Holy Spirit, will not perish, but will live eternally. Mt.1:20-25; Lk.2:4-7; John.1:1-4, 14-18; Col.3:1; 1 John.2:1; 1 Tim.2:5, 3:16. Luk.13:3, 5; John.1:12; 3:3-5; 10:27-28; Acts 3:19-20; 13:38-39; 20:21; Rom.3:24; 5:1; Eph.2:8-9; Titus 3:4-5; 1 Pet.1:15- 16; 1 John.5:13.
- The Church
We believe that the Church of Christ is His body, holy, universal, and of which all true believers are members. In its earthly and local expression it is a congregation of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ who associate together by covenant and fellowship of the gospel, who observe the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, who exercise the gifts and privileges of His Word for mutual edification and the proclamation of the gospel throughout the world. It is the privilege and responsibility of every believer to join and actively participate in the life of a local church. Mt.28:20; Acts 2:41, 47; 6:1-7; 11:21-23; 1Cor.1:1-13; 4:17; 14:23; 2Cor.8:1-5; Gal.6:2; 1Tim.3: Titus 1:6-9; 3 Jn.9.
Receive Jesus as your savior
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
- The Second Coming of Christ
We believe that as Christ was seen ascending into heaven, he will return bodily and visibly to the earth in great glory and splendor with his angels to take believers and reward them and to give unbelievers the wages of sin, the judgment of death. Mt.25:46; 16:27; Jn.14:2-3; Acts 1:11; 1 Thess.4:16.
- The Resurrection of the Dead
We believe that as Jesus Christ rose from the dead bodily, the righteous and sinners will be raised from the dead in a resurrected body, the righteous to eternal joy and sinners to eternal torment and death. 1 Cor.15:12-58; Rev.20:12.