We believe in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and holy, eternally existing in three equal yet distinct Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-18; Matthew 28:19
We believe that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man in one person and that he eternally exists with the Father. He came to earth having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He led a sinless life and died on the cross as a sacrifice for the sins of all humanity. He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God, where he is our Prophet, Priest, and King. John 1:1-14; Matthew 1:18-25; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 1 John 2:1-2
We believe the Holy Spirit is fully God. The work of the Holy Spirit is to make evident the active and personal presence of God in the world and especially in the Church. The Holy Spirit glorifies God, convicts individuals of sin, cleanses believers from sin, seals, indwells, guides, comforts, instructs, unifies, and empowers believers for godly living and service. Matthew 28:19; John 15:26; John 16:7-15; Romans 15:19; Ephesians 1:13
We believe that all humanity, as descendants of Adam and Eve, are created in the image of God. Adam and Eve willfully and voluntarily chose to sin by disobeying God. As a result of their disobedience, as well as our own, all humanity is now inherently sinful, lost, and completely separated from God. It is only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit and faith in the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ that salvation and spiritual life can be obtained. Genesis 1:27; Genesis 3; John 3:3; Romans 5:12; Romans 10:9-13; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 2:1-7
We believe that the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only grounds for justification and salvation for all who believe. All who confess Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior are justified solely by his work on the cross and are saved only by grace through faith in him, not by any human merit or works. John 3:16; Romans 5:1,8-9; Ephesians 2:8-9
We believe that the Church, of which Christ is the Head, is composed of all persons who have been justified by God’s grace through saving faith in Jesus Christ alone.1 Corinthians 12:12-31; Ephesians 4:1-6; Romans 12:4-8
We believe Christ will personally return to the earth in bodily and visible form and that his imminent return will be sudden. Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; 2 Peter 3:10
We believe that all authority in heaven and earth has been given to Jesus Christ and that he has commanded us to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey all He commanded us And surely he will be with us always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28: 16-20