What We Believe
There is one God, three persons, eternally existent: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The 66 books of the Bible are divinely inspired and contain no errors (2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:20-21, John 17:8, Matthew 24:35, Psalm 119:89). The Bible is the ultimate authority on everything it teaches (John 17:17, Hebrews 4:12). The final guide to the interpretation of Scripture is Scripture itself.
The Triune God created all things, visible and invisible, in perfection, through his spoken word in six, 24-hour days (Genesis 1:1-31). He created mankind, male and female (two distinct, complementary genders), in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27, Matthew 19:4-6, James 3:9-10).
Marriage between one genetic male and one genetic female is God’s design and institution, and is the foundation of the family (Mark 10:6-9). This God ordained institution cannot be changed by man because it displays the relationship between Christ and his Church (Ephesians 5:31-32).
All people are sinners, inherently from Adam after the fall into sin (Genesis 3:1-24), and stand guilty before God who is perfect, holy, and just. Our sin separates us from God and brings death (Romans 3:23, Romans 5:12, 1 Corinthians 15:21-22, Romans 6:23).
God, in his unfathomable love, sent His only son, Jesus, to live the perfect life we cannot live, and to suffer and die for all our sins as an atoning sacrifice (John 3:16, 1 John 4:10, Romans 5:8, 1 John 2:2). Jesus rose bodily from the dead, ascended to heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father (Colossians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8).
Salvation is a gift received by faith alone in Jesus alone. No amount of good works can earn our salvation (Romans 6:23, Colossians 2:13-14, Ephesians 2:8-9).
The Bible says repent and believe in Jesus and our sins will be forgiven (1 John 1:9, Acts 4:12). Faith in Jesus as our Savior removes our separation from God, which sin brought, and grants us eternal life with Him in heaven (John 3:16, John 11:25-26).
It is only through the Holy Spirit that anyone can come to know Christ and understand God’s Word (Matthew 16:17, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16).
Believers have been commanded by Jesus to preach the good news of salvation to all the earth and make disciples of every nation (Matthew 28:19, 1 Corinthians 9:16, Acts 1:8).
The Holy Spirit lives and works in each believer, transforming and equipping them to produce fruits of faith (Galatians 5:13-26, Romans 8:1-17). Together all believers are members of His body, the Church, where Jesus is the head (Colossians 1:18).
On Judgment Day, Jesus will return in person to this earth as judge of the living and the dead (Acts 10:42, 2 Timothy 4:1-2, 1 Peter 4:1-5). Those judged righteous will inherit eternal life in heaven and the unrighteous eternal punishment in hell (Matthew 25-31-46).