Our Belief

We believe in the absolute deity of our Lord Jesus Christ and the absolute humanity of our Lord through His virgin birth. We believe in the perfectly sinless life of our Lord, though tempted at all points in His humanity. We believe in His vicarious sufferings and atoning death through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the Father's right hand, and His return in glory and power. (John 1:11; Acts 2:22; John 1:14; Matt. 1:18-25; Heb. 4:15; Isa. 53:4-6; I Cor. 15:3-5; Acts 2:22-23; Eph. 1:20-22; Acts 1:9-11; I Thess. 4:16)

We believe the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, who convicts the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment. He is the agent of God in the regeneration of the lost. He is the gift of Christ to the church, indwelling all believers, sealing them in the body of Christ unto the day of redemption. He is the divine teacher who guides believers into all truth. He imparts the gifts of the Spirit as found in Scripture.(John 16:6-15; Titus 3:5-7; John 14:17; John 15:26; Rom. 8:11; Eph. 1:13; I Cor. 12:4-11)

We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be verbally inspired by God and are the revelation of God to man, inerrant and infallible in their original writing. They are the supreme and final authority for faith and practice. (II Tim. 3:16; II Peter 1:20-21; II Peter 3:16)

We believe that man was created in the image of God, but the entire race of man was separated from God through sin. We believe no man can reconcile himself to God. Therefore, man remains separated from God until he is regenerated through faith in Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit. (Gen. 3:24; Rom. 3:23; Rom. 3:9-12; Eph. 2:8-9; Rom. 5:1,10,11; II Cor. 5:17-19)

We believe that Satan is the author of sin and the instigator of the fall of man. He has been defeated by the finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ on Calvary, and he and his angels will be punished eternally at the coming of Christ. (Gen. 3:17; Col. 2:14-15; John 12:31-33; Rev. 20:10).

We believe sin is every lack of conformity to the will of God or transgression of the law of God. Sin manifests in the selfishness, rebellion, and total depravity of man's attitude, conduct, and behavior before God and man. (James 4:17; Rom. 14:32; I John 3:4; I John 5:17; Rom. 3:9-18; Eph. 2:1-3)

We believe salvation to be the whole counsel of God, and it is the gift of God by grace, received through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. This faith is manifested in works pleasing to God. (I Peter 1:3-12; Eph. 2:8-10)

We believe the Kingdom of God to be God's right to rule, which was prophesied through the law and prophets and came to fulfillment in Jesus Christ. We believe Jesus to be the King in the Kingdom, working for consummation at the end of this age. (Mark 1:14; Matt. 12:28; Luke 11:20; Luke 17:20-21; Rev. 19:11-16; I Cor. 15:20-28; Rev. 11:15)
We believe that heaven is the throne of God manifested in His Kingdom on this earth. Hell is a literal place of eternal separation from God for those not redeemed. (Isa. 66:1; Acts 7:49; Matt. 6:10; Luke 16:19-31; Rev. 20:11-15)

We believe that the Church is composed of all born-again believers everywhere. We believe that the local Church comprises born-again believers who come together in the commitment to the Lord and one another for mutual worship, instruction, conformity to the Lord's will, and Christian service. We believe all believers are placed by God in specific local churches. (Matt. 16:18; I Cor. 12:26; Col. 1:24; I Peter 2:4-6; Heb. 10:24-25; I Cor. 3:9-11)

The mission of the Church is to demonstrate the power and reality of the Kingdom of God on the earth, specifically through the transformation of people's lives into the likeness of Jesus by the power of the cross of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. The biblical means of accomplishing this is evangelism and discipleship. God fulfills His purpose for His Church through local churches. (Matt. 5:13-16; Eph. 3:10; Matt. 28:19; Col. 2:19)

A sacrament is a formal act that is sacred as a sign or symbol of a spiritual reality instituted or recognized by our Lord Jesus Christ.

Water baptism, the believer's immersion, is a visible testimony to the work of regeneration and a mark of identification and union with Christ. It is an appeal to God for a good conscience; hence, it should be administered to those who, by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, have realized the forgiveness of their sins and have the assurance of acceptance with God, having turned from their past lives follow Jesus. (Acts 2:41; I Peter 3:21; Matt. 28:19; Acts 2:38)

The Lord's Supper is a sacrament of the New Testament, wherein, by giving and receiving the bread and the cup, according to the appointing of Jesus Christ, His death is proclaimed. Those who worthily partake, in remembrance of Him, feed upon Him to their spiritual nourishment and growth in grace, have their union and communication with Him confirmed, testify and renew their thankfulness and commitment to God and their mutual love and fellowship with each other as members of the same body. (I Cor. 11:23-24)

We believe that baptism in the Holy Spirit is distinct from the new birth. It is the initial filling of God's power for witness and godly living. (Matt. 3:11; Acts 2:1-4; Acts 8:14-17; Acts 19:1-7)

God demands that His people be holy, as He is holy. His holiness is produced in us, His people, by the Holy Spirit, as we believe and obey His Word. (I Peter 1: 2, 13-16)