What We Believe

What we Believe

Bible: We believe that the Bible is the Word of God without any error, and as such, the sole authority for life and faith.

God:  We believe that there is one God who exists in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Jesus:  We believe that Jesus is the Son of God, who was born of a virgin, was both wholly God and wholly man, lived a sinless life, died in our place as a sacrifice for the sins of mankind, was buried, arose bodily from the grave, and ascended into Heaven.

Second Coming: We believe that Jesus will literally return to Earth.

Holy Spirit:  We believe that God the Holy Spirit is active in convincing unbelievers of their need for salvation, and is the Comforter and Guide Who lives in every believer.

Man:  We believe that man is a special creation of God, made in His image, but that through the sin of the first man, Adam, mankind fell so that all men are sinners and in need of salvation.

Salvation:  We believe that salvation is a free gift received through repentance of sin toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  All men are sinners and are in need of salvation.

Assurance:  We believe that every person who is truly saved is eternally secure in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Eternity: We believe that those people who die in their sins without Christ spend eternity in Hell separated from the presence of God, and those who die with their sins having been forgiven through Jesus spend an eternity in Heaven.

Baptism: We believe that water baptism is an act of obedience to the command of Jesus and is by immersion after salvation.

Church: We believe that the church is a local body of baptized believers with the Lord jesus Christ as the Head.

Prayer:  We believe that each believer has direct access to God through the Lord Jesus Christ; this is known as the priesthood of Believers.