There is one eternally existing God who has three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is the creator of all that exists, both visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy of all glory and praise. God is perfect in love, power, holiness, goodness, knowledge, wisdom, justice, and mercy. He is unchangeable and therefore is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.  He is the eternal judge of every soul.

Jesus Christ came to reconcile us with God. He lived a life without sin and willingly died on the cross to pay the penalty for our transgressions. God raised him from the dead and now, by grace, offers eternal life to all who follow Christ, by faith, as their lord and savior. That is why salvation can be found in Christ alone.  Salvation cannot be achieved by works, a prayer, or any other action than faith, which requires one to confess Jesus as lord and repent of their sin.

We believe the bible is the inspired and authoritative word of God.  In its entirety it is infallible, represents the truth of God’s character, demonstrates his will, and should be applied not just understood.

We believe that those who have faith in Christ should turn from sin. The grace of God brings salvation, the Holy Spirit regenerates the heart enabling faith that brings justification from sin. The Holy Spirit leads us in sanctification, the ongoing spiritual growth that identifies us as genuine believers and is completed only at glorification.

We teach that it is God who saves, and the work that he started will be finished.  A believer has the responsibility of asking the Lord to examine his heart that true biblical faith has taken root and is bearing fruit.  All genuine faith will display fruit with perseverance over a believer’s life.  Fruit does not save, but it is proof that genuine saving faith exist in the life of a believer.  A true believer is strengthened by God’s grace to remain connected to the vine.  It is only those who “endure until the end” that will be saved.  Endurance is possible only by God’s grace, dispensed to those that God elects through his foreknowledge.

Jesus is the glorified Son of God, and the 2nd member of the trinity. Jesus was not created but has eternally existed. Jesus came to earth as fully man and fully God, born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died for the sins of the world, was resurrected bodily, and now reigns forever in glory. Sinners who put their faith in Jesus receive salvation and forgiveness of their sins and are reconciled to God through him.

We teach that all those who place their faith in Christ are to be baptized into Christ.  Christ’s baptism includes: full immersion in water, being received into the body of Christ, the reception of the Holy Spirit as a security unto salvation, and an eternal hope of Christ’s bodily return to restore all things and judge the wicked.

Humans, both male and female, were created in God’s image for his glory. The first humans, Adam and Eve, were created without sin and appointed as caretakers of the rest of God’s creations.

We believe in heaven and hell, the literal second coming of Jesus, his rule upon the earth and the resurrection of believers to eternal life and sinners to eternal punishment, and the ultimate victory of the Kingdom of God.  We do not know when his return will be, but we live everyday as if it’s imminent.

We teach that God created male and female, two unique genders for the purpose of procreation and community.  Both of these genders, male and female can unify in a holy covenant before God identified as marriage.  One male and one female will be joined by this covenant before God, with God at the head of this covenant.  The marriage relationship is to resemble Christ’s relationship with the church.  The husband is to lead through servanthood his wife and children by providing spiritual and practical guidance.  A husband worthy of a wife will love her sacrificially as Christ gave himself for the church.  The wife is, equal in value, but carries a different God-ordained role to support the husband’s leadership.  Both roles should complement each other in the discipleship of the home.  A biblical marriage reflects the relationship of Christ and the church.