What We Believe
This is a more concise version of the What We Teach document which you can access by download on the left.

THE BIBLE

The Bible is the word of God, fully inspired and without error in the original manuscripts, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and that it has supreme and only authority in all matters of faith and conduct. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1;20-21)

THE TRINITY

There is one living and true God, eternally existing in three persons, that these are equal in every divine perfection and that they execute providence and redemption. (Psalm 90:2; Matthew 28:19; Mark 1:10,11; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 Corinthians 12:4-6)

GOD THE FATHER

God the Father is an infinite, personal spirit, perfect in Holiness, wisdom, power and love. We believe that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayer and that He saves from sin and death to all who come to Him through Jesus Christ. (Matthew 7:11, 6:9, 5:45, 11:25, 1 Peter 1:17; John 3:16; Ephesians 2:10)

GOD THE SON

Jesus Christ is God’s only begotten Son conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles and teaching. We believe in His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, perpetual intercession for His people and personal visible return to earth. (Matthew 1:18-25, 3:17; 1 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 1:3, 5:5-10; 1 John 4:3; Revelation 1:5)

THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity who came forth from the Father and Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgment and to regenerate, sanctify and empower all who believe in Jesus Christ. We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Christ and that He is an abiding helper, teacher and guide. (John 14 16, Romans 8:13,26)

REGENERATION

All of mankind are sinners by imputation, nature and by choice and are therefore under condemnation. Those who repent of their sins and trust only in Jesus Christ as Savior are regenerated by the Holy Spirit. We believe that sal­vation with its forgiveness of sins, its impartation of the new nature and its hope of eternal life, is only God’s grace and that we cannot earn it or contribute to it by moral living, acts of self-sacrifice, church membership, communion, baptism or any other good work. (John1:12-13; 3:3-8; Ephesians 2:3-10)

THE CHURCH

We believe in the universal church, a living spiritual body of which Christ is the head and all regenerated persons are its members. We firmly believe in the local church, consisting of a company of believers in Jesus Christ baptized on a credible profession of faith and associated from worship, service and fellowship. We believe that God has laid upon the members of the local church the primary task of building up the body of Christ through the dual activities of evangelism and the edifying of those evangelized toward maturity in Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:13; Hebrews 12:23; 1 Timothy 3:15; Acts 2:41-47; Ephesians 4:11-16; Matthew 28:19-20)

THE ORDINANCES

The Lord Jesus Christ has committed two ordinances to the local church: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. We believe that Christian baptism is by the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Triune God. We believe that the Lord’s Supper was instituted by Christ for commemoration of His death. It is our belief that these ordinances should be observed until or Lord returns. (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:37-39,41; Mark 16:15-16; Romans 6:3,4; Galatians 3:17) The Lord’s supper; 1 Corinthians 11:22-26; Luke 22:14-23; Mark 14:22-25)

LAST THINGS

We believe in the personal visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth and the establishment of His Kingdom. We believe in the eternal blessedness of the righteous and the endless suffering of the wicked. (Acts 1:11; John 14:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; James 5:8; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Corinthians 15:42-44.51-53)“Declaring God’s truth, one verse at a time.”

SANCTITY OF LIFE

We believe that each person is a unique creation of God, and upholding that sanctity of life, do oppose the destruction of human life because it is unwanted, imperfect or merely inconvenient, as an atrocity against all of mankind and against God. We oppose the wholesale destruction of life by abortion on demand, the direct or indirect infanticide or newborn children for reasons of mental or physical defects and the impending treat of legalized euthanasia directed toward the elderly portion of our society. Senility, infirmity, retardation, insanity and incontinence are not to be recognized as reasons for extermination and the consideration, teaching and support of these practices are inconsistent with God’s divine purpose. (Jeremiah 1:4-5; Psalm 139:13-16; Exodus 23:7; Luke 1:15; Galatians1:15-16; Psalm 127:3; Genesis 9:6)