OUR BELIEFS


WE BELIEVE IN GOD

WE BELIEVE THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE AND LIVING GOD WHO IS GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE CREATOR OF ALL.


WE BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST

WE BELIEVE JESUS IS SAVIOR, THE WALKING REVELATION OF GOD'S LOVE TO HUMANITY WHO DIED ON THE CROSS AND WAS RESURRECTED FOR THE REDEMPTION OF GOD'S CREATION.


WE BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

WE BELIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CHRIST IN PRESENT TENSE EMPOWERING THE BELIEVER, ENERGIZING THE CHURCH AND ENCOURAGING CHRISTIANS THAT GOD IS STILL WITH US. HE

CONVICTS OF SIN AND LEADS US INTO RIGHTEOUSNESS.


WE BELIEVE IN THE CHURCH

WE BELIEVE THE CHURCH IS THE PROLONGED INCARNATION OF JESUS CHRIST: HIS BODY AND BRIDE, AND A FELLOWSHIP OF REGENERATED MEN AND WOMEN CALLED OUT TO LIVE TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY LIFE.


WE BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

WE BELIEVE THAT THE SCRIPTURE IS THE INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD AS THE WRITTEN AUTHORITY FOR THE CHURCH GIVEN TO ORDINARY MEN THROUGH INSPIRATION.


WE BELIEVE IN HUMANITY

WE BELIEVE MAN WAS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. BY CHOICE, MAN SINNED AND BECAME SEPARATED FROM GOD AND IS ONLY REDEEMABLE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST WHO RESTORES THE RELATIONSHIP AND THE PEACE OF GOD.


WE BELIEVE IN SALVATION

WE BELIEVE IN GOD'S SAVING GRACE, AND THAT NOTHING INTERFERES WITH THE SALVATION OF THE SINNER EXCEPT HIS REFUSA I OF THE GOSPEL.


WE BELIEVE IN JUSTIFICATION

WE BELIEVE THAT JUSTIFICATION IS BEING BROUGHT INTO A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, BRINGING THE PARDONING OF SIN AND THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE.


WE BELIEVE IN THE LORD'S SUPPER AND BAPTISM

WE BELIEVE BAPTISM IS A VISIBLE DEMONSTRATION OF A BELIEVER'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CHRIST'S DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION TO A NEW LIFE. IT IS A PREREQUISITE TO PARTICIPATION IN THE LORD'S SUPPER WHEN JESUS CHRIST TOOK BREAD AND WINE AND ESTABLISHED THEM AS THE IMPERISHABLE SYMBOLS OF THE CHURCH. THE LORD'S TABLE IS OPEN TO ALL PEOPLE IN THE FAITH WHO DESIRE TO FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM.


WE BELIEVE IN THE VIRGIN BIRTH

WE BELIEVE IN THE VIRGIN BIRTH. MARY, MOTHER OF JESUS, CONCEIVED HIM BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AS BOTH THE SON OF GOD AND GOD THE SON.


WE BELIEVE IN PRIESTHOOD

WE BELIEVE IN THE PRIESTHOOD OF THE BELIEVER. THAT IS TO SAY, ALL PEOPLE BORN OF GOD HAVE EQUAL STATUS BEFORE, AND DIRECT ACCESS TO, THEIR LORD. (1 PETER 2:5) SPECIFICALLY:

  • YOU CAN HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD WITHOUT HAVING A HUMAN MEDIATOR.  
  • JESUS IS OUR MEDIATOR TO GOD.  
  • WE ALL HAVE EQUAL STATUS AND ACCESS TO GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.  
  • WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS PRIESTS TO MINISTER TO THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD AND TO FELLOW BELIEVERS.

WE BELIEVE IN MARRIAGE

WE BELIEVE THAT GOD WONDERFULLY AND IMMUTABLY CREATES EACH PERSON AS MALE OR FEMALE AND THAT THOSE TWO DISTINCT, COMPLEMENTARY GENDERS TOGETHER REFLECT THE IMAGE AND NATURE OF GOD. WE BELIEVE THAT GOD CREATED MARRIAGE TO BE EXCLUSIVELY THE UNION OF ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN AND THAT INTIMATE SEXUAL ACTIVITY IS TO OCCUR EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THAT UNION.


WE BELIEVE IN THE SECOND COMING

WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST WILL PHYSICALLY AND VISIBLY RETURN TO EARTH FOR THE SECOND TIME TO ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM. THIS WILL OCCUR AT A DATE UNDISCLOSED BY THE SCRIPTURES (MATTHEW 24:30, 26:63-64; ACTS 1:9-11; I THESSALONIANS 4:15-17; II THESSALONIANS 1:7-8; REVELATION 1:7)


WE BELIEVE IN SANCTIFICATION

WE BELIEVE IN SANCTIFICATION AS THE ONGOING PROCESS OF YIELDING TO GOD’S WORD AND HIS SPIRIT IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRIST’S CHARACTER IN US. IT IS THROUGH THE PRESENT MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE WORD OF GOD THAT THE CHRISTIAN IS ENABLED TO LIVE A GODLY LIFE (I THESSALONIANS 4:3, 5:23; II CORINTHIANS 3:18, 6:14-18, II THESSALONIANS 2:1-3, ROMANS 8:29, 12:1-2, HEBREWS 2:11).