What We Believe

The Scriptures, both the Old Testament and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, inerrant, authoritative rule of faith and conduct. (2 Timothy 3:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21)

There is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three are coequal and coeternal. (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; John 14:16-17)

Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. Jesus was both fully God and fully man. He is the only man ever to have lived a sinless life. He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, performed miracles, died on the cross for humankind, and thus, atoned for our sins through the shedding of His blood. According to the Scriptures, he rose from the dead on the third day, ascended to the Father's right hand, and will return again in power and glory. (Luke 1:31; Hebrews 7:26; Acts 2:22; 1 Corinthians 15:3; Philippians 2:9-11).

The man was created good and upright, but by voluntary transgression, he fell, thereby incurring physical death and spiritual death, which is separation from God. (Genesis 1:26, 27; 3:6; Romans 5:12-19)

The only hope of redemption for humanity is through the blood of Jesus Christ. Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, being justified by grace through faith, humankind becomes an heir of God, according to the hope of eternal life. (Luke 24:47; Romans 10:13-15; Eph. 2:8, Titus 2:11; 3:5-7)

Water Baptism: The Scriptures command the ordinance of baptism by immersion. All who repent and believe in Christ as Savior and Lord are to be baptized. Thus, they declare to the world that they have died with Christ and have been raised with Him to walk in the newness of life. (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 10:47, 48, Romans 6:4)

Holy Communion: It is a symbolic remembrance of Christ’s suffering and death for our salvation. The elements, bread, and grape juice represent that Christ’s body was broken for us, and His blood was shed for us. The Holy Spirit brings partakers of the communion to the presence of Jesus Christ and His benefits. (Matthew 26:26-29;  I Corinthians 11:23-25)

Jesus, after His Ascension, sent the Holy Spirit according to the promise of the Father, to indwell the believer permanently, and sovereignly bestows spiritual gifts or abilities to every believer to build and sanctify the church. The Spirit brings conviction to the unbeliever and causes them to see the gospel's truth in a clear light. He baptizes the believer in Christ and places them in the church. He unites the believer with Christ in His death, enabling him to live victoriously over sin. The Holy Spirit guides and fills the believer who yields to God and submits to God's Word. When these conditions are met, the believer lives in the power of the Spirit and produces the fruit of the Spirit.  (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8; John `14:26; Rom.12; 1 Cor.12:4-10, 28; Gal. 5:16, 22, 23, Eph. 5:18; 4:16; I Peter 4:10)

Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement and is the privilege of all believers. (Isa. 53:4, 5; Matt. 8:16, 17; James 5:14-16)

The biblical view of marriage is of a God-given, voluntary, sexual, and public covenanted union of one man and one woman, from different families, to serve God. The Apostle Paul states in Ephesians 5:22-32 that marriage is not merely a human institution but is a typology that illustrates the union of Christ and the Church.  For this reason, only a union between a man and a woman can be in a proper marriage because a union between two men, two women, or one man and multiple women, or any collection of people could not properly illustrate the relationship between Christ and His church. (Gen. 1:26-28; 1 Cor.7:2-4; Eph. 5:22-23, Mark 10:1-12)

The church is the body of Christ, consisting of baptized believers united together to carry out the ministry of Jesus, who is the head of the church. The church is its members, who have covenanted together to be accountable to each other and submit to one another’s good, just as Christ had submitted himself for our good. The church discipline is one part of discipleship, where we correct sin and point the disciple towards the better path. (Eph. 4:11-16; Matt. 18:16-17; 1 Cor. 5)

It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor in making disciples of all nations. It is the responsibility of Christians to fulfill the Great Commission, both locally and globally, and to seek constantly to bring the lost to Christ by the verbal witness and by other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ. (Acts 1:8; 8:26-40; 10:42-48; Rom. 10:13-15)

Before Jesus establishes His kingdom on earth, He will come for His Church; an event referred to as the "Rapture." At that time, the dead in Christ will be raised, and living Christians will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air and be with Him forever. Jesus will then return with His Church to establish the Messianic Kingdom on earth at His second coming and begin His reign for 1000 years. Afterward, a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet will be consigned to hell, the place of everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will dwell forever in New Heaven and New Earth.  (1 Thess. 4:16, 17; Rev. 19:11-14; 20:1-6; 11-15; 21:8)