What We Believe

God: We believe in God the Father, the creator of heaven and earth. We believe there is only one God (Deut. 6:4; Is. 44:6) and that He eternally exists in three distinct persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19; 1 Corinthians 12:4-6). Furthermore, all three are co-equal in nature and attributes (Ps. 90:2; Heb 9:14; John 8:11).

Jesus Christ: We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the second person of the trinity, and that he is co-equal with God the Father (John 10:30). Jesus Christ is also fully human—a reality that occurred during his incarnation (John 1:14). Consequently Jesus Christ has two natures—he is fully divine and fully human (Philippians 2:6). The best way to explain this mystery is to understand that Jesus added humanity to his divine nature upon his incarnation.

Holy Spirit: We believe the Holy Spirit is the third person in the Trinity and is co-equal with God the Father and Jesus the Son (Matthew 28:19; Acts 5:3-4), We believe that He possesses the qualities of personhood such as intelligence (1 Corinthians. 2:10-11), emotion (Ephesians. 4:30), and volition (Acts 16:6). We also believe the Holy Spirit is God based on apostolic testimony (Acts 5:3-4) and direct association (Matthew 28:18-19, 1 Corinthians. 12:4-7). We also believe the Holy Spirit administers spiritual gifts to believers to build up and edify the church (1 Corinthians 12).

The Bible: We believe that God has revealed His nature, His character and His plan for salvation exclusively through the Scriptures (2 Tim 3:16). We believe that God inspired human authors to write the Scriptures and proclaim His message (2 Peter 1:21). In doing so, God guided the personalities and writing styles of the biblical author’s—through His Spirit—thus superintending the whole process (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 1 Corinthians 2:13). We also believe the Bible in its original manuscript was without error.   

Angels: We believe in the existence of angels, who are spiritual beings (Heb. 1:14), created by God (Psalm 148:1-6, John 1:1-3) before the creation of the world (Job 38:1-7). They are spiritual beings, initially a created order above mankind (Hebrews 2:7)—yet still they must not be worshipped (Colossians 2:18).  Angels either serve and praise God (Matthew 24:31) or they serve and follow Satan (Matthew 25:41). Lastly, Satan, the chief adversary of God, though created as a model angel, rebelled because of his desire to be like God, and brought forth initial sin into the universe (Isaiah 14:12-15; Ezekiel 28:13-16).

Sin: We believe sin is the failure of mankind to conform to God’s perfect standards of righteousness (1 John 3:4). We believe that sin separates us from God (Isaiah 59:2), everyone is a sinner (Romans 3:23), and that we will die without going to heaven unless we acknowledge and deal with our sin nature (Romans 6:23). The only hope we have for overcoming the penalty of sin is to believe and trust in Jesus Christ as our Savior (John 3:16). Otherwise, we are eternally condemned.   

Salvation: We believe that God provided salvation to men and women on the basis of subsitutionary atonement, which was achieved through Christ’s death on the cross for all of humanity (1 John 2:2; 2 Cor. 5:20-21). Ultimately, men and women receive this salvation exclusively through faith (John 3:16, 36). However, the evidence of this faith should produce good works (Eph. 2:10).