What We Believe

  • We believe in one God— Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who are eternally self-existent, self-revealed and function as one entity.
  • We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the first begotten Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit, was born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified and died, was buried and resurrected, ascended into heaven, is now seated at the right hand of God the Father, and is both true God and true man.
  • We believe the Bible in its entirety to be the inspired Word of God, a revelation from God to man and the infallible rule of faith and conduct and is superior to conscience and reason but not contrary to reason (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:23-25; Hebrews 4:12).
  • We believe in the resurrection of the dead, the eternal happiness of the saved, and the eternal punishment of the lost.
  • We believe in the personal salvation of believers is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. (Romans 3:24, Ephesians 2:8, Romans 10:8-10)
  • We believe in sanctification through the Word of God and by the Holy Spirit, and we believe in personal holiness, purity of heart and life. (Romans 8:16; 1 John 3:23)
  • We believe in divine healing through faith in the Name of Jesus Christ, and we believe that healing is included in the Redemption. (Psalm 103:3, Isaiah 53:4,5)
  • We believe in water baptism (Matthew 28:19; Acts 10:47,48; Romans 6:4), in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4-8; I Corinthians 12:1-31) as distinct from the New Birth, in speaking with tongues as the Spirit of God gives utterance (Acts 2:4; 10:44-46; 19:2,6; 1:8), in the gifts of the Spirit, and in the evidence of the fruit of the Spirit (I Corinthians 12). We believe that all of these are available to believers.
  • We believe in the Christian’s hope: the soon-coming, personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 15:21-52; I Thessalonians 4:16-17; 2 Thessalonians 2:1).
  • We believe marriage has been established by God. This church defines “marriage” as the exclusive covenantal union of one man and one woman in which such union is a lifetime commitment.  A civil government’s sanction of a union will be recognized as a legitimate marriage by the church only to the extent that it is consistent with the definition of “marriage” found in the Church Bylaws (Romans 1:26-27; Leviticus 18:22).