Our Statement of Faith

There is only one living and true God. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19

God the Father - reigns with providential care over His universe and all His creatures. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and to Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. Jeremiah 10:10

God the Son - Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, identified Himself completely with mankind yet led a sinless life. Through His substitutionary death on the cross He made provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was raised from the dead and appeared to His disciples as the Person who was with them before His crucifixion. He ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where He is the One Mediator providing reconciliation between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to accomplish His redemptive mission. John 1:1-18, 29-34

God the Holy Spirit - The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine. Through illumination He enables men to understand truth. He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to the Savior and baptizes every believer into the Body of Christ. He cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God through His church. He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and service. His presence in the Christian is the guarantee that God will bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ. John 4:24

The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God's revelation of Himself to man. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God judges us and is, and will remain to the end of the world, the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. 2 Timothy 3:15-17

Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. By his free choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. Through the temptation of Satan man transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original innocence whereby his posterity inherit a nature and an environment inclined toward sin. Only the grace of God can bring man into His holy fellowship and enable man to fulfill the creative purpose of God. The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love. Genesis 1:26-31

Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. There is no other way for salvation. John 14:5-6