Our Beliefs

• The Bible is the very word of God
  It is precise, infallible, inspired, and the final revelation of God to man.
  
  
• There is only one living and true God
  Creator and Sustainer of the universe, Who is self-existent, eternal, supreme, incomprehensible, almighty. God is Spirit in whom all divine attributes or perfections belong and from whom they cannot be separated.
  
  
• Man is created in God's image
  Originally with moral attributes of true knowledge, true righteousness, and true holiness, while, at the same time, possessing none of God's incommunicable attributes. Man is like God, but on a creaturely scale. God is infinite and man is finite.
  
  
• Jesus is the only begotten son of God
  Born of the Virgin Mary, the Second Person in the Trinity (Godhead), existing from all eternity with the Father, fully equal with the Father; Who in the incarnation accepted a human nature. In Christ, the human and divine natures are so related that they are "two natures, without confusion, without change, without division, without separation" (Creed of Chalcedon 451 A.D.).
  
  
• The Holy Spirit is the third person in the Trinity
  Proceeded from the Father and the Son and Who is co-equal with the Father and The Son, and does apply to us the redemption Christ purchased for us. The Spirit, working conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and revealing the person and work of Jesus Christ, is the Agent of regeneration, sanctification, and preservation.
  
  
• Death seals the eternal destiny of each person
  At the final judgment, unbelievers will be separated from God into condemnation.
  
  
• Salvation is by grace alone
  It is wholly the gift of God received by faith. Good works are not meritorious ground but rather the fruit and proof of salvation.
  
  
• The local Church
  Is also the Body of Christ, called to represent and embody God's will and purpose in a community and minister Christ's life to all who will respond to the proclamation of the Kingdom of God.
  
  

This statement reflects a contemporary summary of the central doctrines in the Bible, which are also presented in the historic creeds of the Christian church.