What We Believe

We believe that the Bible is the inspired, and therefore inerrant, Word of God. It is the sole and final authority for faith and life in every age. Mt. 5:18; Jn. 10:35; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 20-21.

We believe that the one true God exists eternally in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that these being one God, are equal in deity power and glory. Mt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13-14; Eph. 4:4-6; Rev. 1:4-6.

We believe that Adam was originally created in the image of God, righteous and without sin. In consequence of his disobedience, Adam’s posterity are born subject to both imputed and inherent sin, and are therefore by nature the children of wrath, justly condemned in the sight of God, wholly unable to save themselves or to contribute in any way thereto. Gen. 1-3, 6:5; Ps. 51:5; Isa. 53:5; Rom. 3:9-18, 5:12-21; Eph. 2:1-3.

We believe that Jesus Christ is God Incarnate, very God and very man, that He was conceived and born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, and offered himself as a penal, substitutionary sacrifice for sinners. By His death He procured for us eternal redemption, the forgiveness of sins, and life everlasting. He was raised bodily on the third day and ascended to the right hand of the Father, thereto make intercession for the saints. He will return to the earth personally and visibly at the end of the age to consummate His Kingdom. Jn. 1:1-18; Mt. 1:18-25; Phil. 2:6-11; Col. 1:15-22; 2 Cor. 5:21; Rom. 8:34; Gal. 3:10-14; 1 Cor. 15:1-28; Thess. 4 13-5:11; 1 Pt. 2:21-25; 1 Jn. 2:1-2.

We believe that salvation is by grace through faith alone. No ordinance, ritual, work, or any other activity on the part of man is required in order to be saved. This salvation that comes by faith in Christ, once received, cannot by any means be lost. The Christian is eternally secure. Jn. 1:12-13, 6:37-44, 10:25-30; Acts 16:30-31; Rom. 3-4; 8:31-39; Eph. 2:8-10; Titus 3:3-7.

We believe that at the time of conversion the Holy Spirit baptized, seals, and forever indwells the Christian. He sanctifies us through the Word and prayer, sovereignty working in each that which is pleasing in God’s sight in order that we might be progressively conformed to the image of Christ (He is still at work through all the gifts of the Spirit). Rom. 8:1-17; 1 Cor. 12-13; 2 Cor. 1:21-22, 3:18; Eph. 1:13-14; Phil. 2:12-13.

We believe that when the Christian dies he passes immediately into the blessed presence of Christ, there to enjoy conscious fellowship with the Savior until the day of the resurrection and glorious transformation of the body. The saved will then forever dwell in blissful fellowship with their great Triune God. We also believe that when the unbeliever dies he is consigned to hell, there to await the day of judgment when he shall be punished with eternal separation from the presence of God. 2 Cor. 5:1-10; Phil. 1:19-26; Lk. 16:19-31; Jn. 5:25-29; 1 Cor. 15:35-58; Phil. 3:20-21; Mt. 25:46; 2 Thess. 1:5-11; Rev. 20:11-15, 21:1-22, 15.