statement of Faith

WE BELIEVE... That the Holy Scriptures are the verbally inspired word of God and are the final authority for faith, life, and conduct; that they were given without error and are preserved without error. (1 Cor. 2:7-14; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; Heb. 4:12; 2 Pet. 1:21)
 

WE BELIEVE... That salvation is by grace, through faith in the substitutionary work of the Son of God, the just dying for the unjust. That all true believers are eternally secure in Christ. (John 10:15; Rom. 3:24,25; 4:25; 5:8-9; 8:34; 1 Cor. 3:15; 15:3, 20; Heb. 9:12-22; 1 Pet. 2:24, 3:18)
 

WE BELIEVE .... That the Holy Spirit was active in the creation; that in His relation to the unbelieving world He restrains the Evil one until God’s purpose is fulfilled; that He convicts of sin, of judgment and of righteousness; that He bears witness to the Truth of the Gospel in preaching and testimony; and that He is the agent in the New Birth: that he seals, indues, guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies and helps the believer. We believe the sign gies are not necessary to justification and sanctification. (John 16:7-9; Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 1:22; 2:10- 13; 13:8; 14:21-22; 2 Cor. 3:6; 3:18; 12:12; Eph. 1:13; 4:7-12, 30; 5:18; Heb. 9:14; 5:18) 

WE BELIEVE... That the return of Jesus Christ is both sure and soon coming; that this second coming will be a literal, bodily, personal return both for His bride, the church, and subsequently to set up His literal physical kingdom on the earth; that there will be a bodily resurrection for the just and unjust to join their souls for a final judgment, the unjust to an eternal conscious punishment in the lake of fire, the just to an eternal conscious blessedness in the city of God. (Acts 1:9-11; 1 Thess. 4:16-18; Rev. 3:21, 20:1-15) 

WE BELIEVE... That the local church is essential for spiritual growth, where are practiced the two ordinances: water baptism and the Lord's Supper. (Acts 8:36-39; 2:38-42; 1 Cor. 11:23-32; 12:12-13; Col. 1:18; Heb. 10:24-25)
 

WE BELIEVE ... That God has commanded that no sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between one man and one woman. We believe that anything other than this is a sinful perversion of God’s gift of sex. We believe that God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s biological sex by any means. (Gen. 2:24; 19:5, 13; 28-9; Lev. 18:1-30; Rom. 1: 26-29; 1 Cor. 5:1; 6:9; 1 Thess. 4:1-8; Heb. 13:4)