What we believe...

1. The Bible is the authoritative, inspired, infallible, inerrant and sufficient Word of God, revealing to man what God wants us to know about Him, what God wants man to know about himself and what God's plan of salvation is. It is only through reading the 66 books of the Bible as the Holy Spirit bears witness to their truth, that mankind can know the True God.

2. There is only one true, triune God comprised of three unique persons - God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (the Trinity) who are equal in equal in power, yet amongst themselves have determined to submit in relationship one to another in the work that They accomplish.

3. That Jesus Christ is at the same time, fully God and fully man.

4. "In the beginning, God created"--meaning that we consider Genesis to be an accurate and historical record of the creation of the heavens and the earth and all that is contained therein. As such, we do not believe in the Theory of Evolution, but in creationism.

5. In the fall of mankind, meaning that mankind was created in the image of God, but chose to willfully disobey and rebel against God's authority over them and their lives, causing sin to enter the world and with sin came the wages of sin which is death.

6. And that due to the fall of mankind, every individual is been born into sin and as such, falling short of the glory of God, that each individual must personally be saved from the wrath of God that justly judges in righteousness, condemning all who sin eternally to hell.

7. In the justification of mankind by grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone. Being that all are dead in sin, we believe that the Holy Spirit must first give faith to an individual to believe in substitutionary death of Jesus Christ on the cross as the only means to salvation, that they may be saved by grace--that unearned and unmerited favor of God, who calls that individual into relationship with Jesus Christ for salvation. We believe that it is not our work that justifies us before God, but the work of Jesus Christ that justifies all who believe by repenting of their sins and trusting in the righteousness of Jesus alone for salvation.

8. That when a person is born again from above, that he or she becomes a new creature in Christ--that the old passes away and the new comes--resulting in the ongoing process of sanctification which is the true evidence of salvation, demonstrating that the Holy Spirit is working in our lives to conform us to the image of Jesus.

9. We can be assured of our salvation in the next life. Some (not all) of the assurances of our salvation are:

   • That upon being born again a desire if placed within us to tell others about Jesus Christ.

   • That as a new person in Christ, we walk in the Light and no longer walk in the darkness. This means that over time a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ will become more transparent and less hidden.

   • That as a new person in Christ, the believer desires fellowship with the saints of God more than he or she desires to fellowship with wicked and evil people.

   • That daily the follower of Christ becomes more sensitive to sin in his or her own life and desires to live a righteous life free from sin.

   • That when the follower of Christ does sin, he or she acknowledges and confesses the sin to Jesus so that He may forgive them that sin and cleanse them from all unrighteousness.

   • That the follower of Christ obeys Jesus and the commandments that He presents in His Holy Word the Bible.

   • That we desire to not become followers and imitators of the world, but that by the enabling of God the Holy Spirit we live our lives in the manner that Jesus lived His, being transformed and conformed into His image.

   • That the follower of Christ walks in the love of Christ.

10. That the gifts of the Holy Spirit found in Scripture are active in the body of Christ today and are given for the edification of the church so the saints of God would be equipped for every good work.And, along these lines we believe the true work of the Holy Spirit to be those things indicated in Scripture, including, but not limited to:

    • He guides us into all truth (John 16:13).

    • He teaches us (John 14:26 and 1 John 2:27).

    • He exalts and glorifies Jesus (John 15:26 and John 16:14).

    • He helps us be witnesses of Jesus; by giving boldness, by bringing Scripture to mind, by directing us to those needing a witness, by performing miracles that attest to the truth of the message of Christ.

    • He gives us courage and boldness (Micah 3:8).

    • He convicts the world of sin and righteousness (John 16:8).

    • He comes along side those who are in Christ, enabling them to do good (John 16:7).

    • He helps us to pray (Romans 8:26-27).

    • He conforms us to the image of Christ (Romans 8:28-30).

    • He leads and directs us (Acts 11:12, 13:1-4).

    • He produces the character of God within us; by producing within us the fruit of the Holy Spirit found in Galatians 5:22-23.

    • He administers God’s grace (Zechariah 12:10 and Hebrews 10:29).

    • He inspires a fear of the Lord within us (Isaiah 11:2) which is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge.

    • He regenerates us (Titus 3:5).

11. That Jesus Christ will return to earth to judge and reward. He will condemn to hell those who in this life did not repent of their sins and trust in Christ alone for salvation. And at the same time, we believe in the good news of the Gospel, that when Christ does return, He will reward all who in this life were given the grace of God to believe in Jesus alone as Savior, resulting in the ongoing work of Holy Spirit enabled sanctification in their lives. We believe those in this second group will enter into the eternal glory of God forever in heaven.