Our Beliefs

What we believe about God says everything you need to know about who we are as a church. Our doctrine is rooted deeply in Scripture and in line with a traditional evangelical, Biblical stance. Doctrine is important because it affects how we relate to God, influences our passion for Jesus, and deepens our dedication to His teachings and His Gospel. 

The Bible is God’s divine Word to all people. It was penned by human authors under the supernatural direction of the Holy Spirit. Because it is inspired by God, the Bible is authoritative truth, contains no error, and is completely relevant to our daily lives.

(Deuteronomy 4:1-2; Psalms 119:11, 89, 105; Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 22:29; John 5:39; 16:13-15; 17:17; Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2; 4:12; 1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 3:16) 

We believe there is only one true God, who eternally exists as a Trinity of equally divine persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Although each member of the Trinity serves different functions, they each possess equal power and authority.Each member of the Trinity is equally God, sharing all the divine attributes. 

(Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 61:1; Matthew 28:19; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 1:35; John 5:21-23; 14:10, 16; Romans 8:9-11; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Hebrews 1:8-10; James 2:19) 

Jesus Christ is fully human, but at the same time full God. He is the only plan for bringing people who are far from God, indeed His enemies, into a right relationship with God. Jesus Christ was miraculously conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem to redeem sinful man as the only mediator between God and man. We believe that Jesus Christ, during the Incarnation, laid aside the continual exercise of his divine attributes and lived his sinless life by the power of the Holy Spirit. He lived a perfect and sinless life, so that He could be a substitution for us in satisfying God’s demands for perfection as just payment for sinful man. He took our place. He defeated death in His resurrection so that we could have life.

(Isaiah 7:14; 53; Matthew 1:18-23; 3:17; 8:29; 14:33; 16:16; 28:5-6; Luke 22:70; 24:46-47; John 1:1, 14; 10:30; 11:25-27; 17:1-5; Acts 1:9; 2:22-24; 7:55-56; Romans 1:3-4; 3:23-26; 8:1-3; 10:4; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; Gal 4:4-5; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:15; 2:9; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; 3:16) 

The blood of Jesus, shed on the cross, provides the only way of salvation through the forgiveness of sin. Salvation occurs when people place their faith in the death and resurrection of Christ as sufficient payment for their sin. Salvation is a gift from God and it cannot be earned through our own efforts. We believe that justification through the work of Jesus Christ is possible by grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone. His righteousness is imparted to us at the time of saving faith, simultaneous with our justification, and brings us new life by the Holy Spirit, who regenerates us with a new nature and begins sanctifying us to become increasingly more like Jesus. 

(Isaiah 1:18; 53:5-6; 55:7; Matthew 1:21; 27:22-28:6; Luke 1:68-69; 2:28-32; John 1:12; 3:16, 36; 5:24;Acts 2:21; 4:12; 16:30-31; Romans 1:16-18;3:23-25; 5:8-10; 6; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20; Galatians 2:20; 3:13; Ephesians 2:8-10;Philippians 2:12-13; Hebrews 9:24-28; Revelation 3:20) 

The Holy Spirit is with us; empowering us as believers and sealing us as followers of Christ. His presence assures us of our relationship with Christ. He guides believers into all truth, and exalts Christ. He convicts people of their sin, God’s righteousness, and the coming judgment. He comforts us, gives us spiritual gifts, and makes us more like Jesus.

(Genesis 1:2; Psalms 51:11; 139:7 ff.; Isaiah 61:1-3; Joel 2:28-32; Mark 1:10; Lk 1:35; 4:1; 11:13; 12:12; John 15:26; 16:7-14; Acts 1:8; 2:1-4; 13:2; Romans 8:9-11, 14-16, 26-27; 1 Corinthians 3:16; Ephesians 1:13-14; 2 Peter 1:21; Revelation 22:17) 

The church is a local community of believers unified through faith in Christ and living on mission together. It is committed to the teachings of the Bible, to obeying all of His commands, and bringing the gospel to the world. The Church works together in love and unity, intent on the ultimate purpose of glorifying Jesus in the earth and sharing his goodness.

(Matthew 16:18-19; 18:15-20; Acts 2:41-47; 5:11-14; 13:1-3; 14:23; 16:5; 20:28; 1 Corinthians 7:17; 9:13-14; 12; Ephesians 1:22-23; 2:19-22; 3:10-12; 5:22-32; Colossians 1:18; 3:15; 1 Timothy 4:14; 1 Peter 5:1-4; Revelation 21:2-3)

Sanctification is the ongoing process of spiritual formation in the life of the Christian, guided by the Holy Spirit through the application of God's Word, in order to complete the development of Christ's character. It is through the present ministry of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God that the Christian is empowered to live a godly life. We aim to flee from our worldly desires as we fall more and more in love with God.

(2 Timothy 2:21, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, John 17:17 , Galatians 2:20)

Man’s spirit was created to exist forever. It will exist either eternally separated from God by sin or in union with God through forgiveness and salvation. To be eternally separated from God is Hell. To be eternally in union with Him is Heaven. Heaven and Hell are literal places of eternal existence. 

(John 3:16, 36; Romans 6:23; 1 John 2:25; 5:11-13;Revelation 20:15)