Believing that God has spoken to us through His living Word – the Bible – as the testimony to His only Son, Jesus Christ, the following is an affirmation of those biblical truths on which we stand firm as one body:

God
We believe there is only one true and living God who is Creator of all things and reveals Himself to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  He is holy and perfect in all His ways and is worthy of worship, love and obedience.  (Genesis 1:1, 26,27; 3:22; Ps 90:2; Matt. 28:19; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Corinthians 13:14)

God the Son
We believe that God, by His sovereign choice and out of love for men, sent Jesus into the world to save sinners.  We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.  He is co-equal with the Father, was born of a virgin and lived a sinless human life and offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people by dying on the cross.  He arose from the dead to demonstrate His power over sin and death.  He ascended to Heaven’s glory and will return again someday to earth to reign as King of kings and Lord of lords.  (Matthew 1:22,23; Isaiah 9:6; John 1:1-5, 14:10-30; Hebrews 4:14, 15; 1 Corinthians 15:3,4; Romans 1:3,4; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Timothy 6:14,15; Titus 2:13)

God the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is co-equal with the Father and the Son. He is present in the world to make people aware of their need for Jesus Christ.  He lives in all believers, baptizes and seals all believers at the moment of their salvation, and fills them in response to confession of sin and yieldedness.  He provides the believer with power for living, understanding spiritual truth, and guidance in doing what is right.  As believers we seek to live under His control daily.  (2 Corinthians 3:17; John 16:7-13, 14:16,17; Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 2:12, 3:16; Ephesians 1:13; Galatians 5:25)

Scripture – The Bible
We believe the Bible is God’s Word to us and was supernaturally inspired by the Holy Spirit.  The Bible is without error, and it is the divinely supreme source of truth for Christian beliefs and living. 
(2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20,21; 2 Tim. 1:13; Psalms 119:105,160; Proverbs 30:5)

Sin and Man
We believe people are made in the spiritual image of God, to be like Him in character.  But people lost that image and are marred by an attitude of disobedience toward God called “sin.”  This attitude separates people from God and causes many problems in life.  (Genesis 1:27; Psalms 8:3-6; Isaiah 53:6a; Romans 3:23)

Salvation
We believe salvation is God’s free gift to us, but we must accept it.  We can never make up for our sin by self-improvement or good works.  Only by trusting in Jesus Christ as God’s offer of forgiveness can anyone be saved from sins penalty.  When we turn from our self-ruled life and turn to Jesus in faith we are saved.  Eternal life begins the moment one receives Jesus Christ into his life by faith.  (Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8,9; John 14:6, 1:12; Titus 3:5; Galatians 3:26; Romans 5:1)

Salvation and Eternal Security
We believe that a true believer is eternally secure.  If you have been genuinely saved you cannot “lose” your salvation.  Salvation is maintained by the grace and power of God, not by self effort.  It is the grace and keeping power of God that gives us this security. (John 10:29; 2 Tim. 1:12; Hebrews 7:25; 10:10,14; 1 Peter 1:3-5)

Eternity
We believe people were created to exist forever.  We will either exist eternally separated from God by sin, or eternally with God through forgiveness and salvation.  To be eternally separated from God is Hell.  To be eternally in union with Him is eternal life.  Heaven and Hell are real places of eternal existence.  (John 3:16; John 14:17; Romans 6:23; Romans 8:17-18; Revelations 20:15; 1 Corinthians 2:7-9)

The Church, Evangelism and Missions
We believe the church is all believers who have been saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, gathering together locally as bodies of baptized believers under the lordship of Jesus Christ.  The church glorifies God by uniting to corporately worship God,  encourage and edify one another, disciple believers toward maturity, minister to those in need, and carry the gospel to the ends of the earth through local, national and international missions.  (Acts 2:41-47; 1 Corinthians 12:12-13; Ephesians 1: 22-23)

There are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord Jesus’ church:  Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus.  It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead.  Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership. (Matthew 3:13-17; 26: 26-30; 28: 19-20; Mark 1:9-11; 14: 22-26; Luke 3: 21-22; 22: 19-20; John 3: 23; Acts 2: 41-42; 8: 35-39; 16: 30-33; 20:7; Romans 6: 3-5)

The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s perfect sacrificial Lamb, and anticipate His second coming. (1 Corinthians 10: 16, 21; 11: 23-29; Colossians 2:12)

Marriage and Family
Marriage is the first institution God created and ordained in human society.  It is God’s plan for marriage to be a holy union of one man and one woman in an exclusive life-long covenant love relationship.  Marriage reflects the relationship between Jesus Christ and His Church.  Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord.  (Genesis 2: 15-25; Ephesians 5: 21-6:4; Psalm 127: 3-5)