As part of the body of Christ, our mission is to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world and to help members grow spiritually (Matthew 28:19-20). As a Spirit-led body of believers, the church is exhorted, "Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 3:18). The Spirit of God leads the church into all truth (John 16:13). Accordingly, this Statement of Beliefs is not a closed creed. We constantly renew our commitment to truth and deeper understanding and respond to God's guidance in our beliefs and practices.

 

We Believe:

• In one holy, loving, all-powerful, and gracious Creator God who exists in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
• That the Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God, fully authoritative for all matters of faith and practice.
• That Jesus Christ, born of the virgin Mary, fully God and fully human, is both Lord and Savior.
• That Jesus Christ suffered and died on the cross for human sin, that he was raised bodily on the third day, and that he ascended to heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father.
• That Jesus Christ will come again to judge the living and the dead and to reign over all things.
• In the Holy Spirit, who brings sinners to repentance, who gives eternal life to believers, and who lives in them to conform them to the image of Jesus Christ.
• That Christians should gather in regular fellowship and live lives of faith that make evident the good news that humans enter the kingdom of God by putting their trust in Jesus Christ.
• In the spiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• That salvation comes not by works, but only by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
• In the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.