What We Believe
The Bible is God's unique revelation to people. It is the inspired, infallible Word of God,
and the supreme and final authority on all matters upon which it teaches. No other
writings are vested with such divine authority.
There is only one God, creator of Heaven and Earth, who exists eternally as three
persons- Father, Son and Holy Spirit, each fully God yet each distinct from the other.
All people are created in God's image and matter deeply to Him. Central to the
message of the Bible is that God loves people, and invites them to live in communion
with Himself and in community with each other.
Apart from Jesus Christ, all people are spiritually lost and because of sin, deserve the
judgement of God. However, God gives salvation and eternal life to anyone who trusts in
Jesus Christ and in His sacrifice on his or her behalf. Salvation cannot be earned
through personal goodness or human effort. It is a gift that must be received by humble
repentance and faith in Christ and His finished work on the cross.
Jesus Christ, second person of the Trinity, was born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless
human life, willingly took upon himself all of our sins, died and rose again bodily, and is
at the right hand of the Father as our advocate and mediator. Some day, He will return to
consummate history and to fulfill the eternal plan of God.
The Holy Spirit, third person of the Trinity, convicts the world of sin and draws people to
Christ. He also indwells all believers. He is available to empower them to lead
Christ-like lives, and gives them spiritual gifts with which to serve the church and reach
out to a lost and needy world.
Death seals the eternal destiny of each person. At final judgement, unbelievers will be
separated from God into condemnation. Believers will be received into God's loving
presence and rewarded for their faithfulness to Him in this life.
All believers are members of the body of Christ, the one true church universal. Spiritual
unity is to be expressed among Christians by acceptance and love of one another
across ethnic, cultural, socio-economic, national, generational, gender, and
denominational lines.
The local church is a congregation of believers who gather for worship, prayer,
instruction, encouragement, mutual accountability, and lost people; growing them into
fully devoted followers of Christ.
The Bible is God's unique revelation to people. It is the inspired, infallible Word of God,
and the supreme and final authority on all matters upon which it teaches. No other
writings are vested with such divine authority.
There is only one God, creator of Heaven and Earth, who exists eternally as three
persons- Father, Son and Holy Spirit, each fully God yet each distinct from the other.
All people are created in God's image and matter deeply to Him. Central to the
message of the Bible is that God loves people, and invites them to live in communion
with Himself and in community with each other.
Apart from Jesus Christ, all people are spiritually lost and because of sin, deserve the
judgement of God. However, God gives salvation and eternal life to anyone who trusts in
Jesus Christ and in His sacrifice on his or her behalf. Salvation cannot be earned
through personal goodness or human effort. It is a gift that must be received by humble
repentance and faith in Christ and His finished work on the cross.
Jesus Christ, second person of the Trinity, was born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless
human life, willingly took upon himself all of our sins, died and rose again bodily, and is
at the right hand of the Father as our advocate and mediator. Some day, He will return to
consummate history and to fulfill the eternal plan of God.
The Holy Spirit, third person of the Trinity, convicts the world of sin and draws people to
Christ. He also indwells all believers. He is available to empower them to lead
Christ-like lives, and gives them spiritual gifts with which to serve the church and reach
out to a lost and needy world.
Death seals the eternal destiny of each person. At final judgement, unbelievers will be
separated from God into condemnation. Believers will be received into God's loving
presence and rewarded for their faithfulness to Him in this life.
All believers are members of the body of Christ, the one true church universal. Spiritual
unity is to be expressed among Christians by acceptance and love of one another
across ethnic, cultural, socio-economic, national, generational, gender, and
denominational lines.
The local church is a congregation of believers who gather for worship, prayer,
instruction, encouragement, mutual accountability, and lost people; growing them into
fully devoted followers of Christ.
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