Statement of Faith

SCRIPTURES - We believe in the plenary-verbal inspiration of the Word of God and that both the Old and New Testaments are inerrant in the original writings and are the supreme and final authority for faith and life.

GODHEAD - We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost (Spirit).

JESUS CHRIST - We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary and is true God and true man.

HOLY SPIRIT - We believe that the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Godhead, convicts men of sin, regenerates, indwells, seals, and sets apart believers unto a holy life; that He keeps and empowers believers day by day; that He is the Teacher of the Word of God and the Guide for daily living.

MAN - We believe that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death but also that spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and, and in case of those who reach moral responsibility, become sinners in thought, word and deed needing redemption.

SALVATION - We believe that salvation is by grace through faith and is a free gift of God apart from works; salvation requires repentance, a turning from one’s own way to God’s way. Salvation comes through personal faith in the finished work of Christ; all who receive Him are regenerated by the Holy Spirit and become the children of God evidenced by a changed life.

THE CHURCH - We believe that a New Testament church is a congregation of baptized believers associated by a covenant of faith and fellowship of the gospel, observing the ordinances of Christ; governed by His laws; exercising the gifts, rights and privileges invested in them by His Word; its mission to preach and teach the Gospel of salvation to all people.

THE FUTURE - We believe in the personal, visible, bodily return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth; in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting punishment of the lost.