Statement of Faith
The Essentials We Believe
About God:
God is the Creator and Ruler of the universe
We believe in one God, who is Creator of all
Deuteronomy 6:4; Colossians 1:16
who has revealed Himself in three distinct Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
2 Corinthians 13:14
yet who is one in being, essence, and glory
John 10:30
God is eternal Psalm 90:2
infinite 1 Timothy 1:17
sovereign Psalm 93:1
God is omniscient Psalm 139:1-6
omnipresent Psalm 139:7-13
omnipotent Revelation 19:6
unchanging Malachi 3:6
God is holy Isaiah 6:3
just Deuteronomy 32:4)
righteous Psalm 119:137; Psalm 145:17; Exodus 9:27
God is love 1 John 4:8
gracious Ephesians 2:8
merciful 1 Peter 1:3
good Romans 8:28
He has eternally existed in three persons:
God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
The three are co-equal and are one God.
Genesis 1:1, 26-27; Genesis 3:22; Psalms 90:2; Matthew 28:19; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Corinthians 13:14
About the Father:
We Believe that God the Father, the first Person of the Trinity, orders and disposes all things according to His own purpose and grace
Psalm 145:8-9; 1 Corinthians 8:6
He is the Creator of all things
Genesis 1:1-31; Ephesians 3:9
As the only absolute and omnipotent King of the universe, He is sovereign in creation, providence, and redemption
Psalm 103:19; Romans 11:36
His fatherhood involves both His designation within the Trinity and His relationship with mankind. As Creator He is Father to all men
Ephesians 4:6
but He is spiritual Father only to believers
Romans 8:14; 2 Corinthians 6:18
He has decreed for His own glory all things that come to pass Ephesians 1:11
He continually upholds, directs, and governs all creatures and events
1 Chronicles 29:11
In His sovereignty He is neither the author nor approver of sin
Habakkuk 1:13; John 8:38-47
nor does He abridge the accountability of moral, intelligent creatures
1 Peter 1:17
He saves from sin all who come to Him through Jesus Christ; He adopts as His own all those who come to Him; and He becomes, upon adoption, Father to His own
John 1:12; Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:5; Hebrews 12:5-9
Our Jesus:
We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is God incarnate, God in human form, and the expressed image of the Father, who, without ceasing to be God, became man in order that He might demonstrate who God is and provide the means of salvation for humanity Matthew 1:21; John 1:18; Colossians 1:15
We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit and was born of the virgin Mary
Matthew 1:23
that He is truly fully God and truly fully man
John 1:1,14
that He lived a perfect, sinless life
1 John 3:5
that all His teachings are true
John 14:6
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for all humanity
1 John 2:2
as a substitutionary sacrifice
Isaiah 53:5-6
We hold that His death is sufficient to provide salvation for all who receive Him as Savior
John 1:12; Acts 16:31
that our justification is grounded in the shedding of His blood Romans 5:9; Ephesians 1:7
and that it is attested by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead
Matthew 28:6; 1 Peter 1:3
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven in His glorified body (Acts 1:9-10)
is now seated at the right hand of God as our High Priest and Advocate
Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25
We believe He will return again someday to earth to reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords
About the Holy Spirit:
The Holy Spirit is one with the Father and the Son of God. We believe in the deity and personality of the Holy Spirit
John 16:13-15; Acts 5:3-4
He regenerates sinners Titus 3:5
indwells believers Romans 8:9
He is the agent by whom Christ baptizes all believers into His body
1 Corinthians 12:12-14
He is the seal by whom the Father guarantees the salvation of believers unto the day of redemption Ephesians 1:13-14
He is the Divine Teacher who illumines believers’ hearts and minds as they study the Word of God
1 Corinthians 2:9-12
We believe that the Holy Spirit is ultimately sovereign in the distribution of spiritual gifts
1 Corinthians 12:11
About the Bible:
The Bible is God’s Word to us. We believe the Bible, comprised of the Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God Matthew 5:18; 2 Timothy 3:16-17
In faith, we hold the Bible to be inerrant in the original writings, God-breathed, and the complete and final authority for faith and practice
2 Timothy 3:16-17
We believe that God breathed out His written Word by a process of dual authorship. The Holy Spirit so superintended the human authors that, through their individual personalities and different styles of writing, they composed and recorded God’s Word to man
2 Peter 1:20–21
About Human Beings:
We believe that humanity came into existence by direct creation of God and that humanity is uniquely made in the image and likeness of God
Genesis 1:26-27
We believe that all humanity, because of Adam's fall, has inherited a sinful nature, that all human beings choose to sin
Romans 3:23
and that all sin is exceedingly offensive to God
Romans 6:23
Humanity is utterly unable to remedy this fallen state Ephesians 2:1-5,12; Romans 8:3
About Salvation:
We believe that salvation is a gift of God’s grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross
Ephesians 2:8-9
Christ’s death fully accomplished justification through faith and redemption from sin. Christ died in our place
Romans 5:8-9
and bore our sins in His own body 1 Peter 2:24
We believe salvation is received by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Good works and obedience are results of salvation, not requirements for salvation
About Eternal Security: