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What We Believe

Church Vision

Biblically Mature Christians Fulfilling Their God-Designed Roles

We believe that as we grow in our faith we will be able to be used by the Lord in bigger and better ways (Ephesians 4:11-16).

Church Mission

Developing a community that fosters Biblical growth and outreach in a meaningful context.

How We Will Do This

G-Gospel — We will keep our focus centered on the Gospel and its power to change lives.

R-Role — We will encourage each believer to discover his or her role in the church and begin serving Him.

O-Outreach — We will promote outreach into our community with the purpose of reaching others for Christ..

W-Walk — We will encourage those who are being developed to walk alongside others in their spiritual journey.

Our Core Values

  • Biblical Authority (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
  • Supremacy of Christ (Colossians 2:9)
  • Love for God and Man (Matthew 22:37-39)
  • Gospel of Christ (Romans 1:16)
  • Strong Christian Relationships (Romans 12:10)
  • Prayer (James 5:16)
  • Holy Living (I Peter 1:15-16; 2:9)
  • Personal Christian Growth (2 Peter 3:18)
  • Authentic Worship (John 4:23-24)
  • Excellence (I Corinthians 10:31)

Our Beliefs

The Bible: God's Message to Man

The sole basis of our belief is the Bible, which is composed of the 66 books of the Old and New Testament. Therefore, we hold that every word in every phrase was given to man by God and man thus stands accountable for every part of Scripture. The Bible, at one and the same time, speaks with the authority of God and reflects the backgrounds, styles and vocabularies of the human authors. Furthermore, because God breathed out the very words of Scripture, the Bible is without error in the original autographs and has been preserved for us today through the many manuscripts that we have available to us. These Scriptures are our final authority in faith and practice in all that we do (II Timothy 3:16-17).

God: The One and Only True God

As Deuteronomy 6:4 tells us, we believe that there is only one true God, eternally existing in three persons — God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit — who are all one in essence or divine nature. The Bible tells us that God created the world and all that is in it (Gen. 1, 2), He is holy (Is. 6:3), all-powerful (Lk. 1:37), all-wise (Ps. 139:1-4), everywhere present (Ps. 139: 7-12) and never changing (James 1:17). God continues to work in our world fulfilling His sovereign and redemptive purposes.

Jesus Christ: The Savior of the World

We believe that Jesus is the eternal Son of God (Jn. 1:1). Though He was equal with God, He took on human flesh through the virgin birth (Phil. 3:5-8). He lived a life of perfect obedience to the Father and voluntarily atoned for the sins of mankind by dying on the cross as their substitute (2 Corinthians 5:21). He arose bodily from the dead and today sits at the right hand of God the Father, where He, the only mediator between God and man (I Tim. 2:5), continually makes intercession for His own.

The Holy Spirit: The Believer's Guide and Aid

We believe that the Holy Spirit is convicting the world of its sin and guilt (Jn. 16:8-11). He regenerates sinners and progressively transforms them, as genuine believers, more and more into the image of Jesus (Titus 3:5; Philippians 1:6). The Holy Spirit also empowers believers for Christian witness and service and gives gifts for the building up of the body of Christ, the Church (I Corinthians 12).

Sin: Man's Separation from God

We believe that man was created in the image of God (Genesis 2:26), that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death (Romans 5:12). As a result, all are separated from God by their sin and are hopeless apart from the salvation found in Christ alone (Romans 5:12-19).

Salvation: Our Trust and Confidence

Because of man's original sin in the garden, mankind has been alienated from God and in need of a divine sacrifice to render what has been done as null and void (see Colossians 2:14). Jesus Christ was that one perfect, divine sacrifice who paid the penalty for our sins (Galatians 4:5). By dying on the cross, Jesus was taking all of the guilt of our sins and placing them upon Himself. He faced the full fury of God's wrath so that judgment would be taken from us onto Himself. Salvation, then, is wholly a work of God's free grace, not the result, in whole or in part, of human works or goodness (Ephesians 2:8-9) and must be personally appropriated by repentance and faith in Christ (Acts 20:21). Everyone who places their faith in Christ is eternally secure for all time (Jn. 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Romans 8:1).

The Church: The Body of Christ

We believe that when a person places His faith in Christ, that person immediately becomes a part of the body of Christ (I Corinthians 12:13). This aspect of the Church is known as the "universal church." The second aspect of the church is referred to as the local church. The local church is the physical expression of the universal church consisting of a community of believers who meet together for the purpose of worship, edification, the teaching of the Word, fellowship, service to the body and outreach to the world (see Ephesians 4:11-16). We furthermore believe that Christ has commanded the Church to observe two ordinances: that of baptism (by immersion) and communion (Matthew 28:19-20; I Corinthians 11:23-32).

The Return of Christ: The Hope of Every Believer

We believe in the personal, physical, pre-tribulational and pre-millenial return of Jesus Christ (I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelation 20:4). The coming of Christ, at a time known only to God, demands constant expectancy and, as our blessed hope, motivates the believer to godly living, sacrificial service and energetic mission (I Thessalonians 5:4-11; I Peter 4:7).