1. The Bible: We believe in the verbal plenary Word of God; that the sixty-six books in our Bible were divinely given wholly without error in their origin and that we have today a faithful copy which is the absolute authority for our faith and practice (II Tim. 3:16)

 

2. God: We believe that there is one true God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

 

3. Lord Jesus Christ: We believe in the deity and pre-existence of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His present intercessory ministry and His personal return in power and glory.

 

4. The Holy Spirit: We believe in His personality, pre-existence, and deity; and His work in each believer, regenerating and indwelling that person’s life to make possible a life of obedient service and trust in the will of God.

 

5. Man: We believe in creation by a kind and loving God. We believe that human beings were created by an immediate act of God and not a process of evolution; that the purpose of creation is to glorify God; that humanity was created in the image of God; possessing the character of Christ-likeness; and that humanity was endowed with the power of rational and responsible choice between good and evil. (Genesis 1:27; Col 3:10; Acts 17:24-28)

 

6. Human Life: We believe that human life is sacred and created by God in His image. Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all human life. (Psalm 139) We believe that life begins at conception where the only genders (male and female as identified by biology at birth) are divinely predetermined.

 

7. Salvation: We believe in a complete and eternal salvation by God’s grace alone received as the gift of God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work on the cross.

 

8. The Church: We believe in the one true church, the body and bride of Christ composed of all born-again believers of the present age, and the organization of its members in local churches for worship, for the observation of the ordinances, for edification of the believers, and for the world-wide propagation of the gospel.

 

9. Christian Life: The Christian life is a life of righteousness, good works, and separation unto God from the evil ways of the world with guidance from the Bible and strength from the Holy Spirit, resulting in the fruit of the Spirit. The goals are to mature personally, to build up other Christians in the faith, and to lead unbelievers to Christ.

 

10. Satan: We believe in his existence, personality as the great adversary of God and His people, his judgment by God, and final doom.

 

11. Second Coming: We believe in the personal, and visible return of Christ in power and glory.

 

12. Future Life: We believe in the resurrection of the dead, the judgment and reward of believers, the judgment and condemnation of unbelievers, the eternal life of the saved, and eternal punishment of the lost.

 

13. Marriage & Sexuality: We believe marriage is sanctioned by God to join one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union. We believe God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other.