We Believe…
We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament as verbally inspired by God and inerrant in the original writing and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life. 2 Timothy 3:16 1 Thessalonians 2:13 2 Peter 1:21
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 2 Corinthians 13:14
We believe that Jesus was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man. Matthew 1:23 Luke 1:31, 35
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 are sinners in thought, word, and deed. Romans 3:23; 5:12
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. Matthew 20:28 1 Corinthians 15:3 2 Corinthians 5:21
We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into heaven and in His present life there for us as High Priest and Advocate. Romans 1:4 1 Corinthians 15:17 Acts 1:9 1 Timothy 2:5 1 Peter 2:24
We believe in that “blessed hope,” the personal return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 2 Peter 3:3-13
We believe that all who receive by faith, the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit, and thereby become the children of God. Acts 2:38 Ephesians 2:8; 1:13-14
We believe it is the responsibility of every Christian to keep himself apart from forms of worldliness and selfishness in order that none “put a stumbling block or occasion to fall in his brother’s way.” Romans 6:1, 2 Hebrews 12:14 1 Peter 1:15, 16 Romans 14:12-13 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7 2 Peter 3:14
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting punishment of the lost. 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 Romans 8:23 1 Corinthians 15:51, 52 Revelation 20:11-15