God is the sovereign creator The Holy Scriptures declare that we were created by a personal God to love, serve, glorify Him, and enjoy Him forever. The New Testament reveals that it was Jesus Himself who created everything (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16). Therefore, He has authority over our lives, and we owe Him absolute loyalty, obedience, and worship. He owns and governs everything (Psalm 103:19).

God is Holy: God is absolutely and perfectly holy (Isaiah 6:3); therefore, He cannot commit or approve of evil (James 1:13). God also requires holiness of us. First Peter 1: 16 says, “Be ye holy; for I am holy.”

Humanity is sinful: According to the scripture, everyone is guilty of sin: there is no one who does not sin (1 Kings 8:46). That doesn’t mean we are incapable of performing acts of human kindness. But we are completely incapable of understanding, loving, or pleasing God on our own (Romans 3: 10-12).

Sin demands a penalty: God’s holiness and justice require that all sin be punished with eternal death (Ezekiel 18:4; Romans 6:23). Which is why simply changing our behavioral patterns cannot solve our sinful problem or eliminate its consequences.

Jesus is Lord and Savior: Romans 10:9 says: If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Although God’s justice demands death for sin, his love has provided a Savior who paid the penalty and died for sinners (1 Peter 3:18). Christ’s death satisfied the demands of God’s justice, and Christ’s perfect life satisfied the demands of God’s holiness (2 Corinthians 5:21), enabling him to forgive and save those who place their faith in him.

The saving faith: True faith is always accompanied by repentance from sin. Repentance is agreeing with God that you are a sinner, confessing your sins to him, and making a conscious decision to turn from sin (Luke 13:3; 5:1; Thessalonians 1:9), follow Christ (Matthew 11: 28-30; John 17;3), and obey him (1 John 2:3). It is not enough to believe in certain facts about Christ. Even Satan and his demons believe in the true God (James 2: 19), but they don’t love or obey him. True saving faith always responds in obedience (Ephesians 2:10).

The man: We believe that man was created directly and immediately by God in his image and likeness. Man was created free from sin, with rational nature, intelligence, will, personal determination, and moral responsibility to God (Genesis 2:7; James 3:9). We believe that God’s intention in creating man was for man to glorify God, enjoy fellowship with God, live his life in God’s will, and thus fulfill God’s purpose for man in the world (Isaiah 43:7; Revelation 4:11).

Salvation: We believe that salvation is completely of God, by grace, based on the redemption of Jesus Christ, the merit of his shed blood, and not based on human merit or works (John 1:12; Ephesians 2:8-10).

Regeneration: We believe that regeneration is a heavenly work of the Holy Spirit through which divine nature and divine life are given (Titus 3:5). It is accomplished solely by the power of the Holy Spirit through the Word of God (John 5:24), when the repentant sinner, empowered by the Holy Spirit, responds in faith to God’s provision of salvation. Genuine regeneration is manifested in fruits worthy of repentance, demonstrated in righteous attitudes and conduct. Good works will be its proper evidence and fruit (1 Corinthians 6:19,20; Ephesians 2:10), and will be experienced to the extent that the believer submits to the control of the Holy Spirit in his or her life through faithful obedience to God’s Word (Ephesians 5: 17-21).

Justification: We believe that justification before God is an act of God (Romans 8:33) by which he declares righteous those who, through faith in Christ, repent of their sins (Luke 13:3) and confess him as sovereign Lord (Romans 10:9).

Sanctification: We believe that every believer is sanctified and set apart for God through justification and thus declared holy. This sanctification is positional and instantaneous and should not be confused with progressive sanctification (the process of growth in holiness throughout a Christian’s life). This sanctification has to do with the believer’s position, not with his or her current practical life or condition (1 Corinthians 1:2).

The Church: We believe that all who trust in Jesus Christ are immediately placed by the Holy Spirit into one united spiritual Body—the church (1 Corinthians 12:12-13), of which Christ is the Head (Ephesians 1:22).

We believe that the formation of the church, the Body of Christ, began on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2) and will be completed when Christ comes for His own at the rapture (1 Corinthians 15:51-52).

We believe that the supreme authority of the church is Christ, not man (Colossians 1:18), and that leadership, gifts, order, discipline, and worship are determined by His sovereignty as revealed in Scripture.

The biblically designated people serving under Christ and over the assembly are the elders (also called bishops, presbyters, pastor-teachers; (Acts 20:28) and deacons. Both elders and deacons must meet biblical qualifications (1 Timothy 3:1-13).

We believe these leaders lead or govern as servants of Christ (1 Timothy 5:17-22) and have His authority in directing the church. The congregation is to submit to their leadership (Hebrews 13:7, 17).

We believe that the Lord’s Supper is a memorial and proclamation of His death until He comes and must always be preceded by solemn self-examination (1 Corinthians 11:28-32).

We also teach that while the elements of Communion only represent the body and blood of Christ, the Lord’s Supper is in fact a communion with the risen Christ who is uniquely present in each believer, communing with His people (1 Corinthians 10:16).

We believe that water baptism by immersion is one of the two ordinances instituted by Jesus for the church. Just before His ascension (Matthew 28:19-20), He instructed the church to teach God's Word, make disciples, and baptize them. Baptism is important because Jesus commanded it.

The Tribulation Period: We believe that after the removal of the church from the earth (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) the righteous judgments of God will be poured out upon an unbelieving world (2 Thessalonians 2:7-12), and that these judgments will climax at the time of Christ’s return in glory to earth (Matthew 24:27-31).

The Second Coming and the Millennial Kingdom: We believe that after the Tribulation Period, Christ will return to earth to occupy the throne of David (Matthew 25:31) and establish His messianic kingdom for a thousand years on earth (Revelation 20:1-7). During this time, the resurrected saints will reign with Him over Israel and all the nations of the earth (Revelations 19:11-16).

The Rapture of the Church: We believe in the personal, bodily return of our Lord Jesus Christ before the seven-year tribulation (1 Thessalonians 4:16; Titus 2:13) to remove His church from this earth (1 Corinthians 15:51-53) and, between this event and His glorious return with His saints, to reward believers according to their works (2 Corinthians 5:10).

The Judgement of the Lost: We teach that after Satan is released, following Christ’s thousand-year reign (Revelation 20:7), Satan will deceive the nations of the earth and gather them to fight against the saints and the city of Jerusalem, at which time Satan and his army will be devoured by fire from heaven (Revelation 20:9). After this, Satan will be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone (Revelation 20:10) and then Christ, Who is the Judge of all men (John 5: 22), will rise again and judge the great and small at the Great White Throne Judgment.
Then Satan will be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone (Revelation 20:10), and Christ, who is the Judge of all men (John 5:22), will resurrect and judge the great and the small at the Great White Throne Judgment.

Eternity: We believe that after the conclusion of the millennium, the temporary release of Satan, and the judgment of unbelievers (2 Thessalonians 1:9), the saved will enter the eternal state of glory with God, after which the elements of this earth will dissolve (2 Peter 3:10) and be replaced with a new earth where only righteousness dwells (Ephesians 5:5).

Angels: We believe that angels are created beings and therefore should not be worshipped. Although they are a higher order of creation than man, they were created to serve God and worship Him (Luke 2:9-14; Revelation 5:11- 14).

Death: We believe that physical death does not involve the loss of our immaterial consciousness (Revelation 6:9-11), that the soul of the redeemed passes immediately into the presence of Christ (Luke 23:43), and that there is a separation of soul from body (Philippians 1:21-24), when our soul and body will be reunited and glorified forever with our Lord (Philippians 3:21).