What We Believe

We believe the Bible is the verbally inspired, inerrant Word of God and the final authority for faith and life, to be interpreted according to its normal, grammatical-historical meaning.

We believe in one God who exists eternally in three Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—equal in essence and distinct in role.

We believe Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died as a substitutionary sacrifice for sin, rose bodily from the dead, and now intercedes for believers.

We believe the Holy Spirit regenerates, indwells, seals, and sanctifies every believer. We believe the miraculous sign gifts were given for a specific time and purpose and are no longer necessary today.

We believe God created the universe in six literal, twenty-four-hour days.

We believe humanity was created by God in His image as male and female, equal in worth and dignity yet distinct by design. Through disobedience, humanity fell into sin and is now sinful by nature and choice, separated from God and unable to save itself apart from His grace.

We believe salvation is the free gift of God’s grace, received through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone—not by works. Through salvation, believers are forgiven, made new, adopted into God’s family, and eternally secure.

We believe good works and holy living are the fruit of salvation, not the means of it, and that believers are called to obedience, separation from sin, and gospel witness.

We believe the Church is made up of all who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ and is expressed through local churches. God calls the church to gather for worship, teaching, fellowship, prayer, and to carry out the Great Commission.

We believe the ordinances given to the church are believer’s baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper. Baptism publicly identifies a believer with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the Lord’s Supper is a continuing memorial of His broken body and shed blood.

We believe God created humanity as male and female and designed marriage as a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman. Men and women are equal in worth before God, yet He has ordained distinct roles for men and women within the family and the church.

We believe all human life is created by God, sacred, and begins at conception. Every human being bears God’s image and has inherent value from conception to natural death.

We believe God has ordained civil government for the ordering and protection of society. God has established the home, the church, and the state as distinct institutions, each with God-given authority and responsibility. Civil government is accountable to God and must not infringe upon the God-given responsibilities of the home or the church.

We believe in the imminent return of Jesus Christ to rapture His Church, followed by His visible return to establish His literal, thousand-year kingdom. We believe in the bodily resurrection of all people and in eternal life with Christ for the saved and eternal judgment for the lost.