What We Believe

We believe in one God, Creator and Sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

God is holy, loving, good, just, merciful, all-knowing, all-powerful, and ever-present. He has revealed Himself through creation, through His Word, and ultimately through His Son, Jesus Christ. He alone is worthy of all worship, glory, honor, and praise.

Scripture: Genesis 1:1; Deuteronomy 6:4; Psalm 139:7–10; Isaiah 6:3; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Revelation 4:11

We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God, written by human authors under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The Scriptures are trustworthy and authoritative and are our final authority for faith, doctrine, and life.

We believe the Holy Spirit continues to speak, lead, reveal, and work among His people today. Everything we discern as the voice or work of God must remain consistent with and submitted to the written Word of God.

Scripture: Psalm 119:105; 2 Timothy 3:16–17; 2 Peter 1:20–21; John 16:13; 1 Thessalonians5:19–21

We believe in God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth, perfect in holiness, wisdom, justice, power, goodness, and love.

He is compassionate and gracious, hears and answers prayer, and desires that people know Him as Father through Jesus Christ.

Through Christ, those who receive Him are adopted into God's family and receive the Spirit by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”

Scripture: Matthew 6:9; John 1:12–13; Romans 8:14–17; Ephesians 1:3–5; 1 John 3:1

We believe Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, fully God and fully man. Through Him all things were created.

He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, lived a completely sinless life, proclaimed and demonstrated the Kingdom of God, performed miracles, healed the sick, delivered the oppressed, and perfectly revealed the Father.

Jesus willingly gave His life on the cross for our sins. He was buried and bodily rose from the dead on the third day, defeating sin, death, and the grave.

He ascended to the Father, where He reigns as Lord and intercedes for His people.

Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and humanity and the only way of salvation. He will come again in power and glory, and His Kingdom will have no end.

Scripture: Luke 1:34–35; John 1:1–4, 14–18; John 14:6; Colossians 1:15–20; Philippians 2:5–11; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4; Hebrews 7:25; 1 Timothy 2:5; Acts 1:9–11

We believe the Holy Spirit is God, eternally one with the Father and the Son, giving life in creation and bringing renewal to all things.

He convicts the world of sin, reveals Jesus, brings about new birth, indwells every believer, and leads us into truth.

The Holy Spirit comforts, teaches, sanctifies, transforms, and empowers God's people. Through His presence and work, we are increasingly formed into the image of Jesus and empowered to participate in His mission.

We believe in the present and active ministry of the Holy Spirit. We welcome His presence, seek His leading, and desire His power to be expressed in ways that glorify Jesus, build His Church, and bear witness to the Kingdom of God.

Scripture: John 14:16–17, 26; John 16:7–15; Acts 1:8; Romans 8:9–16; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Galatians 5:22–25; Psalm 104:30

We believe every human being is created in the image and likeness of God and therefore possesses inherent dignity and worth.

Humanity was created to know God, enjoy fellowship with Him, reflect His character, and steward His creation.

Through humanity's rebellion against God, sin and death entered the world, bringing separation from God and brokenness into every dimension of human life. All have sinned and are unable to restore themselves to God through human effort, morality, religion, or good works.

Humanity's deepest need is reconciliation with God, which He has graciously provided through Jesus Christ.

Scripture: Genesis 1:26–28; Genesis 3:1–24; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:12; Romans 6:23

We believe the Gospel is the good news that God, in His great love and grace, has acted through Jesus Christ to rescue humanity from sin and death, reconcile us to Himself, establish His Kingdom, and ultimately renew all things.

Jesus lived the life we could not live, died in our place for our sins, and conquered sin, death, and the grave through His resurrection.

Salvation is the gift of God's grace and cannot be earned through human effort. We receive this gift through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, trusting in His finished work and confessing Him as Lord.

Through Christ we are forgiven, justified, reconciled to God, adopted into His family, and made new by the Holy Spirit.

We believe those who are genuinely born again are secure in Christ, not because of their own righteousness or ability to maintain salvation, but because of the finished work of Jesus and the faithfulness of God. The grace that saves us also transforms us, producing repentance, obedience, and the fruit of a life surrendered to Christ.

Salvation restores us not only to relationship with God but also to the life for which we were created—to know Him, become like Him, and participate in His purposes in the world.

Scripture: John 3:16–17; John 10:27–29; Romans 3:23–26; Romans 5:6–11; Romans 10:9–10; 2 Corinthians 5:17–21; Ephesians 2:8–10; Philippians 1:6; Titus 2:11–14; Titus 3:4–7; 1 John 2:19

We believe salvation begins a lifelong journey of transformation. The same grace that saves us also forms us.

Through the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, the truth of Scripture, prayer, worship, fasting, fellowship, obedience, and the life of the Church, we are progressively transformed into the image of Jesus.

Following Jesus means learning to live as His disciples—putting away the old life, walking in holiness and love, bearing the fruit of the Spirit, renewing our minds, and becoming increasingly like Christ in every area of life.

We believe spiritual formation is the work of the Holy Spirit, transforming our hearts, renewing our minds, and forming the life and character of Jesus within us.

Scripture: Romans 8:28–29; Romans 12:1–2; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Galatians 5:16–25; Ephesians 4:20–24; Colossians 3:1–17; Titus 2:11–14

We believe Jesus calls His people to be filled with and empowered by the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is given to every believer at salvation, and we believe in the baptism, filling, and ongoing empowerment of the Holy Spirit for intimacy with God, holy living, prayer, witness, and participation in the supernatural work of His Kingdom.

We believe the experience of the early Church in the book of Acts demonstrates a life continually dependent upon the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we desire to be a people who are continually filled with the Spirit, sensitive to His voice, responsive to His leading, and empowered to bear witness to Jesus.

We believe all the gifts of the Holy Spirit described in Scripture—including prophecy, healing, miracles, tongues, interpretation, discernment, wisdom, knowledge, faith, and other Spirit-given ministries—remain active and available to the Church today.

We are called to earnestly desire spiritual gifts while exercising them in humility, love, biblical order, and submission to Scripture. The gifts of the Spirit are given for the glory of Jesus, the building up of His Church, and the advancement of His Kingdom.

Scripture: Luke 11:13; Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:1–18; Acts 4:31; Acts 8:14–17; Acts 10:44–46; Acts 19:1–6; 1 Corinthians 12:4–11, 29–30; 1 Corinthians 13:1–13; 1 Corinthians 14:1, 26–33, 40; Ephesians 5:18

We believe the Kingdom of God came near in the person and ministry of Jesus Christ. Jesus proclaimed the Kingdom, forgave sins, healed the sick, delivered the oppressed, and demonstrated the Father's compassion.

We believe Jesus is still at work through His Church by the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we pray with faith and expectation for healing, freedom, restoration, deliverance, and the miraculous while trusting the wisdom, goodness, and sovereignty of God in every circumstance.

We believe the Kingdom has already broken into the world through Jesus Christ, yet we await its complete fulfillment when He returns. Until that day, we live in the tension of the Kingdom that is already present and the fullness that is still to come.

Scripture: Matthew 4:23; Matthew 12:28; Luke 4:18–19; Acts 10:38; 1 Corinthians 12:9–10; James 5:14–16; Revelation 21:4

We believe the Church is the Body of Christ and the family of God, made up of all who belong to Jesus through faith. Jesus Christ is the Head of His Church.

The local church is a gathered spiritual family where believers come together to worship God, receive His Word, seek His presence through prayer, share life together, partake in the Lord's Supper, exercise spiritual gifts, care for one another, and be equipped for the work of ministry.

We believe every follower of Jesus has been given a place in His Body and is called to use what God has entrusted to them to serve others and build up His Church.

We believe the Church is called to carry the Gospel from generation to generation, faithfully passing on the truth, presence, and power of God to those who come after us.

Scripture: Matthew 16:18; Acts 2:42–47; 1 Corinthians 12:12–27; Ephesians 2:19–22; Ephesians 4:11–16; Hebrews 10:24–25; 2 Timothy 2:2

We believe water baptism is commanded by Jesus for those who repent and place their faith in Him.

We practice baptism by immersion as a public declaration of faith and identification with Jesus in His death, burial, and resurrection.

In baptism, believers testify that the old life has been buried with Christ and that they have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life.

Scripture: Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38; Acts 8:36–38; Romans 6:3–4; Colossians 2:12

We believe the Lord's Supper is a holy practice given by Jesus to His Church.

In the bread and the cup, we remember and proclaim His sacrificial death, celebrate the New Covenant established through His blood, participate together in communion with Christ and His Body, anticipate His return, and receive afresh the grace of His finished work.

At the Table, we remember that we belong to Jesus and that, in Him, we belong to one another.

We approach the Table with gratitude, reverence, faith, and joy, proclaiming the death of Jesus until He comes again.

Scripture: Luke 22:14–20; 1 Corinthians 10:16–17; 1 Corinthians 11:23–26; Hebrews 10:10–14

We believe Jesus has commissioned His Church to go into the world and make disciples of all nations.

Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we are sent to proclaim the Gospel, demonstrate the love of God and the power of His Kingdom, baptize believers, teach obedience to Jesus, care for the broken and marginalized, and bear faithful witness to Christ wherever God has placed us.

The mission of the Church belongs to every follower of Jesus. We believe salvation not only rescues us from sin and death but also calls us into God's purposes and sends us to participate in what He is building.

We live and serve with confidence in Jesus' promise: “I will build My church.”

Scripture: Matthew 16:18; Matthew 28:18–20; Luke 4:18–19; Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 5:18–20; James 1:27

We believe every human life is sacred, created in the image of God, and of immeasurable worth to Him.

Human life begins at conception, and every unborn child is a living human being, intentionally formed by God with dignity, value, and purpose.

Therefore, we believe abortion—the intentional taking of unborn human life—is contrary to God’s design. We are called to value, protect, and defend human life, especially the vulnerable, including unborn children and the women who carry them.

We believe God's grace is greater than our sin. Through Jesus Christ there is forgiveness, healing, redemption, and restoration for all who come to Him.

Scripture: Genesis 1:27; Exodus 20:13; Psalm 139:13–16; Jeremiah 1:5; Luke 1:41–44; Proverbs 6:16–17; Psalm 82:3–4

We believe God created humanity in His image, male and female. Every person is fearfully and wonderfully made, possessing inherent dignity, value, and purpose given by God.

We believe being male or female is a created reality, rooted in our biological sex and intentionally given by God. Therefore, we believe our sex is not ours to redefine and that rejecting or attempting to change one's biological sex is contrary to God's design for humanity.

We recognize that the brokenness of our world can produce pain and confusion. We believe every person should be treated with compassion, dignity, and love, while never separating love from God’s truth.

Through Jesus Christ there is redemption, healing, and new life. Through His Word and the power of the Holy Spirit, God renews our minds and empowers us to receive His design and live faithfully in the identity and purpose He has given us.

Scripture: Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:18–25; Psalm 139:13–14; Matthew 19:4; Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10

We believe God established marriage as a sacred, lifelong covenant between one man and one woman, and that sexual intimacy is His good gift designed exclusively for the covenant of marriage. Because God is the Author of marriage and sexuality, His design—not culture or changing social standards—defines their meaning and purpose.

We believe all sexual activity outside of marriage—including adultery, same-sex sexual activity, pornography, and other forms of sexual immorality—is contrary to God's design and His call to holiness.

We believe pornography distorts God's gift of sexuality, objectifies people created in His image, damages individuals, marriages, and families, and can foster bondage and exploitation. The Church must not accommodate what Christ came to set us free from.

Because our bodies belong to God and are temples of the Holy Spirit, we are called to honor Him with our sexuality. Through Jesus Christ there is forgiveness and freedom from sexual sin, and through the power of the Holy Spirit we can walk in purity, self-control, holiness, and renewed minds.

Scripture: Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4–6; 1 Corinthians 6:9–11, 18–20; Ephesians 5:25–32; 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8; Hebrews 13:4

We believe God established the family as a foundational part of His design for human flourishing and the passing of faith from one generation to the next. Children are a gift from God, and parents are entrusted with the primary responsibility to love, nurture, protect, teach, discipline, and disciple their children according to the Word of God.

We believe the home is a primary place of discipleship, where children are taught to know and love God, walk in His ways, and faithfully follow Jesus. The Church is called to strengthen and support families in this God-given responsibility, building a spiritual family in which every generation is valued, formed, and called into the purposes of God.

We believe God's design for the family reflects His goodness, and we seek to build households marked by faithfulness, sacrificial love, honor, grace, truth, and the presence of God.

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4–9; Psalm 78:4–7; Psalm 127:3–5; Proverbs 22:6; Ephesians 5:21–6:4; 2 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 3:14–15

We believe Jesus Christ will personally and visibly return in power and glory.

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead and the final judgment. Those who belong to Christ will receive eternal life in the fullness of God's presence, while those who reject His salvation will face eternal judgment and separation from Him.

We look forward to the fulfillment of God's promise to make all things new—the final defeat of sin, suffering, Satan, and death and the renewal of creation under the eternal reign of Jesus Christ.

Until that day, the Church lives with hope and expectancy, faithfully bearing witness to Jesus from generation to generation and praying as He taught us: “Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”

Scripture: Matthew 6:10; Matthew 25:31–46; John 5:28–29; Acts 1:11; 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9; 1 Corinthians 15:20–26; Revelation 20:11–15; Revelation 21:1–5

We recognize that faithful followers of Jesus may hold different convictions on secondary matters of Christian doctrine and practice.

Our unity is found not in complete agreement on every theological question, but in Jesus Christ, the truth of His Word, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.

We seek to hold firmly to biblical truth while walking with one another in humility, grace, and love.

Scripture: John 17:20–23; Romans 14:1–4; Ephesians 4:1–6, 15; Colossians 3:12–15