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Who We Are

About the Bible

We believe that the Bible is the voice of God, as it is written: “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17). For this reason, we look solely to the Bible as our source of authority in matters of religion and reject all man-made creeds.
The Bible explicitly forbids adhering to the commandments of men, regardless of how reasonable or sincere they may appear. Jesus said, “This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me; teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.” (Matthew 15:8-9). Similarly, the Apostle Paul warns against anyone attempting to distort the gospel of Christ or preach a gospel other than the one originally delivered: “If anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what we have preached, let him be accursed.” (Galatians 1:6-9).

About God

We believe in the one true God as revealed in the Bible. He created the world and continues to sustain everything we know. God remains active and involved in this world and in our individual lives (Genesis 1:1; Hebrews 1:10-12, 11:3).
We believe that God has three distinct personalities: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 13:14; John 1:1, 14; John 16:12-15).

About Jesus

We believe that Jesus is the Son of God. We believe He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, shed His blood dying on a cross, was buried and raised from the dead three days later. He ascended to the Father and now reigns over his Kingdom. (Romans 8:34Philippians 2:5-11).
We believe that Jesus is the only way to Heaven (Acts 4:12John 14:6) and is the only one qualified and able to redeem us and save us from our sins (Hebrews 9:11-15). We believe that one day Jesus will return to take his own to live with him forever (Acts 1:111 Thessalonians 4:16-17).

About Sin

We believe that our sin separates us from a Holy God (Isaiah 59:2). To sin is to violate God’s law and to rebel against Him. Sin is pervasive; it consists not only in the bad things we do but also in the good things that we fail to do (James 4:17), it manifests itself not only in word and deed but also in thought (Matthew 5:28). The Bible teaches that all of us have sinned (Romans 3:231 John 1:8-10).

About Salvation

We believe that God’s love and justice intersect at the cross. Since God is just he cannot simply ignore or disregard our sin but because He is loving He wants to be in fellowship with us. God’s solution to our sin problem was to send Jesus to serve the death penalty due us and to reconcile us to Himself so that he might reign in our hearts and lives (2 Corinthians 5:18-191 Thessalonians 5:9-101 Peter 3:18Romans 6:23). This is why the Gospel is Good News!
God has acted on our behalf but we must choose to accept or decline his gift of salvation. We accept the gift of salvation through faith. Faith is more than just intellectual assent (James 2:19); it is made complete by our actions (James 2:22). A faith-response to Jesus includes repentance (Acts 2:38), confession (Romans 10:9) and baptism. Just as Christ died, was buried, and was raised from the dead, we also we must be buried (immersed) with Christ in baptism and then be raised to live a new life (Romans 6:4). At the time of our baptism, our sins are taken away and the Holy Spirit comes and takes up residence in us (Acts 2:38); additionally, we are added to the Church (Acts 2:47). Throughout our lives, we are continually being transformed into the image of Christ by His Spirit who lives in us.

About the Church

We believe that the church belongs to the Lord! It is His body and every Christian is a member of that body. It is not defined racially, socially, geographically or ethnically. The purpose of the church is to glorify God (Ephesians 3:10-11). God is glorified when we grow closer to Him (Ephesians 4:11-16) and when we reach out to those around us with the love of Christ (Luke 9:2).