STATEMENT OF FAITH
I. The Holy Scriptures
We believe the Holy Bible, consisting of the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, to be the verbally and plenarily inspired Word of God. We hold that the Scriptures are inerrant in the original writings, infallible, and the supreme, final authority in all matters of faith, doctrine, and conduct (2 Tim. 3:16–17; 2 Pet. 1:20–21; Matt. 5:18; John 16:12–13).
II. The True God & The Trinity
We believe in one triune God, eternally existing in three distinct persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections (Deut. 6:4; 2 Cor. 13:14; Matt. 28:19).
III. The Person and Work of Jesus Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men (John 1:1–2, 14; Luke 1:35). We believe that He accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice, and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Rom. 3:24–25; 1 Pet. 2:24; Eph. 1:7; 1 Pet. 1:3–5). We believe that He ascended to heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate (Acts 1:9–10; Heb. 9:24; Rom. 8:34; 1 John 2:1–2).
IV. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption (John 16:8–11; 2 Cor. 3:6; 1 Cor. 12:12–14; Rom. 8:9; Eph. 1:13–14).
V. The Total Depravity of Man
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam’s sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God. Man is totally depraved, and of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition apart from divine grace (Gen. 1:26–27; Rom. 3:22–23; 5:12; Eph. 2:1–3, 12).
VI. Salvation by Grace Through Faith
We believe that salvation is the free gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins. We believe that all true believers, once saved, are kept by God's power and are secure in Christ forever (Eph. 2:8–10; John 1:12; 10:27–30; Rom. 8:1, 38–39; 1 Pet. 1:5).
VII. The Church and Its Ordinances
We believe that the local church is a congregation of baptized believers associated by a covenant of faith and fellowship of the Gospel, observing the ordinances of Christ and governed by His laws.
- Believer's Baptism: We practice baptism by immersion in water under the authority of the local church, symbolizing the believer's death, burial, and resurrection to walk in newness of life. It is a prerequisite to the privileges of church membership.
- The Lord's Supper: We believe that the Lord's Supper is a symbolic commemoration of Christ's death until He comes, and should always be preceded by solemn self-examination (Matt. 28:19–20; Acts 2:41–42; 1 Cor. 11:23–32).
VIII. The Prophetic Timeline & Eschatology (Premillennial)
We take a literal, grammatical-historical approach to biblical prophecy. Our position regarding the end times is explicitly Pre-tribulational and Premillennial:
- The Rapture: We believe in the personal, imminent, pre-tribulational return of the Lord Jesus Christ to catch away (rapture) His Church in the air before the seven-year Tribulation period begins (1 Thess. 4:13–18; 1 Cor. 15:51–52; Titus 2:13; Rev. 3:10).
- The Tribulation: We believe that the Tribulation is a literal seven-year period of divine judgment poured out upon an unbelieving world, fulfilling Daniel's Seventieth Week and dealing specifically with the nation of Israel (Dan. 9:24–27; Matt. 24:21; Rev. 6–19).
- The Second Coming & Millennial Reign: We believe in the visible, physical bodily return of Jesus Christ to the earth with His saints at the end of the Tribulation. He will defeat the Antichrist, judge the nations, bind Satan, and establish a literal, geographic 1,000-year Millennial Kingdom on earth, ruling from the throne of David in Jerusalem, fulfilling all unconditional covenants made to Israel (Zech. 14:4–11; Rev. 19:11–16; 20:1–6; Isa. 9:6–7; 11:1–9; Luke 1:32–33).
- The Eternal State: We believe in the physical resurrection of all men—the saved to eternal life and conscious bliss in the New Jerusalem with God, and the unsaved to eternal, conscious punishment in the Lake of Fire (John 5:28–29; Rev. 20:11–15; 21:1–4; Matt. 25:46).