What We Believe

The Scriptures

We believe the Scriptures, being the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, completely inerrant in the original writings, and absolutely authoritative and infallible. (2 Timothy 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:21; Proverbs 30:5,6)

The True God

We believe there is one God eternally existent in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 John 5:7)

God the Father

We believe in God the Father, Creator and Sustainer of all things visible and invisible, Who is True Holiness, Eternal Power, Infinite Love, Perfect Justice, and Absolute Truth. (Genesis 1:1; Leviticus 19:2; Romans 1:20; 3:26; Titus 1:2; I John 4:8,9)

God the Son

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death on the cross, in the shedding of His precious blood for the remission of sin, in His bodily resurrection and ascension to the right hand of God the Father where He ever lives to make intercession for the saints, in His pre-tribulational and pre-millennial coming for His own, and in His return to earth to reign in power and glory for a thousand years. (Zechariah 14:4-9; Matthew 1:18,22,23; Matthew 28:6; John 1:14; John 3:16; Acts 1:9-11; Acts 10:38; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 7:25)

God the Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit, or Holy Ghost, is the divine person Who moved holy men of God to write the Scriptures, Who convicts of sin, Who quickens in the new birth, Who seals the true believer unto the day of redemption, and Who indwells the believer with power of holy living and service. (John 14:16,17; John 16:8,9; Acts 1:8; Romans 8:11; Ephesians 1:13,14; Ephesians 4:30; 2 Peter 1:21)

The Devil (Satan)

We believe that Satan, as Lucifer, was cast out of Heaven along with his angels as rebels against God who were and are desirous of overthrowing God and His authority. We believe in the distinct personality of Satan, that he is the ruler of the darkness of this world, author of all sin, a tempter and accuser of the saints, and destined to the judgment of an eternal punishment in the lake of fire. (Isaiah 14:9-15; Matthew 4:1-11; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Revelation 20:10)

The Creation

We believe that God created the heavens and the earth, including all of life, by direct act and not by a process of evolution in any form. We believe in six literal days of creation, each being 24 hours in length. (Genesis 1; Genesis 2; John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:16,17)

The Fall of Man

We believe that man, in the person of the first Adam, was created in innocence in the image of God. By voluntary transgression Adam fell into sin, thus plunging the whole race into condemnation and death, so that all mankind is born in sin and shaped in iniquity. Men become practical sinners with the first expression of personal choice, not by constraint, but by choice, and so are without excuse before God. (Genesis 3; Psalm 51:5; John 3:18; Romans 5:8-19; Revelation 20:11-15)

The Atonement for Sin

We believe that the only escape from the condemnation of sin is through the atonement wrought by Jesus Christ when He voluntarily took upon Him a human body, yet without sin, and by His suffering, shedding of blood, death, and resurrection. In so doing, He made full satisfaction to the justice of God for the sin of man. The blessings of salvation are given on the grounds of grace to all who believe by faith, not of works. It is the duty of all to receive God’s offer of mercy.  We further believe that all who trust Christ as Savior are born from above and are eternally secure in Christ. (John 1:1-3,14; John 3:1-7,16; John 10:28,29; Acts 16:30-33; Romans 8:25-29; Romans 10:9-13; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 2:8,9; Philippians 1:6; Hebrews 10:4-14; 1 John 5:10-13)