We believe the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, given by divine inspiration, are the Word of God and the final authority in all matters of faith and conduct (Joshua 1:8; Hebrews 4:12-13; 2 Timothy 3:16; Revelations 22:18-19).

We believe God reveals Himself as the living and true God who is infinite, eternal, unchangeable, and creator of all things. Perfect in love and righteous in all His ways, this one God eternally exists in three co-equal persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1; Exodus 15:11; Psalm 90:1-2; Matthew 28:19-20).

We believe God made man and woman in His image that we might enjoy His fellowship and fulfill His will. Being estranged from God by our disobedience, we are, as sinful people, incapable of a right relationship with God apart from divine grace. (Genesis 1:26-28; 3:1-7; Romans 3:23, 6:23; Ephesians 2:4-9).

We believe God created human sexuality and marriage intentionally and for our good. The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments define marriage as a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman. All sexual activity outside the biblical marriage relationship, whether heterosexual, homosexual, or otherwise, is immoral and therefore sin. (Genesis 2:18-24; Matthew 19:4-9; Romans 1:18-32; 1 Corinthians 6:9-20).

We believe the only mediator between God and all human beings is Jesus Christ our Lord, God’s eternal Son, who, as man, fully shared and fulfilled our humanity in a life of perfect obedience without sin (Isaiah 9:6; John 1:14; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:6-7).

We believe by Jesus’s death in our place, He revealed the divine love and upheld divine justice, removing our guilt and reconciling us to God. Having risen bodily from the dead and ascended into heaven, He rules as Lord over all and intercedes for us as our Great High Priest (Isaiah 53:5; Philippians 2:9-11; Colossians 2:13-15; Hebrews 4:14-16).

We believe the Holy Spirit, through the proclamation of the gospel, renews our hearts, persuading us to repent of our sins and confess Jesus as Lord. By the same Spirit we are led to trust in divine mercy, whereby we are forgiven all our sins, justified by faith through the merit of Christ our Savior, adopted into God’s family as His children and enabled so to live in the world that all people may see our good works and the gospel of grace at work in our lives and glorify our Father who is in heaven. (Ezekiel 36:26-27; John 3:5, 14:16-17; Romans 8:14-15; Ephesians 5:18-21).

We believe that Christians are to associate themselves into visible churches, according to the Lord’s command; that a visible church of Christ is a congregation of believers bound together by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Ephesians 1:3-10; 4:4-6; 1 Peter 2:9).

We believe God’s redemptive purpose will be consummated by the return of Christ to raise the dead, judge all people, and establish His glorious kingdom. Those who are apart from Christ shall be under God’s eternal judgment in hell, but the redeemed shall live and reign with Him forever. (2 Samuel 7:13-16; John 14:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 21:3-4).