What We Believe
GOD
There is but one eternal, all-powerful, all-knowing and
everywhere-present Triune God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit— who is
the creator and sustainer of all things (Deuteronomy 6:4-5; 1
Timothy 2:5).
JESUS CHRIST
He is God incarnate, yet human. He lived a sinless life, died to
make atonement for the sins of all mankind, was bodily
resurrected and is now mediator at the right hand of the
Father. He is assuredly coming in power and glory for His believing
followers, and is the only Savior of men (John 1:1, 14; Titus
2:11-14).
HOLY SPIRIT
He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment,
regenerating all who repent of their sins and believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ. He sanctifies, empowers, teaches, guides and comforts
the believers (John 16:7,8, 12-15).
BIBLE
The Bible is the divinely inspired Word of God and thus
authoritative in all matters it addresses (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter
1:20-21).
SALVATION
Salvation is the result of genuine repentance of sin and faith
in the atoning work of Christ. It brings
forgiveness to the penitent, makes him a partaker of the divine
nature and gives peace with God. We call this new birth (Titus 3:5;
1 Peter 1:3-5).
CHURCH
We believe in the invisible and universal Church as an organism. It
is composed of all believers in the Lord Jesus who have been vitally
united by faith to Christ, its living Head and sovereign Lord
(Matthew 16:18; Hebrews 12:22-24).
ORDINANCES
We believe
the Christian ordinances are two: baptism and the Lord’s
Supper. We believe they are outward rites appointed by Christ to be
administered in each church, not as a means of salvation, but as a
visible sign and seal of its reality (Acts 8:36; 1 Corinthians
11:24-34).