. . . To Love God and Love people. . . . We do this by helping people become more like Jesus every day
WE BELIEVE
. . . In one God-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Matthew 3.16-17; John 14.9-10
. . . God is the Creator of man and all things
Genesis 1.1; Acts 17.24-28
. . . In Jesus Christ, God’s only Son and Savior of the world
John 3.16; Matthew 1.18; John 20.24-31
. . . The Bible is the inspired Word of God and the final authority for all matters of faith
Romans 15.4; Hebrews 4.12; 2 Timothy 3.16
. . . That man, created by God, willfully sinned, and as a result, is lost and without hope apart from Jesus Christ
Acts 4.12; Romans 3.23; 1 John 1.7
. . . Each person has free will to choose their soul's eternal destiny by accepting or rejecting Christ
Romans 8.10-11; Daniel 12.2; John 6.47
. . . That salvation (the forgiveness of sins) comes by grace through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ (His death, burial and resurrection)
Matthew 26.28; Romans 5.8-11; Ephesians 2.8-9
. . . The Bible teaches that the pattern for salvation is to believe in Christ as God's Son and Savior of the world, to repent of personal sin, to confess Christ as Lord, and to be immersed in Baptism
Luke 24.45-47; Acts 2.38; Romans 6.1-7; 2 Peter 3.9
. . . The Holy Spirit lives within every Christian
John 16.5-15
. . . The church is the body and bride of Christ, founded on the day of Pentecost, consisting of all Christians everywhere
Matthew 16.13-18; Acts 2.14-47
. . . It is God’s plan for the elders to shepherd the local church
Acts 20.28; 1 Timothy 3.1-7; 1 Peter 5.1-4
. . . The Bible teaches that God intends for marriage to be a monogamous, life-long, loving relationship between a man and a woman and that His design for sex is exclusively within the context of a Biblical marriage.
Genesis 2.24; Matthew 19.6; Genesis 1.28, Genesis 9.7