Our Beliefs

What We Believe

The Bible is the inspired Word of God and the revealed will of God.

God is one God, but revealed in three persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit. Although each member of the Trinity serves different functions, they each possess equal power and authority.

Man was created in God’s image to have fellowship with God but became separated in that relationship by sinful disobedience. Man’s only hope of redemption is in Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Faith in the blood of Jesus Christ, shed on the cross, is man’s only way of receiving forgiveness of sins and eternal life. This salvation, also called “the New Birth,” comes by believing in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead and confessing with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord." Salvation is a gift of God and cannot be earned through our own efforts.

In addition to being “born of the Spirit” (salvation), we believe it is God’s will that every believer is also “filled with the Holy Spirit.” This is also known as “the baptism in the Holy Spirit” and “receiving the Holy Spirit.” This is a gift from God, as promised by the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers, and received by faith subsequent to the New Birth.

Being filled with the Spirit gives a believer the power to be a witness for Christ and to live a supernatural, victorious life. The initial evidence of being filled with the Spirit is “speaking in other tongues” as the Holy Spirit gives utterance.
Baptism is a symbolic act to publicly profess one’s salvation. It is a declaration to the world that a believer has died with Christ and has been raised with Him to live a life surrendered to God. Jesus commands us to be baptized, but it is not the reason or cause of our salvation; it is the result of our salvation.

We practice full immersion baptism, symbolizing the death, burial, and resurrection that Jesus went through for us.

We partake of the Lord’s Supper by eating of the bread and drinking of the cup in remembrance of what Jesus did for us on the cross. It is our practice to take communion on the first Sunday of each month and on special occasions.

Jesus is the head of the Church, which is the body of Christ. Each believer is a necessary and vital part of the body.

Jesus came to give us an abundant life. This includes spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, financial, and social health and well-being. Healing for our bodies and minds was provided for in the atonement of Jesus and is the privilege of every member of the body of Christ.

Jesus will return in the clouds, just as He departed, to gather all the saints to heaven. When He comes, the dead in Christ will rise first, and then we who are alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord (referred to as the rapture). No one but the Father knows the day or the hour of Jesus’ return, but we believe His return is imminent, so we should be ready at all times.

What We Believe About...

Life begins at conception; therefore, the life of the unborn child should be protected and preserved.

References: Psalm 139:13-16, Isaiah 44:24, Jeremiah 1:5, Genesis 9:6.
Marriage was ordained by God to be the union of a man and woman. God made man and then made woman to be his helper, one that was suitable for and adapted to his needs, enabling him to fulfill God’s commandment to be fruitful and multiply.

References: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:21-24, Matthew 19:4-6.
Homosexuality is a sin and an abomination to God. It is a violation of the natural order of God’s creation concerning sexuality. Fornication (sex outside of marriage) is also a sin and is just as serious to God as homosexuality. God hates sin, but He loves those bound in sexual immorality and offers forgiveness and restoration to anyone who will repent of their sin and turn to Him.

References: Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13, Romans 1:26-27, 1 John 1:9, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, 1 Corinthians 7:2.
We believe in eternal security, but not in the concept of “once saved, always saved.” Christ’s blood purchased our eternal redemption, and there is eternal security in Jesus Christ if we continue in the faith. We can’t lose our salvation like we lose our keys, but people can willingly depart from God and the life of faith.

References: Colossians 1:20-23, 1 Timothy 4:1, 1 Timothy 6:10-12, Hebrews 3:6-14, 2 Peter 2:20-22.