Our Doctrine

The Scriptures — We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the only verbally inspired and infallible Word of God, without error in their original writings, and the final authority for faith in God and Christian living.

The Godhead — We believe in one God, personal, infinite, and holy, eternally existing in three distinct persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  We believe that God created all things, not by evolutionary processes, but directly and immediately, and that He sustains and guides all things to His predetermined ends.  We believe that God is love, as expressed in the Bible.

God The Father — We believe in the sovereignty of God the Father, that He is the eternal Father of His only begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and that He is the Father of only those who accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their own personal Savior.

God The Son — We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, is true God and true man, lived a sinless life, performed many miracles, died a substitutionary death on the cross and shed His blood for our sins, arose bodily from the grave, and ascended into heaven as our High Priest, Advocate, and King.  We believe in His visible, imminent, and personal return in power and glory.

God The Holy Spirit — We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, Who regenerates, convicts of sin, indwells every believer at conversion, seals, sanctifies, fills, comforts, guides, teaches, gives gifts to believers for the building up of the saints, enables the believer to live a Godly life, and empowers the believer for effective Christian service.

Satan — We believe that Satan is the fallen angel who tempted our first parents to sin, that he is the enemy of the Triune God and all mankind, soliciting the believer to sin, accusing him before God, and striving to keep the unbeliever from accepting Christ.  We believe he will be consigned to the Lake of Fire forever.

Man — We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred both physical and spiritual death on himself, which is separation from God, and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and, therefore, are sinners by choice in thought, word, and deed.

Salvation — We believe that all who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, truly repent of their sins, and receive Him by faith, are born again of the Holy Spirit, thereby becoming children of God.  We believe that at death the spirit of the Christian departs to be with the Lord.  We believe in the resurrection of the dead, the unsaved unto everlasting damnation and the saved unto everlasting blessedness with the Lord God.

The Church — We believe in both the church universal, which is composed of all believers in Jesus Christ both living and dead, and the individual church congregation, through whom God works to carry out the Great Commission.