What We Believe
God
~ One True God reveals Himself to the world in three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19)
Jesus
~ Jesus, the Son of God, is our one and only Lord and Savior, crucified for our sins and physically resurrected from the dead on the third day. (John 14:6; Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 15)
Bible
~ The Bible is the only written message of God inspired by the Holy Spirit and without error. (2 Timothy 3:16,17; 2 Peter 1:19-21)
~ We are a Bible Church and believe we should “be silent where the Bible speaks, and speak where the Bible is silent.” In applying scriptural principles to build the visible church, we must obey God’s word, but we are free to use our God-given creativity where the Bible does not prohibit a practice or name.(Genesis 2:19; 1 Corinthians 10:23)
Salvation
~ A person is saved by the grace of God and the blood of Jesus Christ, and a person must, through faith and obedience, reach out to receive this free gift of salvation. (Ephesians 1:1-10; James 2:14-26)
~ As with the first Christians, when a person repents and is baptized, their sins are forgiven, and the Holy Spirit works in their life. (Acts 2:36-41; Romans 8:5-11)
Discipleship
~ Only baptized disciples are members of Christ’s church. The church is thus composed of sold-out disciples (1 Corinthians 12:12-13; Matthew 13:44-45; Luke 14:33)
~ After baptism, every new Christian needs to be taught or “discipled” by another Christian to obey all of Jesus’ teachings(Matthew 28:20; Luke 6:40).
~ Every disciple must be committed to the vision of making disciples of all nations. The church is to evangelize the nations in one generation.(Mathew 28:18-20; Colossians 1:23)
Central Leadership
~ We believe in Central Leadership. Throughout God’s word, when his people were unified, there was strong central leadership and godly central leader. (Examples: Moses, Joshua, David, and of course Jesus and the Apostles). Local congregations in the New Testament had overseeing evangelists, who unified the disciples “everywhere in every church.” In the first century, congregations were a collective movement- not autonomous, not self-governing. Thus, our congregation willingly is a member of the International Christian Churches (Sold-out Discipling Movement). (Acts 15; 1 Corinthians 4:15-17; Titus 1:5)