HomeOur Basic Beliefs
God
and His Good News:
There is One God, creator and sovereign ruler of the universe,
eternally existing as three persons (the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit), who has forgiven our sins and given us redemption by
faith in Jesus Christ. (Genesis 1.1; John. 1.1-4; Matthew 28.19)
We proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ, fully human and fully divine, who became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, lived a life of perfect obedience to His heavenly Father, died on the cross to atone for the sins of the world and rose bodily in accordance with the Scriptures. We believe God the Holy Spirit draws us to faith in Jesus Christ, through whom alone we are made righteous (justified) and found acceptable by God the Father. (John 14.6; Acts 4.12). Further our salvation is secured by God through His grace and power and cannot be earned by Human effort (Ro. 3.23)
About Mankind: God
made humanity alone in His image to be like Him in character, but
faced with the choice of obedience to God’s will and purpose for our
lives or the elevation of our own desires, we chose the latter and
rebelled against God, which is sin. The result of our sin was the
disruption of our relationship between God and each other (Genesis
1.26-27; 3.8-12; Romans 3.10, 23)
About Eternity: Man
was created to exist forever. He will either exist eternally
separated from God by sin or in union with God by His grace through
the forgiveness of sin that He offers by faith in His Son Jesus who
is the Christ. To be eternally separated from God is a place of
Hell. To be eternally in union with Him is eternal life. Heaven and
Hell are places of eternal existence.
Christian Commitment:
We confess Jesus as the Lord to whom all authority in heaven and
earth has been given by the Father. We commit ourselves to follow
Jesus and love Him above all else and to conform and live our lives
according to His example and commands by the grace and help of the
Holy Spirit. (Luke 14.25-27)
Holy Scripture: We
believe all Scriptures were “written for our learning” (Romans
15:4), that they (both the Old and New Testaments are “God’s Word
written,” and therefore the supreme source God’s truth and that we
are to read, preach, teach, and live by their standard. We commit
ourselves to regular Bible study and to preach and teach
only that which is in
accordance with Holy Scripture. (2 Timothy 3.16-17; 2 Peter
1.20-21)
Christian Community:
We hold corporate worship in the Word and Sacrament, discipleship,
and mission to be interconnected and indispensable aspects of our
response to God as individuals, and the community and family of God.
We are committed to being sacrificially involved in all three
aspects of congregational life.
Mission and Missions:
The Risen Lord commissioned His disciples to offer the Good News to
all persons without discrimination, and to teach them to obey His
commandments. Therefore we, as his body (the church) are committed
to Jesus’ mission, which includes both evangelistic proclamation and
care of those in need.