Statement of Faith

We believe that the original manuscripts (autographs) of the sixty-six books of the Protestant Bible are the inspired, inerrant, trustworthy and relevant word of God, and are the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of human beings and the final authority for that about which it speaks. Based on the Holy Scriptures, we believe the following:

We believe in one God, creator and sustainer of all life—infinitely perfect, holy and eternally co-existing in three persons—Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This Trinity is omnipresent (everywhere), omnipotent (all-powerful) and omniscient (all-knowing), and preexisted all matter, seen or unseen.

We believe that Jesus Christ is the sole reason for our faith. We believe that He is God and the Word of God, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, died a substitutionary, atoning death on the cross, and that He alone is qualified to be the mediator between God and man.

We believe that while man was created in the image of God, he is born with a sinful nature which causes both physical and spiritual death resulting in separation from God. We believe that despite being born with a sinful nature, man is ultimately responsible for his sins and will be held accountable for his actions and beliefs. When he dies, he will be judged with perfect justice.

We believe that Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, was crucified according to God’s perfect plan to save man from extinction. We believe His death provided atonement for our sins, according to the Scriptures. We believe that, since the death and resurrection of Christ, atonement comes by no other means. Christ’s death was and is a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and all who give up their wills and establish Him as Lord according to His teaching in the Gospels are justified to live eternally with Him, the Father and the Holy Spirit.

We believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, His ascension into heaven and His presence eternally with God. We further believe that Christ is constantly interceding for those who have or will in the future become His disciples.

We believe in a personal, second return of Jesus Christ to earth. According to Biblical revelation, we believe that, at a point in the future, there will be a final judgment of the living and the dead, eventually resulting in a bodily resurrection for the just and unjust as defined by God alone. We believe that the resurrection of the just will result in a life of eternal blessedness, and that of the unjust will result for them in a life of eternal punishment.