our Core Beliefs

The Bible

We believe the following in the Bible to be the complete Word of God:

• The 66 books of the Old and New Testament were inspired by the Spirit of God as originally written - "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God," John 1:1
• The Bible is the final authority in all matters of faith and conduct - "All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness," 2 Timothy 3:16 

God's Truth

We believe in one God, Creator of all, holy, sovereign, eternal, existing in three equal Persons, God the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit. "For by him all things were created in heaven and earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rules or authorities - all things were created through him and for him,"  - Colossians 1:16  and "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all,"  - 2 Corinthians 13:14 and  "I and the Father are one," - John 10:30.

Jesus Christ

We believe the following in the absolute and essential deity of our Lord Jesus Christ:

• In His eternal existence, with the Father in pre-incarnate glory - "The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us,"  1 John 1:2
• In His work of creation, in His virgin birth, sinless life, death and bodily resurrection - He is RISEN! "Then go quickly and tell the disciples: He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him," Matthew 28:7
• In His triumphant ascension, mediatorial ministry and personal return - "For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God and the dead in Christ will rise first, " 1 Thessalonians 4:16 and "But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father," Matthew 24:36

The Holy Spirit

We believe the following in the absolute and essential deity, and in the personality of the Holy Spirit: 

• God lives in us through the Holy Spirit - "If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything," 1 John 3:20
• Who regenerates, indwells, seals, sanctifies, illuminates and comforts those who believe in Jesus Christ - "And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance," Acts 2:4  and "When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus," Acts 19:5
• Who baptizes believers at conversion into the Body of Christ and bestows upon them His gifts sovereignly as He wills and fills those yielded to Him - "And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up out of the water. At the moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him," Matthew 3:16 and "Peter replied, repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit," Acts 2:38

Salvation 

We believe that salvation is by the sovereign grace of God and of the following:

• That by the Father, Christ voluntarily suffered a propitiatory death - "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit," 1 Peter 3:18
• That justification is by faith alone in the all-sufficient sacrifice and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ - "For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved," Romans 10:10
• That with public confession "If you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved," Romans 10:9