What we Believe

that He preexisted with God the Father before His birth in Bethlehem... that He was supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit in the body of the Virgin Mary... that He lived a totally sinless and perfect life ... that He died on the cross for the sins of the whole world ... that He was buried and supernaturally raised out of the grave and declared the victorious Son of God over sin, death, and hell ... that He is presently seated at the right hand of God in the place of authority in heaven ... that He is coming back to the earth soon to bodily resurrect the dead in Christ and to rapture every living believer to be carried to heaven with Him.

We believe in the Holy Spirit.
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, equal with God the Father and God the Son. We believe the Holy Spirit convicts the sinner, regenerates the sinner, indwells and seals the believer at the point of initial salvation. We believe He fills and empowers the believer in order that He may live a holy and fruitful life. We believe every Christian should live his life under the control of the Holy Spirit of God. We believe that the evidence of the fullness or control of the Holy Spirit is in living a Godly, holy, fruitful, and witnessing life. We do not accept the teaching that any of the sign gifts are to be sought as evidence of the Holy Spirit's fullness. We believe that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is an experience that takes place at the time of salvation and is not separate from salvation.

We believe in Salvation.
We believe that salvation is by grace through faith, that it is the free gift of God. We believe that man is saved by faith in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe a person must repent of his sin and by faith receive and trust the Person and Provision of Jesus Christ as Lord in order to be saved, and can enjoy his life of salvation. We also believe that all who have been truly born again will be saved forever and cannot lose their salvation. We believe that being saved is the most important experience in every individual's life.

We believe in Heaven.
We believe that heaven is a real place. We believe it is a lovely place, a perfect place, a place which will be populated by the saints of God from all ages. We believe the most important thing about heaven is the presence of the Lord Himself. We believe a person must make proper preparations to go to heaven, and that the preparation is to receive Jesus Christ as one's own Lord and Savior.

We believe there is a literal Hell.
We believe that hell is a real place, that it was prepared for the devil and his angels, and that all of those who die outside of the Lord Jesus Christ will spend eternity in hell. We believe that hell is a literal place of physical, mental, spiritual, and eternal suffering. We believe that every person will spend eternity either in heaven or in hell.

We believe in Baptism and the Lord's Supper as Church Ordinances.
We believe that baptism by immersion is the only scriptural mode. We believe that baptism does not save, but it is an act of obedience to the command of Christ and a testimony to the world of your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and with the people of God.

We further believe that the Lord's Supper is a symbolic ordinance which pictures Christ's body broken for our sins and His blood shed for our redemption. We do not believe it is a saving ordinance, but rather symbolic. We believe that every
born-again, baptized believer should take the Lord's Supper as an act of worship, praise, remembrance, and gratitude to Jesus Christ for what He has done for us.

We believe in the Local Church.
We believe that the local church is God's instrument in this present age and that all Christians should both belong to and be an active part of a local New Testament church. We believe the church is a body of baptized believers in whom Jesus Christ lives and over whom He lords, and is to live under the direction and discipline of the Holy Word of God. They are united together in the Holy Spirit for the purpose of evangelizing the lost, building up the saved, and glorifying the Lord. We believe the church belongs to the Lord Jesus and that the church should love Christ and all the members of the body ... and that they should be faithful to its purposes. We believe in the separation of church and state. We believe the church is a God-governed body with the pastor serving as the spiritual leader of the body.