Our Beliefs

…About God

We believe God is the loving Creator of all things, both seen and unseen. God is eternal and completely good, knowing all things, having all power and majesty. God exists as three distinct personalities with distinct roles, yet one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God passionately desires relationship with us and continually invites us into a relationship of faith, friendship, learning, and service.

…About Jesus Christ

We believe God expressed himself in human form through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, born of the virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, was crucified for the sins of us all, was buried and rose again from the dead. He has ascended to heaven and will return as our victorious Lord.

…About the Holy Spirit

We believe the Holy Spirit, sent from God to live inside all who believe in Jesus Christ, teaches, comforts and empowers us, giving each follower diverse gifts, fostering unity, interdependence, productivity, Christ-like character and love among Christians.

…About the Bible

We believe God speaks to us in the Bible, and it is our privilege to seek to understand God’s message and apply it responsibly to our lives. The Bible is our standard in all we say and do, containing God’s unchangeable truth for our lives, and is without error as originally transcribed. It is our guide.

…About Salvation

We believe all people are created with dignity and value in the image of God, to live in a vital relationship with God. However, through our sin (failing to live by God’s moral standards), we broke our intended relationship with God and experienced the destructive consequences of that broken relationship, spiritually and socially, in this life and beyond.

However, God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to rescue us from those consequences and to restore our broken relationships with God and others, through Christ’s death on the cross, a perfect act of redemption for each of us.

We believe Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and mankind, and salvation occurs when people place their faith in the death and resurrection of Christ as the complete and sufficient payment for their sin.

…About the Church

We believe the church is the body of Christ, of which Jesus Christ is the head. The members of the church are those who have trusted by faith the finished work of Christ. The purpose of the church is to glorify God by loving Him and by making Him known to the lost world.