What We Believe

The foundation of our church is the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We believe that His life is a model for the way we should live our own, His death is the sacrifice that atoned for our sins, and His resurrection is the powerful hope we have for eternity.

Holy Scriptures

We believe the Bible is the verbally inspired, infallible Word of God, and therefore the ultimate rule of faith and practice. In light of the confusion and questions surrounding many English translations, we use only the King James Version in all of our English-speaking ministries.

God

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Creation

We believe the Genesis account of creation is to be accepted literally, not allegorically or figuratively, and thus that humanity was created directly in God’s own image rather than being a product of evolution.

Jesus Christ 

• We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of Mary, a virgin, and that He is true God and true man.

• We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a substitutionary sacrifice, that He rose from the dead victorious, and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood and resurrection.

Man

We believe that man sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death but also that spiritual death which is separation from God and literal eternal judgment in Hell and the Lake of Fire. All humans are thus born with a sinful nature, and, in the case of those who reach the point of moral responsibility, are sinners in thought, word, and deed.

Salvation

• We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a substitutionary sacrifice, that He rose from the dead victorious, and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood and resurrection.

• We believe that salvation is by grace through faith without the addition of any works.

• We reject the doctrinal errors of both Calvinism and Arminianism. We believe that when a person receives Christ, they are eternally secure in Christ.

• We believe that upon salvation the believer is sealed and indwelled by the Holy Spirit of God. We are non-charismatic and do not believe the sign gifts, including speaking in tongues, are a regular work of the Holy Spirit today.

The Resurrection

We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into heaven, and in His present life there as High Priest and Advocate. We believe as well that because of His bodily resurrection, we will also be bodily raised and given a new glorified body to live with Him forever

The Church

• We believe that the local church is a self-governing body of believers who have been baptized and that there are only two ordinances: baptism and the Lord’s supper, both of which are administered only to believers.

• We believe in baptism for believers only and that baptism by immersion is the answer of a good conscience toward God. We believe that salvation and scriptural baptism are requirements for membership in the local church, but that baptism holds no saving power.

Last Things

We are dispensational in theology and believe in the pre-millennial return of Christ to set up His literal Kingdom on this earth.