Our Beliefs
Our Core Doctrinal Statements
  1. We strongly believe in the divine inspiration, inerrancy, and authority of all 66 books in the Holy Scriptures (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21).
  2. We strongly believe in the doctrine of the Trinity as historically and scripturally maintained (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14).
  3. We strongly believe in God the Father as Sovereign and Infinite (Jeremiah 32:17; Acts 17:24-28).
  4. We strongly believe in the deity and humanity of Jesus Christ (John 20:28; Hebrews 1:8; Philippians 2:5-8; Hebrews 2:14-18).
  5. We strongly believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:34-38), His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 2:22), His substitutionary death (Romans 5:8; 2 Corinthians 5:21, Ephesians 5:2; 1 Peter 2:24, 25), His bodily resurrection (Luke 24; Acts 2:23-32; Acts 13:29-38; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20), and His glorious ascension (Acts 1:9-11; Acts 2:33-36).
  6. We strongly believe in the total depravity of all mankind (Romans 3:9-20; Ephesians 2:1-3).
  7. We strongly believe in the necessity of regeneration (John 3:3; Acts 4:12; Romans 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-10).
  8. We strongly believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit placing the believer into the Body of Christ (Romans 8:9-16; 1 Corinthians 12:13).
  9. We strongly believe in the believer's baptism as a prerequisite to local church membership (Matthew 28:19, 20; Acts 2:41-42), the Lord's Supper administered by the local church (Luke 22:17-20; 1 Corinthians 11:17-32), the local church as an autonomous body, separate from the world (Acts 2:42; Ephesians 4:11-16; 1 Corinthians 5:9-13; 1 Timothy 3:15).
  10. We strongly believe in the pre-tribulational rapture of the church as the believer's hope (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; 1 Thessalonians 5:5-11), the resurrection of the body of all believers concurrent
  11. We strongly believe in Heaven as the eternal duration for the saved (Matthew 25:46; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 2 Thessalonians 1:10; Jude 25).
  12. We strongly believe in a final judgment, and an eternal punishment in a literal hell for the lost (2 Thessalonians 1:8,9; Revelation 20:11-15).