The sole basis for our beliefs is the Bible, God's infallible written Word. We believe that it was uniquely, verbally and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, and that it was written without error in the original manuscripts. It is the supreme and final authority in all matters on which it speaks. We explicitly affirm our belief in basic Bible teachings, as follows:

• There is one true God, eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - each of whom possessed equally all the attributes of deity and the characteristics of personality.

• Jesus Christ is God, the Living Word, who became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. Hence, He is perfect deity and true humanity united in one person forever.

•  He lived a sinless life on earth and voluntarily atoned for the sins of men by dying on the cross as their substitute, thus satisfying divine justice and accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone.

• He rose from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which He lived and died.

• He ascended bodily into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God the Father, where He, the only mediator between God and man, continually makes intercession for His own.

• Man was originally created in the image of God. He sinned by disobeying God: thus, he alienated himself from his Creator. That historic fall brought all men under divine condemnation.

• Man's nature is corrupted, and he is, therefore, unable to please God without regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

• We believe that salvation—the forgiveness of sins—cannot be earned, but is given to us only through the blood of Jesus Christ and by God’s grace (Matthew 26:28; Romans 5:1-11, 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-10; Hebrews 10:19-22; 1 Peter 1:18, 19; 1 John 1:7).

• We believe that we must respond to God by admitting our sin and our need for God’s grace (Romans 3:23; Titus 3:3-7), Believing and confessing the truth about Jesus (Matthew 10:32; Romans 10:9, 10),

• Turning away from sin (repenting—Luke 24:45-47; Acts 3:19, 17:30),

• Trusting Jesus as Savior and Lord (Romans 10:11-13, Philippians 2:11),

• And being baptized (immersed) into Christ (Acts 2:38; Romans 6:1-4).

• We believe in the church of Jesus Christ, consisting of all Christians everywhere (Matthew 16:13-18;  Acts 2:14-47, Ephesians 1:22, 23).

• The Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to     men. He convicts and draws sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them, continually indwells them from the moment of Spiritual birth, and seals them until the day of redemption. His fullness, power, and control are appropriated in the believer's life by faith through water baptism.

• Every believer is called to live so in the power of the indwelling Spirit that he will not fulfill the lust of the flesh but will bear fruit to the glory of God.

• Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, His body, which is composed of all men, living and dead, who have been joined to Him through saving faith.

• God admonishes His people to assemble together regularly for worship, for participation in ordinances, for edification through the Scriptures, and for mutual encouragement.

• We believe in the church’s mission: making disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to obey all of Jesus’ commands (Matthew 28:18-20).

• There exists a personal spirit of Evil, Satan, our adversary, who, with great power, carries on organized opposition to the Kingdom of God, and seeks the demise of man: he will suffer ultimate and total defeat at the hands of Jesus Christ. We accept these large areas of doctrinal teaching on which, historically, there has been general agreement among all true Christians. We desire to allow for freedom of conviction on all matters of opinion, provided that any interpretation is based upon the Bible alone, and that no such interpretation shall become an issue which hinders the ministry to which God has called us.