Statement of Faith

• We believe in one eternal God who is the Creator of all things. He exists in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power, and love.

• We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ as both God and man is the only One who can reconcile us to God. He lived a sinless and exemplary life, died on the cross in our place, and rose again to prove His victory and empower us for life.

• We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Jesus Christ and that He is our abiding Helper, Teacher, and Guide. We believe Jesus is the one who baptizes us in the Holy Spirit, as a conscious experience and that all the gifts of the Spirit spoken of in the New Testament are vital in ministry today.

• We believe the Bible; Old and the New Testament, to be the inspired, trustworthy Word of God. It is our only standard of faith and practice. It is accurate, authoritative and applicable to our everyday lives.

• We believe that People were originally created innocent and pure, but that the first of these fell through the sin of disobedience. All people are therefore sinful by nature, eternally separated from God, unable to fulfill His purpose for their lives, and are in need of reconciliation.

• We believe that in order to receive forgiveness and the ‘New Birth’ we must repent of our sins, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and submit to His will for our lives. All who place their faith in Jesus Christ are saved from their fallen condition into eternal life with God by His grace alone, apart from works or merit.

• We believe that Marriage is a sacred institution established by God, which is the uniting of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others, in covenant commitment for a lifetime, and the only relationship within which sexual intimacy is to be enjoyed.

• We believe that the one, holy, universal Church is the Body of Christ and is composed of the communities of Christ’s people. We believe that God has corporately and individually equipped us so that we can successfully achieve His purpose for our lives, which is to worship God, fulfill our role in the Church and serve and reach the community in which we live.

• We believe in the Resurrection of all the dead. Every person who is saved will receive eternal life in the presence of Christ, and everyone who is not saved will receive eternal damnation in the lake of fire.

• We believe that the Kingdom of God has come to us in the person of Jesus Christ on earth and that He will return to earth to complete the establishment of God’s eternal reign over all creation.

• We believe in the Second Coming of Christ. He will return to gather his Church for himself, to establish his Kingdom, and to judge all men. All who are in Christ will then enjoy eternal blessing, while all the unrepentant will suffer eternal punishment.

“…being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ .”

Philippians 1:6