1.    We believe in the Bible as God’s only inspired, inerrant, and authoritative revelation of Himself to man in written form. It declares His design and plan for mankind. (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21)

2.    We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10-11; Matthew 28:19; Luke 3:22; 1 John 5:7)

3.    We believe in Jesus Christ; that He is the Son of God, in His virgin birth, His deity, His resurrection and ascension, His future return in glory, first to rapture His church and second, to establish the kingdom of God upon the earth. (John 3:16; Hebrews 1:8; Acts 1:9; Matthew 28:56; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18; Revelation 20:6)

4.    We believe in the new birth as the only means of receiving eternal life. The new birth involves a cleansing and deliverance from the penalty and power of sin. It is effectuated through faith in Jesus Christ and repentance from sin. (John 3:3, 5, 7; Ephesians 2:8-9; 1 Peter 1:18-20)

5.    We believe in sanctification (the process of spiritual development) wrought in the believer’s life by the Holy Spirit. The growth involves daily dying to sin and living unto righteousness, finds expression in a holy life and will be culminated at the return of Christ. (Romans 6:1-23; Hebrews 12:24; 1 John 3:2)

6.    We believe in the baptism with the Holy Spirit as an endowment of power for all believers, and the initial physical evidence of the baptism with the Holy Spirit is speaking in tongues as experienced on the Day of Pentecost and referenced throughout Acts and the Epistles. This baptism results in a deeper expression of spiritual fruit, a greater growth in Christ-likeness, a genuine manifestation of spiritual gifts, and a more effective prayer life. (Acts 2:4, 38-39; 10:44-46; 19:1-6; Ephesians 5:18; Galatians 5:22-23; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; Romans 8:26-27)

7.    We believe in divine healing; that God has provided in Jesus Christ, complete healing of all disease and afflictions (spirit, mind and body). We feel that divine healing is a privilege of all Christians, but in no case do we condemn those who seek medical care. (James 5:14; Exodus 15:26; Isaiah 53:4-6)

8.    We believe in and practice two ordinances: (1) water baptism by immersion after repenting of one’s sins and receiving Christ’s gift of salvation, and (2) Holy Communion (the Lord’s Supper) as a symbolic remembrance of Christ’s suffering and death for our salvation. (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 10:47-48; Romans 6:4; 2 Peter 1:4; 1 Corinthians 11:26).

9.    We believe that Christ will return to the earth and rapture His church. At this future moment in time, all believers who have died will rise from their graves and will meet the Lord in the air, and believers who are alive will be caught up with them, to be with the Lord forever. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Romans 8:23; Titus 2:13; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52)

10.  We believe in the resurrection from the dead, first, the righteous unto eternal life and second, the ungodly unto eternal damnation. (Daniel 12:2; John 5:28-29; Revelation 20:4-6, 11-15)

11.  We believe marriage has only one meaning: the uniting of one biological man and one biological woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture. We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only within the confines of marriage. Because marriage is a covenant between one man, one woman, and God, the church has the responsibility, in its sole discretion, to evaluate the readiness of those seeking to enter into the marriage covenant. The church may decline to solemnize or host a marriage ceremony that is contrary to the church’s beliefs. (Genesis 1:26-28; 2:24; Matthew 19:1-10; Ephesians 5:22-33; Hebrews 13:4)

12.  We believe that children are a blessing from the Lord. Thus all human life is sacred and worthy of protection from the moment of conception. (Psalm 127; 139:13-16; Proverbs 24:11-12; Jeremiah 1:4-5)