What We Believe
MISSION AND VISION
Our Mission
Is the same mission Jesus gave to His followers: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you."
Matthew 28:19-20
Our Vision
Is to love God, to love others, and to edify the name of Jesus and make disciples throughout our community.
GOD, SCRIPTURE, AND SALVATION
There is one true, triune, supreme God of the Old and New Testaments, and he is the sole creator and ruler of all that exists.
Genesis 1:1
Exodus 20:1-7
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
John 1:1-18; 16:12-15
Colossians 1:15-20
All the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are inspired by God and sufficient for understanding of and obedience to Jesus Christ, who brings the remission of sins and eternal redemption to those who receive his grace through faith.
Psalm 119
Malachi 1:1
John 17:17
2 Timothy 3:16
John 16:13
2 Peter 3:15-16
Revelation 1:1-3
Ephesians 2:1-10
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, born of the Virgin Mary, and is completely sufficient as our Savior, Prophet, Priest, and King.
Matthew 1:18-25
Luke 2:1-7
Galatians 4:4-7
Matthew 16:13-17:8
Hebrews 1:1-4
Revelation 5:1-14
Acts 4:12
Hebrews 4:14-5:10
Matthew 21:5; 27:37
Jesus died on the cross for the whole human race and for all ages, and his sacrificial death and resurrected life cleanse from all sins, on the conditions expressed in the New Testament.
Mark 10:45
Luke 22:14-23
Romans 3:25
Ephesians 1:7
Hebrews 9:11-28
1 John 1:5-2:2; 4:10
Jesus was buried in the grave and was bodily resurrected, triumphant over death for all eternity.
Matthew 26-28
Mark 14-16
Luke 22-24
John 18-21
Acts 1:1-11; 2:22-41
Romans 1:1-7
1 Corinthians 15
Jesus gave the Great Commission through the Apostles to the Church to proclaim his Gospel to all nations and through all ages to the end of time.
Matthew 28:18-20
Luke 24:44-49
John 17:18; 20:21-23
Acts 1:6-8
The Holy Spirit was sent from Heaven to the Church to establish the preaching of the Gospel through the Apostles and to empower, equip, encourage, and comfort followers of Jesus in their service to Christ.
Isaiah 44:1-5
Ezekiel 36:22-38
Joel 2:28-29
John 20:21-23
Acts 1:4-8; 2:1-21, 38-39
1 Corinthians 12:12-13
Galatians 5:16-26
John 14:15-25; 16:5-15
God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking his mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ.
Romans 3:9-20
Ephesians 2:1-10
Romans 3:21-26
Acts 2:38; 3:19
Romans 10:9-10
2 Peter 3:9
1 John 1:8-9
The New Testament expresses the conditions of response to the gracious work of Christ as faith, repentance, confession of faith in Jesus, and baptism (immersion), together, which provide the spiritual foundation for continued obedience to Christ.
Acts 16:30-31
Acts 2:38
Romans 10:9-10
Romans 6:1-6
Galatians 3:27
Titus 3:5
1 Peter 3:21
The teachings of the New Testament provide the basis for unity among Jesus’ followers—the unity for which Jesus prayed and because of which the world may believe in him.
John 17:20-26
Ephesians 2:11-22
John 13:34-35
Jesus Christ will come at the end of the world and will judge all people according to that which is written in the Christian Scriptures, resulting in eternal life with God for those in Christ and eternal condemnation separate from God for those not in Christ.
Colossians 3:1-4
2 Peter 3:1-10
Matthew 24:29-44
Acts 1:11
1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11
Revelation 22:20