GOD
We believe there is only one living and true God, who has always existed.  He has the power and authority to accomplish His purposes and will. He is one God who exists as three distinctive persons, Father, Jesus the Son, and Holy Spirit.

THE BIBLE
We believe in the Bible is the inspired word of God.  Because God is all-powerful, the Bible is exactly the way He intends it to be.  We believe all the books in the Bible originated from God.  As a result, the Bible is God’s absolute, timeless truth about who God is and how we ought to view and live life.

JESUS CHRIST AND SALVATION
Jesus Christ as God came to live among mankind. He was miraculously born through the Virgin Mary. He is fully God and fully human. He lived a life of perfect obedience to the Father. Jesus voluntarily died on the cross to pay the penalty all men owe for their sin…death, even though He had no personal sin to die for Himself. Jesus was mankind’s sacrificial substitute, paying the penalty for our sin. Therefore, God can and has offered complete forgiveness as a free and unearned gift to any person who would have faith in Jesus as God’s loving provision for the penalty of their sin and proclaim Him as Lord. 
After Jesus’ death, He physically rose from the dead and ascended into Heaven to rule with God the Father. As a result of what He accomplished and who He is, Jesus is the only One through whom mankind can gain salvation.  Believers, at death, will be received into the presence of God to live out that perfect relationship with God they were designed to enjoy. All who have rejected God, by rejecting His provision for their sin through Jesus, will suffer eternal separation from God and the life He designed for them originally.

THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
Jesus’ death and resurrection makes the Holy Spirit available to the believer.  Scripture reveals that God intends to fully establish His Kingdom on earth with the return of Jesus.  Although the fullness of this Kingdom will be realized after the return of Jesus, the Holy Spirit allows believers to begin to experience the benefits and power of God’s Kingdom now.  The Holy Spirit gives each believer supernatural abilities (gifts) to help them accomplish His purpose through them in the church and in the world. The Holy Spirit makes the Bible understandable and applicable in the life of the believer. Under the guiding influence of the Holy Spirit, the believer’s worldview, character and choices will increasingly be like those of Jesus, all to the glory of the Father.

FAITH AND PRACTICE
We believe the Bible is the source of ultimate truth and the final authority in all matters that pertain to what Christians should believe and how they should live. In matters where the Bible is silent or not specific, Christians should seek timeless principles found in the Bible and the discernment of the Holy Spirit for their guidance, resisting the temptation to make the Bible say what they want it to say.  In proclaiming Jesus as Lord believers place themselves under His rule thereby abandoning their own will.    In practice, believers, in word and deed, should strive to glorify God.