Our Core Beliefs

God, author of all life and creator of the universe and all within, exists from all eternity in three distinct personalities: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Gen. 1:1-2:25, Jn. 1:1-4, 15:26, Acts 17:24-28, II Cor. 13:14, Heb. 1:1-3,3:3-4, II Cor. 3:18  

God the Father is holy, eternal, all knowing, all powerful, ever present, and all love. He has all author­ity in heaven and earth.
Ps. 139:7-12, Isa. 57:15, Jer. 32:17,27, Mic. 3:8, Matt. 28:18, I Cor. 2:10-11, Heb. 9:14, I Jn. 3:20,4:8

Jesus Christ is the Unique Son of God. He was born of a virgin, lived a perfect sinless life, and died on the cross as a sacrifice for human sin. He arose from the dead, returned to heaven, and will return to receive those who obey him.
Isa. 9:6, Matt. 1:22-23, 16:16, Lk. 2: 11, Jn. 16:25-30, Acts 1:9-11, Rom. 1:1-4, 8:3, I Cor. 15:1-5, II Cor. 5:21, I Tim. 6:13-16, Heb. 4:14-15

The Holy Spirit is God and equal with the Father and the Son. The Spirit works in the life of the Christian rendering aid through comfort, empowerment, and guidance while producing the fruit of transformation.
Gen. 1:2, Jn. 14:8-31, 16:5-15, Rom. 5:5, 8:9-17,26-27, I Cor. 6:19-20, II Cor. 3: 17, Gal. 4:6, 5:16-25, Eph. l:13-14

Men and women were created in the image of God. All people have sinned by disobeying God and have become separated from God. Unless saved through Jesus people will be eternally separated from God in everlasting punishment.
Gen. 1 :26-27,9:6, Matt. 25:46, Jn. 5:24-30, 14:6, Acts 4:12, I Cor. 11:7, Rom. 3:22-25, 5:6-12

Salvation is a process beginning with the work of the Spirit on the heart to produce repentance. It involves acknowledging Jesus as Lord by immersion in water for the forgiveness of sins and reception of the gift of the Holy Spirit. It culminates in the transformation of our being through the work of God and is completed at the end of our earthly life. Salvation is by grace through living (obedient) faith and not by good works of human effort. People are saved to perform works, but people do not work in order to be saved.
Jn. 3:3-5, 16:7-11, Acts 2:38, Rom. 5:1-2, 12:1-2, 8:28-39, II Cor. 7:9-10, GaI. 3:26-27, Eph. 2:4-10, Titus 3:4-8, Heb. 4:1-3

The church is the body of Christ composed of the totality of saved people throughout history. There should be no division within the earthly body of Christ.
Jn. 17:20-21, Acts 2:47, Rom. 16:17-19, I Cor. 1:10, 12:12-13, Eph. 1:22-23, 2:14-22, 4:3-5

Along with the work of the Holy Spirit, God has provided the Bible, the message of God to instruct the world about Himself and how people are to live before Him. The Bible is verbally inspired and infallible.
Ps. 12:6, 119:105, 160, I Cor. 2:6-16, 14:37, Gal. 1:11-12, I Thess. 2:13, II Tim. 3:16, II Pet. 1:20-21, 3:14

Christians are to live holy lives exalting God above all else. The Bible contains the unchanging pattern for holiness to be exhibited in Christian living. Christian living involves loving God with all our hearts, mind, souls, and strength and loving our neighbors as ourselves.
Matt. 22:37-39, Rom. 12:9-21, 15:1-2, I Cor. 6:19-20, II Cor. 7:1, Eph. 4:20-24, 5:1-2, Phil. 1:9-11, 2:1-5, Col. 3:1-3, II Thess. 2:13-15, II Tim. 3:16-17

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