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Doctrinal Statement
The Scriptures are inerrant and infallible in the original manuscripts, and are the final authority in faith and life.
God exists eternally in three persons—Father, Son and Holy Spirit. These three persons are identical in essence, equal in power and glory, and possessing precisely the same attributes and perfection.
Man was created in the image and likeness of God. Originally, man was created in innocence and without sin. However, in Adam's sin the race fell. We all inherited a sinful nature and became spiritually dead and alienated from God. Man of himself is incapable of remedying his lost and depraved condition.
The Lord Jesus Chris is the eternal Son of God. He became man without ceasing to be God. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man. Jesus accomplished this redemption by voluntarily giving Himself as a sinless substitutionary sacrifice on the cross. In doing so, He satisfied God's righteous judgments against sin. His bodily resurrection from the grave substantiated the accomplishment of that redemption. In His resurrected body, He ascended to the right hand of His Father, where He intercedes on behalf of those who trust Him.
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. He is fully God. The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, brings new life to those who are spiritually dead, and baptizes (or places) all believers into the one true Church. The church is the Body of Christ. The Holy Spirit indwells each and every believer permanently. He also seals them unto the day of redemption, bestows spiritual gifts upon them, and fills those who are yielded to Him.
Salvation is the gift of God's grace. It is freely bestowed upon all who put their faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ at Calvary. Salvation comes apart from human meritorious works. All who trust the Savior are forgiven of their sins and born into the family of God by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit. All the saved are kept by His power and are thus secure in Christ forever. It is their privilege to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation. This assurance must not be the occasion for sin; God in holiness cannot tolerate persistent sin in His children, and in infinite love He corrects them.
