We gather together to encounter Jesus through worship, prayer, and hearing God’s Word. We will demonstrate excellence with creativity for the purpose of inspiring people to respond to the Gospel of Jesus. We use a combination of expositional and topical preaching with the goal of glorifying Jesus and personal transformation by the Holy Spirit. In essential beliefs, we have unity. In non-essential beliefs, we have liberty. In all our beliefs, we show love.

Essential Beliefs

God – We believe in the One true and living God who eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each of whom possesses equally all the attributes of deity and the characteristics of personality (Gen. 1:1-2, Deut. 6:4, Jer.10:10, Matt. 28:19, Jn. 4:24, Rev. 1:8).

Jesus – Sent by the Father to live on earth; He was fully God and fully human, yet had no sin. Jesus willingly laid down His life and after three days, rose from the grave. In doing this, Jesus fulfilled the payment for the world’s debt of sin (Lk. 1:31, 35, 1 Cor. 15:3, 2 Cor. 5:21).

Holy Spirit – Sent by the Father and the Son to convict the world of sin and to empower all who believe in Jesus Christ. He lives in every believer and is a constant helper, teacher, and guide (Jn. 14:16-17).

Bible – We believe that the Bible is God’s revelation of Himself to mankind. The very words of Scripture were chosen by God. He is the author. Through the Holy Spirit He divinely inspired the authors to write the canonical Scriptures (Ps. 12:6, Prov. 30:5, Matt. 4:4, 5:18, Jn. 1:1, 14, 2 Cor. 2:10-11, 2 Tim. 3:16, 1 Pet. 1:20, Rev. 19:13, 22:18).

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Humanity – We believe that human beings are created in the image of God. Males and females are “image bearers” who equally reflect their Creator God (Gen. 1:26-27; 2:7). Therefore, humanity has intrinsic worth and value that is unlike any other creature (Ps. 134:13-14; Jam. 3:9).

Sin – We are all sinners and in need of God’s forgiveness (Ps. 51:5; Is. 53:6; Eph 2:3; Rom. 3:23). We believe that every single person who has ever lived or will ever live are directly affected by, responsible for, and have inherited sin (Rom. 5:12-21). Sin has corrupted the mind, heart, conscience, will, emotions and body (Jer. 17:9; Rom. 1). We believe that humans cannot earn or merit God’s favor outside of His salvific work (Eph. 2:8-9).

Salvation – The central purpose of God’s revelation in the Bible is to call all people into fellowship with Himself. Those who confess, surrender, and turn away from their sin while believing in the Gospel of Jesus Christ will be saved and become children of God with the promise of eternal life (Jn. 3:16; 14:1-7).

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Baptism – We celebrate this act of washing and immersing in water. We use these to exhibit faith and devotion to God. Baptism of the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ. The Spirit’s renewing life within us. Baptism shows that you belong to Christ and not the world. (Matt 3:11, 28:19, 1 Cor 12:13, Acts 2:38, 22:16, Titus 3:5, Rom. 6:3-4, Gal. 3:27, Col 2:11-12, 1 Peter 3:21, Acts 2:38, Rom 6:3-4, Col 2:11-12, 1 Cor. 12:13).

Lord’s Supper – We celebrate and partake in Communion as a church body regularly. We use these to exhibit faith and devotion to God. The Lord’s Supper shows that you partake in Christ and no one else. (1 Cor. 10:16, 21, 11:20, Matt. 26:26-30, Acts 2:42, Jude 12, Ex. 12, 24:8).

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