Our Beliefs
1. GOD IS ONLY one true and living God exists. He is the Creator of the universe, eternally existing in three Persons’ the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit each equally deserving of humanity’s worship and obedience.
2. THE BIBLE IS GOD'S WORD The Bible is God's written revelation to people, divinely given through human authors who were inspired by the Holy Spirit. It is entirely true. The Bible is totally sufficient and completely authoritative for matters of life and faith.
3. PEOPLE ARE GOD'S TREASURE God created people in His image for His glory. They are the crowning work of His creation. Yet every person has willfully disobeyed God an act known as sin thus inheriting both physical and spiritual death and the need for salvation.
4. JESUS IS GOD AND SAVIOR Jesus is both fully God and fully human. He is Christ, the Son of God. Born of a virgin, He lived a sinless life and performed many miracles. He died on the cross to provide people forgiveness of sin and eternal salvation. Jesus rose from the dead, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will return in power and glory.
5. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD AND EMPOWERER The Holy Spirit is supernatural and sovereign, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ. He lives within every Christian beginning at the moment of salvation and then empowers them for bold witness and effective service as they yield to Him.
6. SALVATION IS BY FAITH ALONE All human beings are born with a sin nature, separated from God, and in need of a Savior. That salvation comes only through a faith relationship with Jesus Christ, the Savior, as a person repents of sin and receives Christ's forgiveness and eternal life. Salvation is instantaneous and accomplished solely by the power of the Holy Spirit through the Word of God. This salvation is wholly of God by grace on the basis of the shed blood of Jesus Christ and not on the basis of human works.
7. THE CHURCH IS GOD'S PLAN The Holy Spirit immediately places all people who put their faith in Jesus Christ into one united spiritual body, the Church, of which Christ is the head. The purpose of the Church is to glorify God by taking the gospel to the entire world and by building its members in Christ likeness through the instruction of God's Word, fellowship, service, worship, and prayer.
8. THE FUTURE IS IN GOD’S HANDSGod will bring the world to its appropriate end in His own time and in His own way. At that time, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth. Both the saved and unsaved will be resurrected physically to be judged by Christ.
2 COMMANDS
Love God
Deuteronomy 6:5 - Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Revelation 2:1-4 -2 “Write to the angel[a] of the church in Ephesus: Thus says the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven golden lampstands: 2 I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars. 3 I know that you have persevered and endured hardships for the sake of my name, and you have not grown weary. 4 ButI have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first.
Love Others
1 John 4:7-8 Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:21 And we have this command from him: The one who loves God must also love his brother and sister.
7 VALUES
Authority
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God[a] and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
Authenticity
Ephesians 4:25 Therefore, putting away lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor,[j] because we are members of one another.
Appreciation
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice always, 17 pray constantly, 18 give thanks in everything; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Approachability
Hebrews 4:16 Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.
Advancement Of The Gospel
2 Corinthians 5:17-20 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see,the new has[d] come! 18 Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 19 That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God.”
Ask
Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Aim To Glorify God In All We Do
1 Corinthians 10:31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
6 ASPECTS OF DISCIPLESHIP
Make Disciples:
Matthew 28:19-20: Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Mobilize Disciples:
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Multiply Disciples:
2 Timothy 2:2 What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men[a]who will be able to teach others also.
Model Discipleship:
John 13:34 I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.
Mentor Discipleship
1 Corinthians 11:1 Imitate me, as I also imitate Christ.
Magnify Discipleship:
John 15:8 My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be my disciples.