OUR BELIEFS

Our purpose is to love people, win them to Jesus, and lead them to become mature followers of Christ.

What We Believe

We have taken time to outline the basics of what we believe below. Where you feel we are silent, you can refer to the Baptist Faith And Message. We would love to have a conversation with you and answer any questions you may have about who we are and what we believe.

God is the Creator and Ruler of the universe. He has eternally existed in three persons: the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal and are one God.

The Father – He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. He reigns with providential care over the universe and the flow of human history goes according to His purposes and plan.

The Son (Jesus) – Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He is co-equal with the Father. Jesus has eternally existed and became man at His incarnation. He lived a sinless human life and offered himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people by dying on a cross. He bodily arose from the dead after three days to demonstrate His power over sin and death. He ascended to Heaven’s glory and will return again someday to earth to reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

The Holy Spirit – He is the third person of the Trinity. He guides men into all truth, exalts Christ, convicts of sin, righteousness and judgment, cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, bestows spiritual gifts by which believers serve God and seals the believer unto the day of final redemption. His presence in the lives of believers is the assurance of God to bring us into the fullness of the stature of Christ.


Genesis 18:1 ; Psalm 2:7 ; Psalm 110:1 ; Isaiah 7:14 ; Isaiah 7:53 ; Matthew 1:18-23 ; Matthew 3:17 ; Matthew 8:29 ; Matthew 11:27 ; Matthew 14:33 ; Matthew 16:16 , Matthew 16:27 ; Matthew 17:5 ; Matthew 17:27 ; Matthew 28:1-6, Matthew 28:19 ; Mark 1:1 ; Mark 3:11 ; Luke 1:35 ; Luke 4:41 ; Luke 22:70 ; Luke 24:46 ; John 1:1-18 , John 1:29 ; John 10:30 , John 10:38 ; John 11:25-27 ; John 12:44-50 ; John 14:7-11 ; John 16:15-16 , John 16:28 ; John 17:1-5 , John 17:21-22 ; John 20:1-20 , John 20:28 ; Acts 1:9 ; Acts 2:22-24 ; Acts 7:55-56 ; Acts 9:4-5, Acts 9:20 ; Romans 1:3-4 ; Romans 3:23-26 ; Romans 5:6-21 ; Romans 8:1-3,

The Bible is God’s Word to us. It was written by human authors, under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is the supreme source of truth for Christian beliefs and living. Because it is inspired by God, it has salvation for its end and is truth without any mixture of error.

Exodus 24:4 ; Deuteronomy 4:1-2 ; Deuteronomy 17:19 ; Joshua 8:34 ; Psalm 19:7-10 ; Psalm 119:11 , Psalm 119:89 , Psalm 119:105 , Psalm 119:140 ; Isaiah 34:16 ; Isaiah 40:8 ; Jeremiah 15:16 ; Jeremiah 36:1-32 ; Matthew 5:17-18 ; Matthew 22:29 ; Luke 21:33 ; Luke 24:44-46 ; John 5:39 ; John 16:13-15 ; John 17:17 ; Acts 2:16 .; Acts 17:11 ; Romans 15:4 ; Romans 16:25-26 ; 2 Timothy 3:15-17 ; Hebrews 1:1-2 ; Hebrews 4:12 ; 1 Peter 1:25 ; 2 Peter 1:19-21

Salvation is God’s free gift to us, but we must accept it. We can never make up for our sin by self-improvement or good works. Only by trusting Jesus Christ as God’s offer of forgiveness can anyone be saved from sin’s penalty. When we turn from our self-ruled life and turn to Jesus in faith we are saved. Eternal life begins the moment one received Jesus Christ into his life by faith.

And we are eternally secure.

Because God gives us eternal life through Jesus Christ, the true believer is secure in that salvation for eternity. If you have been genuinely saved, you cannot “lose ” your salvation. Salvation is maintained by the grace and power of God, not by the self-effort of the Christian. It is the grace and keeping power of God that gives us this security.

John 10:28-29 ;John 15:1-16 ; John 17:17 ; Acts 2:21 ; Acts 4:12 ; Acts 15:11 ; Acts 16:30-31 ; Acts 17:30-31 ; Acts 20:32 ; Romans 1:16-18 ; Romans 2:4 ; Romans 3:23-25 ; Romans 4:3 ; Romans 5:8-10 ; Romans 6:1-23 ; Romans 8:1-18 , Romans 8:29-39 ; Romans 10:9-10, Romans 10:13 ; Romans 13:11-14 ; 1 Corinthians 1:18 , 1 Corinthians 1:30 ; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ; ; 1 Corinthians 15:10 ; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20 ; Galatians 2:20 ; Galatians 3:13 ; Galatians 5:22-25 ; Galatians 6:15 ; Ephesians 1:7

Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners. It is consistent with the free agency of man, and comprehends all the means in connection with the end. It is the glorious display of God's sovereign goodness, and is infinitely wise, holy, and unchangeable. It excludes boasting and promotes humility.

All true believers endure to the end. Those whom God has accepted in Christ, and sanctified by His Spirit, will never fall away from the state of grace, but shall persevere to the end. Believers may fall into sin through neglect and temptation, whereby they grieve the Spirit, impair their graces and comforts, and bring reproach on the cause of Christ and temporal judgments on themselves; yet they shall be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.

Acts 20:32 ; Romans 5:9-10 ; Romans 8:28-39 ; Romans 10:12-15 ; Romans 11:5-7 ; Romans 11:26-36 ; 1 Corinthians 1:1-2 ; 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 ; Ephesians 1:4-23 ; Ephesians 2:1-10 ; Ephesians 3:1-11 ; Colossians 1:12-14 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 ; 2 Timothy 1:12 ; 2 Timothy 2:10 ; 2 Timothy 2:19 ; Hebrews 11:39 ; Hebrews 12:2 ; James 1:12 ; 1 Peter 1:2-5 ; 1 Peter 1:13 ; 1 Peter 2:4-10 ; 1 John 1:7-9 ; 1 John 2:19 ; 1 John 3:2

To live in harmony with other believers is clearly the teaching of the New Testament. It is the responsibility of each believer to endeavor to live in fellowship with each member of the congregation. It is further the responsibility of each member to bring all gossiping and backbiting to an end.

Matthew 5:43-48 ; Matthew 22:36-40 ; Matthew 25:35 ; Mark 1:29-34 ; Mark 2:3 ; Mark 10:21 ; Luke 4:18-21 ; Luke 10:27-37 ; Luke 20:25 ; John 15:12 ; John 17:15 ; Romans 12:14 ; 1 Corinthians 5:9-10 ; 1 Corinthians 6:1-7 ; 1 Corinthians 7:20-24 ; 1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1 ; Galatians 3:26-28 ; Ephesians 6:5-9 ; Colossians 3:12-17 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:12 ; Philemon 1 ; James 1:27 ; James 2:8

A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a local body of baptized believers who are associated by their common faith and fellowship with Jesus. A local church is to observe the two ordinances: (1) baptism and (2) the Lord’s Supper. The church should exercise their God-given gifts and extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. The church is an autonomous body serving under the Lordship of Christ. All members are equally responsible as they serve with the scriptural officers of the church, the pastors and deacons.

Acts 16:5 ; Acts 20:28 ; Romans 1:7 ; 1 Corinthians 1:2 ; 1 Corinthians 3:16 ; 1 Corinthians 5:4-5 ; 1 Corinthians 7:17 ; 1 Corinthians 9:13-14 ; 1 Corinthians 12 ; Ephesians 1:22-23 ; Ephesians 2:19-22 ; Ephesians 3:8-11, Ephesians 3:21 ; Ephesians 5:22-32 ; Philippians 1:1 ; Colossians 1:18 ; 1 Timothy 2:9-14 ; 1 Timothy 3:1-15 ; 1 Timothy 4:14 ; Hebrews 11:39-40 ; 1 Peter 5:1-4 ; Revelation 2-3 ; Revelation 21:2-3

God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption.

Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God's unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation of the human race. The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God's image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation.

Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God's pattern for marriage. Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them, through consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical truth. Children are to honor and obey their parents.

Ecclesiastes 7:19 ; Matthew 5:2 ; Matthew 7:24 .; Matthew 28:19-20 ; Luke 2:40 ; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 ; Ephesians 4:11-16 ; Philippians 4:8 ; Colossians 2:3 , Colossians 2:8-9 ; 1 Timothy 1:3-7 ; 2 Timothy 2:15 ; 2 Timothy 3:14-17 ; Hebrews 5:12-6:3 ; James 1:5 ; James 3:17

Christianity is the faith of enlightenment and intelligence. In Jesus Christ abide all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. All sound learning is, therefore, a part of our Christian heritage. The new birth opens all human faculties and creates a thirst for knowledge. Moreover, the cause of education in the Kingdom of Christ is co-ordinate with the causes of missions and general benevolence, and should receive along with these the liberal support of the churches. An adequate system of Christian education is to a complete spiritual program for Christ's people.

In Christian education there should be a proper balance between academic freedom and academic responsibility. Freedom in any orderly relationship of human life is always limited and never absolute. The freedom of a teacher in a Christian school, college, or seminary is limited by the pre-eminence of Jesus Christ, by the authoritative nature of the Scriptures, and by the distinct purpose for which the school exists.

Ecclesiastes 7:19 ; Matthew 5:2 ; Matthew 7:24 .; Matthew 28:19-20 ; Luke 2:40 ; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 ; Ephesians 4:11-16 ; Philippians 4:8 ; Colossians 2:3 , Colossians 2:8-9 ; 1 Timothy 1:3-7 ; 2 Timothy 2:15 ; 2 Timothy 3:14-17 ; Hebrews 5:12-6:3 ; James 1:5 ; James 3:17

We believe in giving the tithe – ten percent of our gross income (not net income) – as the biblical standard of giving. The tithe is to be given as an undesignated offering to the “storehouse” ministry of a local church. According to the Scriptures, we are to give cheerfully, regularly, systematically, proportionately, and liberally for the advancement of the Redeemer’s cause on earth.

Genesis 14:20  ; Leviticus 27:30-32  ; Deuteronomy 8:18  ; Malachi 3:8-12  ; Matthew 6:1-4  , Matthew 19-21  ; Matthew 23:23  ; Matthew 25:14-29  ; Luke 12:16-21,42  ; Luke 16:1-13  ; Acts 2:44-47  ; Acts 5:1-11  ; Acts 17:24-25  ; Acts 20:35  ; Romans 6:6-22  ; Romans 12:1-2  ; 1 Corinthians 4:1-2  ; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20  ; 1 Corinthians 12  ; 1 Corinthians 16:1-4  ; 2 Corinthians 8-9  ; 2 Corinthians 12:15  ; Philippians 4:10-19  ; 1 Peter 1:18-19 

People are made in the image of God and are the supreme object of God’s creation. All of us are marred by an attitude of disobedience toward God called sin. Sin separates people from God and causes many problems in life.

Genesis 1:26-30 ; Genesis 2:5 ; Genesis 2:7 ; Genesis 2:18-22 ; Genesis 3 ; Genesis 9:6 ; Psalm 1 ; Psalm 8:3-6 ; Psalm 32:1-5 ; Psalm 51:5 ; Isaiah 6:5 ; Jeremiah 17:5 ; Matthew 16:26 ; Acts 17:26-31 ; Romans 1:19-32 ; Romans 3:10-18, Romans 3:23 ; Romans 5:6 , Romans 5:12

Baptism by Immersion – We believe that scriptural baptism must be: (1) by being completely immersed under the water and (2) after salvation. Jesus was immersed and all baptisms in the New Testament were by immersion. These two facts sets the standard for baptism today. Baptism has no saving power but is the first act of obedience symbolizing (1) the believer’s faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, (2) the believer’s death to sin and resurrection to walk anew in Christ, and (3) the Christian’s belief that he will die, be buried, and that Jesus will resurrect him from the dead.

The Lord’s Supper – The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby believers remember the death of the Lord Jesus and anticipate His second coming. The bread is symbolic of His body and the juice represents His blood.

Matthew 3:13-17 ; Matthew 26:26-30 ; Matthew 28:19-20 ; Mark 1:9-11 ; Mark 14:22-26 ; Luke 3:21-22 ; Luke 22:19-20 ; John 3:23 ; Acts 2:41-42 ; Acts 8:35-39 ; Acts 16:30-33 ; Acts 20:7 ; Romans 6:3-5 ; 1 Corinthians 10:16 ; 1 Corinthians 10:21 ; 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 ; Colossians 2:12

It is the duty of every born again follower of Jesus Christ and of every church to endeavor to make disciples of all men everywhere. It is the command of Christ for every believer to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by personal effort and by all other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ.

Genesis 12:1-3 ; Exodus 19:5-6 ; Isaiah 6:1-8 ; Matthew 9:37-38 ; Matthew 10:5-15 ; Matthew 13:18-30 , Matthew 37-43 ; Matthew 16:19 ; Matthew 22:9-10 ; Matthew 24:14 ; Matthew 28:18-20 ; Luke 10:1-18 ; Luke 24:46-53 ; John 14:11-12 ; John 15:7-8 , John 15:16 ; John 17:15 ; John 20:21 ; Acts 1:8 ; Acts 2 ; Acts 8:26-40 ; Acts 10:42-48 ; Acts 13:2-3 ; Romans 10:13-15 ; Ephesians 3:1-11 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:8 ; 2 Timothy 4:5 ; Hebrews 2:1-3 ; Hebrews 11:39-12:2 ; 1 Peter 2:4-10 ; Revelation 22:17