Who is God?

We believe in the one true God, the Creator of all, who eternally exists as one essence and three distinct persons, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:18-20, John 1:14, Hebrews 1:3, John 15:26-27, Psalm 24:1)

Revelation

We believe that God has made Himself known to His creation, revealing Himself to us in His Son, the incarnate Word, in Scripture, the inspired Word, and in creation. We believe in the accuracy, truth, authority and power of the Holy Scriptures as the Word of God. (Hebrews 1:1-2, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Psalm 8, Romans 1:20)

Creation

We believe God created all things for His glory, from nothing, and governs all things at all times in all places. (Genesis 1, Psalm 24:1, Colossians 1:17)

Humanity

We believe all humanity is created in the image of God and therefore possesses intrinsic dignity and worth. God made humanity—male and female—in His own image, made to compliment one another in a God-ordained pattern of relation to each other. (Genesis 1:27-30, 1 Corinthians 10:31)

Sin

We believe sin has corrupted everything God made to be good. All people have a sin nature with a depravity that is radically invasive, leaving all people under the condemnation of God. As a consequence of sin, all humanity is separated us from God and in need of salvation. (Genesis 3, Romans 3:9-20, Ephesians 2:1-3)

Salvation

We believe that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. We believe that, due to universal death through sin, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless born again (John 3:5-8); that salvation is only by grace through faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ; and that all who receive the Lord Jesus Christ through faith are declared righteous by God and become children of God (Hebrews 10:19-25).

The Church

We believe that the Church consists of all who have trusted the Lord Jesus Christ for their eternal salvation, and is sent into the world to shine forth the glory of God. God, by His Word and Spirit, creates the Church, calling sinful humanity into the fellowship of Christ’s body (1 Corinthians 12:12-31). By the same Word and Spirit, He guides and preserves that newly redeemed humanity. The Church is made up of those who have become genuine followers of Jesus Christ and have personally appropriated the gospel. The Church exists to worship and glorify God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The ministry of the Church is an extension of the ministry of Jesus in the power of the Spirit.

The Resurrection & Consummation of the Kingdom

We believe that Jesus Christ is returning to the world in the future to judge the living and the dead (2 Timothy 4:1). The consummation of all things includes the future, physical, visible, personal and glorious return of Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the dead and the glorification of those alive in Christ, the judgment of the just and the unjust, and the fulfillment of Christ’s kingdom in the new heavens and the new earth. In the consummation, Satan, with his hosts and all those outside Christ, are finally separated from the benevolent presence of God, enduring eternal punishment (Rev. 20:7-15), but the righteous, in glorious bodies, will live and reign with Him forever, serving Him and giving Him unending praise and glory. Then the eager expectation of creation will be fulfilled, and the whole earth shall proclaim the glory of God, who makes all things new (Rev. 21:1-5).

The Gospel

The gospel is the “Good News” which announces the arrival of God’s Kingdom and reign. It is the Good News that, through Jesus, God is reconciling and restoring all things to Himself. It is historical narrative of the triune God orchestrating the reconciliation and redemption of a broken creation and fallen creatures from Satan, sin and its effects to the Father and each other through the life, death, resurrection and future return of the substitutionary Son by the power of the Spirit for God’s glory and the Church’s joy.

A full statement of faith can be found here.