There is one, eternal God, Creator and Lord of the universe who, in the unity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, both governs all things according to God's will and is accomplishing God's purpose in the world and in the church.
Deuteronomy 6:4; Genesis 1:1; Matthew 28:19; John 1:1-3; John 10:30; John 14:16-17; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Colossians 1:16-17; Ephesians 1:9-11.
The Holy Scripture in its entirety is inspired by God's Spirit through human authors and constitutes the revelation of God's truth to humanity. It is wholly true and trustworthy in all that it affirms. Whatever the Bible, rightly interpreted, is found to teach, we are bound to believe and obey. It is our supreme authority in every matter of belief and conduct.
2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Psalm 19:7-11; Psalm 119:105, 160; Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 5:18; John 17:17; Hebrews 4:12.
All human beings are created in God's own likeness and therefore have inherent value and equality before God. Human sin and guilt since the fall have rendered us subject to God's wrath and condemnation and have resulted in our alienation from God's life, suppression of God's truth, and hostility to God's law. God's love desires all to come to repentance and to be reconciled rather than condemned.
Genesis 1:26-27; Genesis 3:1-19; Psalm 8:4-8; Romans 3:10-23; Romans 5:12; Romans 6:23; John 3:16-17; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 Timothy 2:3-4.
Salvation from the guilt, penalty, and all other consequences of sin has been achieved solely through the work of Jesus Christ. His perfect obedience, substitutionary death, bodily resurrection, and exaltation as Lord. Jesus alone is truly God and truly human, the only mediator between God and humanity. There is salvation through no other person, creed, process, or power. Each sinner is justified before God and reconciled to God only by divine grace appropriated by faith alone. Isaiah 53:4-6; John 1:1, 14; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:21-26; Romans 5:1; Romans 5:8; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 2:8-9; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 9:11-15; 1 Peter 2:24.
The work of the Holy Spirit is necessary for the individual's new birth and growth to maturity. The Holy Spirit empowers and indwells the church, enabling its constant renewal in truth, wisdom, faith, holiness, love, ministry, power, and mission.
John 3:3-8; John 14:16-17, 26; John 16:7-15; Romans 8:9-16; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; Galatians 5:22-25; Titus 3:5-6; Ephesians 5:18.
There is one, holy, universal, and apostolic church, which is the Body of Christ, and to which all true believers belong. The church's calling is to worship God forever and to serve God in the world. Matthew 16:18; Acts 2:42-47; Romans 12:4-5; 1 Corinthians 12:12-27; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 2:19-22; Ephesians 4:11-16; Colossians 1:18; 1 Peter 2:9-10.
As the Father sent the Son into the world, so the Lord Jesus Christ sends His church to participate in God's mission by words and works. The church is called to make Christ known; to proclaim God's truth and the gospel of God's grace; to make disciples among all nations; to exhibit God's character through compassionate care for the needy; to demonstrate the reality of God's Kingdom through creative and sacrificial living, the community of love, the pursuit of righteousness, justice, and peace, and faithful stewardship of God's creation. Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 4:18-19; John 20:21; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:13-15; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20; James 1:27; James 2:14-17; Micah 6:8; Colossians 3:17.
We believe the baptism in the Holy Spirit, first poured out at Pentecost, is the promise of the Father, sent by Jesus after His ascension to empower the Church to preach the Gospel throughout the whole earth. The baptism in the Holy Spirit empowers believers for witness, ministry, and the operation of spiritual gifts according to God's will.
Joel 2:28-29; Matthew 3:11; Mark 16:17-18; Luke 24:49; John 7:37-39; John 14:12; Acts 1:4-8; Acts 2:1-4, 17-18, 38-39; Acts 8:14-17; Acts 10:44-48; Acts 11:15-17; Acts 19:1-6; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11.
We believe in the biblical example of marriage as a covenant established by God between one man and one woman. Because God our Creator established marriage as a sacred institution, we adhere to this biblical definition of marriage and affirm it as God's design for human flourishing, family, and society. Genesis 1:27-28; Genesis 2:18-24; Matthew 19:4-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:24-27; 1 Corinthians 6:18-20; 1 Corinthians 7:2; Ephesians 5:22-33; Hebrews 13:4.
As the Lord Jesus ascended to His Father, so He will return personally, visibly, and in glory. He will raise the dead and bring salvation and judgment to final completion. God will fully establish His Kingdom and complete the new creation, a new heaven and a new earth from which all evil, suffering, and death will be forever removed, and in which God will be glorified forever. Matthew 24:30-31; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Corinthians 15:20-28, 51-57; Philippians 3:20-21; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; Titus 2:13; 2 Peter 3:10-13; Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21:1-5; Revelation 22:1-5.