What We Believe
These are the Tenets of Faith as we see them -- non-negotiable elements of a Biblical worldview.
· God
We believe that there is but one God, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, who is the Creator and Sustainer of all things, visible and invisible, revealed in three Persons - God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
· The Father
We believe in God the Father, the Ancient of Days, who is not aloof from human history but who, through various covenants, has initiated relationship with mankind, and to whom we have now been reconciled through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ upon the Cross. Because of Jesus Christ, we too can now call God "Father."
· The Son
We believe in God the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, His deity, His virgin birth; that He died and was buried. Then on the third day rose again back to life, that He ascended to heaven and is now seated at the right hand of the Father. We believe that He is the eternal Son of God, for whom and by whom all things were created.
· The Holy Spirit
We believe in God the Holy Spirit; that the Holy Spirit proceeded from the Father and the Son, and is of one substance, majesty and glory with the Father and the Son.
· The Holy Scriptures
We believe in the divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, as contained in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, as the sole revelation of the mind and will of God, and we accept them in their original form as the divine Word of God.
· Justification by Faith
We believe that it is impossible to attain salvation through self-effort, but that through simply believing in the atoning death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and in acting out that faith through receiving Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, we receive the remission of all our sins, reconciliation with God and the gift of eternal life. We hold that the believer has an eternal salvation secured in Christ.