What We Believe

Our Mission:
Our mission is to GO and make disciples of all nations by spreading the gospel…in our homes, in our community, in our nation, and around the world!
 
Our Purpose:
We exist for Teaching God’s Word (our message), for the equipping and edifying of God’s people (our messengers), for the spreading of the gospel (our mission), and for the glory of God (our motive).
 
Our Beliefs:
We adhere to the doctrinal statement as found in The Baptist Faith and Message.
 
 
Basic Beliefs:
The Scriptures – The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man.  It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction.  It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.  Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy.  It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried.  All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.
 
God – There is one and only one living and true God.  The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence or being.
 
God the Father – God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace.  God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
 
God the Son – Christ is the eternal Son of God.  In His incarnation as Jesus Christ, He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.  He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross, He made provision for the redemption of men from sin.
 
God the Holy Spirit – The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine.  He exalts Christ.  He convicts men of sin, of righteousness and of judgment.  He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism and service.
 
Man – Man is the special creation of God, in His own image.  He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation.  By his free choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race.  The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every person of every race possesses dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.
 
Salvation – Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer.  In its broadest sense, salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification and glorification.