We wholeheartedly embrace the doctrines of the Reformation as expressed in the Reformed Westminster Standards. We believe it is the calling of the church to strive to pursue the Great Commission that Christ gave to His church to go, make disciples, and baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit thus incorporating them into the body of Christ for the glory of God (Mt. “There will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust” (Acts 24:15 see also Rev. The saved will be raised to a glorious life in heaven while the lost will be raised to an eternal misery in hell. After Christ’s return to earth to judge the living and the dead, the bodies of all people will be raised. We believe that immediately upon death, the souls of all people go to their eternal destination in either heaven or hell (Phil. And we seek to serve Him well until He returns because we love Him (John 14:15, 21). We serve one another because we love Him. We practice holy living because we love Him. We turn away from sins because we love Christ.
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We believe that the Christian life means leading a godly life in gratitude for the free and unmerited gift which Jesus purchased on the cross. In His suffering and death on the cross of Calvary, Jesus paid the penalty for our sins and purchased for His people a place in heaven (Mt. We believe that Jesus Christ is the one and only Savior for mankind (Jn. As such we are not able to save ourselves, but need a Savior in order to be acceptable to God (Eph. We believe that all the descendants of Adam and Eve, with the single exception of Jesus of Nazareth, are helpless sinners (Rom. The Spirit produces spiritual fruit in the life of every true Christian (Gal. The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Godhead and He dwells in the heart of every true believer (Rom. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, who inspired the writing of the Bible, who is the sole cause of regeneration, and by whose indwelling presence the Christian is enabled to live a godly life (Jn. The Scriptures say, “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form” (Colossians 2:9). We believe that Jesus Christ is the incarnate eternal Son of God and the second person of the Holy Trinity. He has created all things out of nothing and sustains all things by His power. He is above all and is the sovereign Lord of the universe. There is no God but the God of the Bible. We believe that there is only one God who exists as three distinct persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
The Scriptures are the inerrant Word of God, meaning they are without error in the original autographs. “The Scripture cannot be broken” (John 10:35). It is the final authority in all questions of faith and life. It is inspired by the Holy Spirit and true in everything it says. We believe that what the Bible says is the very Word of God.
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