Statement of Faith

The Triune God

It is the testimony of both the Old and New Testaments and of the Christian Church that God is both One and Triune. The biblical revelation testifies that there is only one God and that He is eternally existent in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

1.         God the Father

God the Father is the creator and sustainer of all things, and He created the universe in love. He created man in His own image for fellowship and called man back to Himself through Christ after the rebellion and fall of man.

2.         The Son

Jesus Christ is eternally God. He was together with the Father and the Holy Spirit from the beginning, and through Him all things were made. For man’s redemption, He left heaven and became incarnate by the Holy Spirit through the virgin Mary; henceforth, He is forever one Christ with two natures—God and man—in one person.

3.         The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is God, the Lord and giver of life, who was active in the Old Testament and made available to the Church at Pentecost. He empowers the saints for service and witness, cleanses man from the old nature and conforms us to the image of Christ. Through the Holy Spirit comes the power to walk in both the fruit of and the gifts of the Spirit.

The Scripture

We affirm that the Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, is alone the only infallible, inspired Holy Scriptures, and that its authority is ultimate, final, and eternal. It cannot be added to, subtracted from, or superseded in any regard. The Bible is the source of all doctrine, instruction, correction, and reproof. It contains all that is needed for guidance in godliness and practical Christian conduct.

Salvation

The Word of God declares clearly that salvation is a free gift of God, based on the merits of the death of His Son, and is appropriated by faith. The new life in Jesus Christ includes the privileges of adoption into God’s family and an inheritance in the kingdom of God’s beloved Son. Salvation is an act of free will in response to God’s personal love for mankind.

Judgment

We believe that heaven and hell are real places. There will be a resurrection of the lost and the saved, the one to everlasting death and the other to everlasting life.