Doctrine 01The Bible is the inspired, authoritative Word of God — our final rule for faith and practice.
We affirm that the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God. Written by men carried along by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:20–21), Scripture is sufficient to instruct us for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus and to equip believers for every good work (2 Timothy 3:15–17). Every doctrine we teach must be tested by, and submitted to, the Bible.
Key Scriptures · 2 Timothy 3:15–17 · 2 Peter 1:20–21 · Psalm 119:105
Doctrine 02There is one true and living God — infinite, holy, loving, sovereign, and worthy of all worship.
There is one true and living God, eternal, self-existent, holy, righteous, merciful, and full of steadfast love (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 45:5). He is the Creator and sustainer of all things and the final Judge of all people. He alone is worthy of worship.
Key Scriptures · Deuteronomy 6:4 · Isaiah 45:5–7 · 1 Timothy 2:5
Doctrine 03The one God eternally exists in three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The one true God eternally exists in three distinct, co-equal, co-eternal persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — who share one divine nature (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14). The doctrine of the Trinity is not tritheism (three gods) nor modalism (one person wearing three masks); it is the biblical confession that God is one in essence and three in person.
Key Scriptures · Matthew 28:19 · John 1:1–14 · 2 Corinthians 13:14
Doctrine 04Jesus is fully God and fully man, born of a virgin, sinless, crucified, risen, and returning.
Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man — one person in two natures. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, died on the cross as the substitutionary atonement for our sins, was bodily raised from the dead on the third day, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will return in glory to judge the living and the dead.
Key Scriptures · John 1:1–14 · Philippians 2:5–11 · 1 Corinthians 15:3–8
Doctrine 05The Spirit convicts, regenerates, indwells, sanctifies, and empowers every believer.
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, fully God. He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8), regenerates and indwells all who trust in Christ (Titus 3:5; Romans 8:9), assures believers of their adoption, and produces the fruit of a Christlike life.
Key Scriptures · John 16:7–15 · Romans 8:9–17 · Galatians 5:22–23
Doctrine 06All humanity has sinned in Adam and is unable to save itself apart from grace.
Created in God's image, humanity fell into sin through Adam's disobedience (Romans 5:12). All people are now sinners by nature and by choice, spiritually dead apart from Christ, and cannot make themselves righteous before God. Sin brings guilt, separation from God, moral corruption, and, without repentance, eternal judgment.
Key Scriptures · Romans 3:23 · Romans 5:12 · Ephesians 2:1–3
Doctrine 07Salvation is God's gift, received by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
Salvation is entirely God's work of grace, received through faith in Jesus Christ and not by any human merit or religious works (Ephesians 2:8–9). Genuine saving faith turns from sin (repentance) and rests on Christ's finished work, and it always produces the fruit of a transformed life.
Key Scriptures · Ephesians 2:8–10 · Titus 3:4–7 · Romans 3:21–26
Doctrine 08Christ will return, the dead will be raised, and every person will stand before God.
We look for the personal, visible, glorious return of Jesus Christ. All people will be bodily resurrected — believers to everlasting joy with God, and unbelievers to just judgment. The consummation is not a threat to fear but a hope that anchors the believer's life.
Key Scriptures · John 5:28–29 · 1 Corinthians 15 · Revelation 21:1–5
Doctrine 09Eternal life is God's gift in Christ — knowing Him now and being with Him forever.
Eternal life is not merely unending existence; it is knowing the one true God and Jesus Christ whom He has sent (John 17:3). It begins the moment a person trusts Christ and is consummated at the resurrection, when God's redeemed people dwell with Him in a renewed creation forever.
Key Scriptures · John 3:16 · John 17:3 · 1 John 5:11–13