Core Beliefs
We uphold the following seven core beliefs as essential to Christianity.
We believe that the Bible is the verbally inspired Word of God
and without mistakes as originally written. It is the complete revelation
of His will for salvation and the only unfailing rule of faith and practice for
the Christian life.
We believe in one God, Creator of all things, eternally existing
in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that these three are co-eternal
and of equal dignity and power.
We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ; His miraculous conception
by the Holy Spirit; His virgin birth; His sinless life; His substitutionary death
on a cross; His bodily resurrection; His ascension to the right hand of the Father;
and His personal, imminent return.
We believe that man was created by and for God; that by man's disobeying
God, every person incurred spiritual death, which is separation from God, and physical
death as a consequence; and that all paeople are sinners by nature and practice.
We believe the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins and that all
who believe in Him are declared righteous because of His sacrificial death and are,
therefore, in the right relationship with God.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit indwelling
all believers and thus enabling and empowering the life and ministry of the believer.
We believe in the bodily resurrection of everyone who has lived,
the everlasting blessedness of those in right relationship with God, and the everlasting
punishment of those who have rejected God's forgiveness in His Son.
We subscribe to the doctrinal statement of the
Baptist Faith and Message
as adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention in
2000.