We believe that all the canonical books of the Bible are the divinely inspired and infallible Word of God. It is the ultimate and sufficient authority in matters of faith and life.

We recognize that the Lord’s Supper is a commandment of Jesus Christ for church members to proclaim “the Lord’s death until he comes.”

We believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true man. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary; died on the cross for our sins and rose from the dead; ascended into heaven, sat at the right hand of the Father, and became our High Priest and only Intercessor.

We believe that human beings were created by the triune God in His image and likeness and sinless. But because of Satan’s deception and disobedience to God, man sinned and lost fellowship with God. The result was death: spiritual, physical, and eternal.

We recognize that baptism is a commandment of Jesus Christ for those who have believed in Him and experienced the new birth. Such a person, in a baptism of faith, acknowledges Jesus Christ as the Son of God, Lord and Savior, and makes a pledge of loyalty to Him, thus joining the local church.

We recognize that Christ’s Church is the invisible gathering of spiritually born again people, redeemed from among all nations throughout time, who have been joined to the Body of Christ through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, which occurs at the time of the birth from above, and who are in heaven and on earth.

We adhere to the biblical principles of Christian life and ministry.

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, as well as in the eternal bliss of the saved and the eternal punishment of the wicked.

We believe that the Holy Spirit fulfills His ministry on earth: glorifying Jesus Christ, convicting people of their sin, giving new birth to forgiven sinners, indwelling the, and empowering them to live a righteous life and distributing gifts for ministry in the church.

We believe in the One, Living, True, and Eternal God, who has existed from eternity in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and these Three are One God. They are of one essence. To them belongs the same glory.

We are called to:

• fulfill the great commission of Jesus Christ by spreading the Kingdom of God to the ends of the earth through the preaching of the Gospel
• to be worthy citizens of our country, obeying its laws, if they do not restrict freedom of conscience and the recognition of faith

We look forward to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ for His Church, during which there will be

the resurrection of the dead in the Lord
the change of those who are still alive
the rapture of the Church to meet the Lord in the clouds

We believe that

1. salvation of man was accomplished by Jesus Christ, whom God appointed from eternity to be a substitutionary sacrifice as an atonement for our sins
2. salvation is granted by God exclusively by His grace on the basis of the atonement made by Christ, and not on the basis of human works or merit
3. salvation is received by faith through repentance from sin and the new birth by the Word of God and the Holy Spirit

We recognize that the local church is a visible gathering of people born from above, living in the same community, united by faith in Jesus Christ on the basis of the Word of God, and continually abiding “in apostolic teaching, brotherly fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayer.” The local church is a constituent part of the universal church.