Our Beliefs

We Believe

We are a Baptist Church.  Our beliefs are Bible-based, fundamental, and conservative.  We participate with the American Baptist Association for the benefit of mission work, printed material, and other outreach efforts.  We are mission minded and feel passionate about the Great Commission.

The following list represents some of the most identifying traits of our church but is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all we believe.

LOVE

We believe that love one for another as Jesus loves the believer proves our love for God and symbolizes our authority as New Testament churches.  Love is therefore the great commandment of the LORD Jesus Christ upon which all others are dependent.
  

THE BIBLE

We believe in the infallible, verbal inspiration of the whole Bible and that the Bible is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice.
  

JESUS CHRIST

We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (Jesus is God the Son).

SIN

We believe that man was created in the image of God and lived in innocence until he fell from his sinless state by voluntary disobedience , the result being that all mankind are sinners.

SALVATION

We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was for all.  It is, however, effectual only to those who believe.  A person is saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

HOLY SPIRIT

We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the trinity.  He convicts people of sin.  He also regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer.

THE CHURCH 

We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His Ministry on earth and that it is always a local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ.   Each church is an independent, self-governing body, and no one else may exercise authority over it. 

ORDINANCES

We believe there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord’s churches: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.  These ordinances, while important for Christians, do not save a person from hell, neither are they a necessary part of salvation.

CHURCH OFFICES

We believe that there are two divinely appointed offices in a church, pastors and deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set forth in Titus and First Timothy.

* For a more thorough doctrinal statement please contact us by email.