Foundational Core Beliefs

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In a triune God: God the Father, God the son, and God the Holy Spirit.

(Matthew 28:19)

Jesus was born, lived, died, resurrected, and ascended to heaven with a promise to return for the church, his bride. (Mathew 1:21). 

The word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the father, full of grace and truth.

 (John 1:14) 

The only way to God is through Jesus Christ. (John 14:6)

We have been instructed by Jesus Christ to go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.  (Mark 16:15, NIV)

Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I am with you always, to the very end of the age. 

(Matthew 28:19-20, NIV)

 The Lord Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

(Isaiah 7:14, NIV)

The Angel answered, The Holy spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 

(Luke 1:35, NIV) 

We have all sinned and come short of God's standards.   

(Romans 3:23, NIV)

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned. 

(Romans 5:12, NIV)

The covenant of marriage is between is one man and one woman.  

(Genesis 2:24, NIV)

For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This is a profound mystery, but I am talking about Christ and the church. 

(Ephesians 5:31-32, NIV)  

We are commanded by Jesus Christ to give freely and joyfully.  

(Luke 6:38, NIV) 

As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. "Truly I tell you," he said, this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.  

(Luke 21:1-4, NIV)

We receive salvation when we come to God through faith in the atoning work of Christ on the cross; salvation is a free gift from God. 

(Ephesians 2:8, NIV)

He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 

 (Titus 3:5, NIV)

Baptism by immersion is an outward

 sign of an inward work.  

(Matthew 3:16, NIV)

We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. (Romans 6:4, NIV)

We believe in the commemoration of the Lord’s Supper by the symbolic use of bread and the fruit of the vine. 

(1 Corinthians 11:24-25, NIV)

And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying this is My body given for you; do this in remembrance of Me. In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you."  

(Luke 22:19-20, NIV)