ABOUT US

God is one—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
_{Matthew 5:16,45; 6:1,4,8,9; James 1:17; John 1:1, 14:9; Genesis 1:2; John 4:24; 14:16-20; 2 Peter 1:21} 

God is Creator of all things visible and invisible.
_{Genesis 1:1; Acts 17:24-28; Hebrews 11:3} 

Jesus Christ is God’s one and only Son, my one and only Savior
_{John 1:14; 1 John 4:9; John 3:16; 2 Peter 3:18}

who was born Jesus of Nazareth, both fully human and fully divine, conceived of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary,
_{Matthew 21:11; John 19:19; John 1:14; Romans 5:15-17; Colossians 2:9; 1 John 1:1; Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:26-38}

who suffered and was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
_{Luke 23:1-46}

who died, was buried, and rose again bodily from the dead on the third day,
_{Luke 23:44, 24:8; John 20:24-29; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8}

Who ascended into heaven and now sits at the right hand of the Father,
_{Luke 22:69; Acts 1:1-9; Colossians 3:1}

and who will return to earth to judge both the living and the dead and reign eternally.
_{Matthew 24:36-42; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:10,11; 10:39-42; 1 Peter 4:5}

The Holy Spirit is an active and equal part of the trinity,
_{John 16:5-15; Acts 1:7,8; Romans 8:26,27;1 Corinthians 12:9}

and indwells every Christian.
_{1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19; 2 Timothy 1:14}

The Bible is God’s Holy Word, that God inspired the original writings of the Scripture, and that those writings were consequently without error.
_{Mark 12:36; John 14:26, 16:12-15; Acts 1:16;1 Corinthians 2:12-13; 2 Timothy 3:14-16; 2 Peter 1:20-21}

The Bible is the final authority for all matters of faith and practice.
_{Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 5:18; 24:35; Romans 15:4; Hebrews 4:12}

The New Testament explains and contains the New Covenant Relationship between God and His people, and supersedes all other covenants.
_{Acts 2:14-21; Galatians 3:23-25, 5:1-6; Hebrews 8:6-13, 9:15}

Man was created by God, but willfully sins against God and is consequently lost and without hope apart from Jesus Christ.
_{Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23}

Salvation—forgiveness of sins, relationship with God, and the hope of heaven—is possible only by God’s grace through the blood of Jesus Christ.
_{Matthew 26:28; Romans 5:9; Ephesians 2:8,9; 1 Peter 1:18,19; 1 John 1:7}

One responds to the good news of the gospel by putting faith in Christ, repenting of sin, confessing Christ, and being immersed into Christ. All of these together make the salvation process complete.
_{Romans 5:1,2; Luke 24:45-47; Acts 3:19; 17:30; Galatians 3:27; Matthew 10:32; Philippians 2:11; Colossians 2:12; 1 John 4:15; Romans 6:1-7; Acts 2:38; Romans 10:9; 1 Peter 3:21; 2 Peter 3:9}

The Body of Christ, his church, was founded on the Day of Pentecost and consists of all Christians everywhere.
_{Matthew 16:13-18; Acts 2:14:47}

I believe that God has ordained marriage, that marriage is the exclusive covenantal union of one man and one woman,
_{Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4-6; Mark 10:7-9}

and—if married—I have an exclusive sexual relationship with my spouse, or I will abstain from having sexual relationships until I am married.
_{Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 5:1;1 Corinthians 7:8-9}

God created each person male or female,
_{Genesis 1:27; Matthew 19:4}

and gender is acceptable—for all to recognize—according to the chromosomes and anatomy God provided at birth.
_{Romans 1:24-27; Galatians 5:16-21; Ephesians 5:29; I John 2:16-17; Leviticus 20:13}

The Elders are to exercise loving authority over the local congregation.
_{Acts 20:28; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9; 1 Peter 5:1-4}