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We Believe

There is one God who makes himself know mainly through the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit.

God the Father made all things through the Son, sent the Son for our salvation, and gives us the Holy Spirit.

The Son of God, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, was born of the virgin Mary, fully God and fully human, and is the perfect revelation of the Father and the perfect representative of humanity. He suffered and died on the cross for all human sin, was raised bodily on the third day, and ascended to heaven. Standing in for all humanity before the Father, Jesus Christ provides the perfect human response to God. Since he died for all, all died in him, and all will be made alive in him, and that he is the one and only mediator between us and God the Father.

The Holy Spirit brings sinners to repentance and faith, assures believers of their forgiveness and acceptance as God’s dearly loved children, and works in them to conform them to the image of Jesus Christ.

The Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God that testifies to Jesus Christ. The Bible is fully authoritative for all matters of faith and salvation. The Bible is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man (or person) of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

That God's gift of salvation (eternal life) comes only by God’s grace and not by our works or efforts, and it is experienced through faith in Jesus Christ. Christians respond to the joy of receiving salvation (eternal life) when they gather in regular worship and fellowship, and live godly lives in Jesus Christ.