WHO WE ARE
OUR PURPOSE
LOVE GOD
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” — Matthew 22:37
The most important commandment in all the Bible is to love God with wholehearted devotion, to love Him with every aspect of your being, with everything you are!
LOVE PEOPLE
“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.” — John 13:34
Through the Gospel, we should be so deeply transformed by the love of God on the inside that we live with the supernatural love of God on the outside.
MAKE DISCIPLES
“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” — Matthew 28:19-20
Making disciples has two important parts…
Sharing the Gospel – We are called to share the Good News of what Jesus has done with people in our families, communities, nation, & to the ends of the earth.
Training Believers – We are called to teach others everything that Jesus has taught us.
EQUIP THE CHURCH
“To equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ.” — Ephesians 4:12
Our church exists to equip believers in Jesus for the work of ministry. That means the job of our pastors & staff is not to have the church build their ministry, but rather for them to help build the ministries of the members of the church.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
GOD
We believe that there is one God who exists in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
JESUS
We believe that Jesus is the Son of God, was born of a virgin, was wholly God and wholly man, lived a sinless life, died in our place as a sacrifice for the sins of mankind, was buried, arose bodily from the grave, and ascended into Heaven. We believe that Jesus Christ will literally return to earth.
HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that God the Holy Spirit is active in convincing unbelievers of their need for salvation, and is the Comforter and Guide Who lives in every believer.
MAN
We believe that man is a special creation of God, made in His image, but that through the sin of the first man, Adam, mankind fell so that all men are sinners and need salvation.
BIBLE
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God without any error, the sole authority for life and faith.
SALVATION
We believe that salvation is a gift received through repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
ASSURANCE
We believe that every person who is truly saved is eternally secure in the Lord Jesus Christ.
ETERNITY
We believe that those persons who die in their sins without Christ spend eternity in Hell and those persons who die with their sins forgiven through Christ spend eternity in Heaven.
BAPTISM
We believe that water baptism is an act of obedience to the command of Christ and is by immersion after salvation.
CHURCH
We believe that the church is a local body of baptized believers with the Lord Jesus Christ as the Head.
PRAYER
We believe that each believer has direct access to God through the Lord Jesus Christ.
GOVERNMENT
We believe in the separation of church and state, but not in separation of God and government. Christians are salt and light in society.
