What We Believe
STORY
We are, by God's grace, a community of forgiven sinners--people who were once without hope and without God in the World. But through the gift of Jesus, God has forgiven our sins and begun to transform our lives by His Holy Spirit. This is good news we continue to share!
GOD
We believe in the triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit - Creator and Sustainer of the universe.
WORSHIP
God shows to us in His word how He is to be worshiped. Our services are orderly and simple. We sing the Psalms without the accompaniment of instruments.
AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE
We believe that the 66 books of the Bible in the Old & New Testaments are the very Word of God. "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness."
(II Timothy 3:16)
SALVATION
Salvation is by God's grace alone through faith alone.
Jesus Christ "is the way, the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through Him." (John 14:6) As sinful people, we are "saved through faith and that not of ourselves, it is a gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast." (Ephesians 2:8–9)
The Apostle Paul answered the question of salvation with these words: "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved." (Acts 16:31) This belief is more than head knowledge. It is a willing assent to Jesus being the center of our decisions, both large and small.
Salvation is God's rescue from the eternal punishment our sins deserve—an eternal separation from Him and all that is good. Instead, we receive the eternal presence of the holy God. Scripture teaches that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23) and that "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). This is why all of us need salvation.
BAPTISM
We baptize both those who are able to make a credible profession of faith in Jesus as Lord and the young children of adults who make such a profession.
COMMUNION
We believe that those making a credible profession of faith, who are baptized in a Bible-believing church and are members of such a church, should be admitted to the Lord's Supper.
Those who have not met with a session member before the worship service are invited to observe but are asked not to participate. The Bible teaches that those taking communion "in an unworthy manner shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord." (I Corinthians 11:27)