Congregational Statement of Faith

We joyfully embrace the Holy Scriptures, as originally given, as the inspired, infallible, and inerrant Word of God. As such, the Bible is our sole authority in all matters of faith and practice and we confess the doctrines taught therein. We affirm the following statements as a faithful summary of biblical doctrine: 

There is only one, true, and living God, the Holy Trinity of Divine Persons in perfect unity, immutable, co-equal, co-eternal, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and sovereign in creation, providence, and redemption. 

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is holy, righteous, and full of grace and love. In His infinite love He sent forth the Son, that the world through Him might be saved. 

The Lord Jesus Christ is the only incarnate Son of God, born of the virgin Mary, conceived by the Holy Spirit, His manhood was real and sinless, and His teaching free from error. By His death on the Cross He made substitutionary atonement and a perfect offering for our sins. He triumphed over death, sin and Satan; He rose bodily from the grave, ascended into heaven, where He now sits at the right hand of God. 

The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Godhead, the Agent of regeneration, by whom men are brought to conviction, repentance, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and who indwells the believer for sanctification. The Holy Spirit guides the worship and ministry of the Church, and empowers Her life and witness. 

As a consequence of sin human nature became guilty and depraved, so that all men are subject to the penalty which, in His wrath, God has decreed against sin. Notwithstanding, those who remain unrepentant are fully responsible for their willful continuance in sin and unbelief. 

Through faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ, and on the basis of His death, sinners are freely justified by God, who forgives all their sins as they are reckoned to Christ, whose righteousness is reckoned to them. Salvation is therefore by grace, and not by human merit or work. 

Those who are chosen by God the Father and redeemed by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and sanctified by the Holy Spirit are members of the universal Church, the body of which Christ is the head. This Church finds visible expression in local churches, each of whom should manifest union with Christ in preserving purity of life and doctrine, avoiding schism and false teaching. 

The Lord Jesus Christ will return visibly, and personally in power and glory when there is to be a resurrection and final judgment of all men, issuing in eternal blessedness for believers and eternal punishment for the wicked.