We believe in one God, eternally existing in three divine persons, equal in power and glory - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God is the creator and sustainer of all things. His divine qualities - including love, holiness, justice, righteousness, faithfulness, infinite knowledge and power, self-existence, and omnipresence - all harmonize perfectly in the unity of his being

We believe in God the Father, begotten of none, the eternal Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. Since God is the creator, all things and all people are from him and exist for him. As the author of salvation, he adopts into his family all who are born again by faith. He gloriously upholds and providentially rules over all things, to accomplish the redemption of his people and the restoration of all creation.

We believe in Jesus Christ, the eternally begotten Son of the Father. He is the fully divine, living Word of God who also became fully human — conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. His sinless human life, humble obedience to his Father’s will, sacrificial death and bodily resurrection made sufficient provision for the salvation of all people. In his ascension, he returned to his Father, where he reigns as Lord, Advocate, Great High Priest, and Coming Judge.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the third person of the triune God, fully equal with the Father and the Son. He is the author and illuminator of sacred Scripture. He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. By him we are baptized into the Body of Christ. As the spirit of holiness, he indwells every believer and his Church, purifying and empowering his people for holy living. He guides them into truth, comforts and encourages them, and enables them to fulfill the Great Commission. He produces his fruit in the lives of believers and gives them spiritual gifts for the good of the Church.

We believe that the Bible, consisting of the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, is the written Word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit and, therefore, true, reliable, and without error in all it addresses. We believe the Bible has been safeguarded by the Holy Spirit and transmitted to the present day without any doctrinal corruption. The Bible forever remains the unchanging and final authority for faith and living.

We believe that God created human beings — male and female — as co-equal bearers of the image of God. Gender is divinely designed, part of the goodness of creation. Human sexuality is a gift, intended to be expressed exclusively in a monogamous, lifelong marital union between one man and one woman. The Bible also affirms the sacredness of singleness and that some may have the gift of lifetime celibacy.

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Adam and Eve, humankind's original parents, disobeyed God’s command and thus ushered sin into the world bringing spiritual and physical death to themselves and all of their descendants. All human beings — while still bearing God’s image — are polluted in every aspect of their being. They are estranged from God by their sin and thus deserve God’s wrath. We believe that God desires all of his Elect to be restored to a right relationship with him. Redemption — the gracious design by which God intends to rescue humanity from the disastrous consequences of sin — has its origin in the love and justice of God and is brought to fruition by his infinite wisdom and might.

We believe that salvation is fundamentally the work and gift of God and that before the beginning of time God predestined his people for adoption. We believe that Jesus Christ is God’s only provision for our salvation. He voluntarily offered himself as our representative and substitute and suffered and died on the cross in our place — taking upon himself God’s righteous wrath. We believe in his bodily resurrection on the third day, which powerfully declared him to be the Son of God. By his death and resurrection, Jesus once for all conquered sin, death, hell, and the devil.

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We believe that God calls his Elect to himself and that humankind can do no work to make themselves right with God. We believe that God intends to transform his redeemed people by conforming them to the image of his Son through the infilling and sanctifying work of his Holy Spirit. Believers, through the work of the Holy Spirit, are called to surrender their will, be renewed in their minds, perform good works born out of the gift that has been imparted to them, and have their hearts purified as they continuously offer themselves as living sacrifices to God.

We believe that the invisible and universal Church is a spiritual body comprised of all believers, both living and dead — over which Christ himself is Head and Lord. We believe that the local church is to be a loving community of Christ’s followers who gather for worship, prayer, instruction in the Word, mutual encouragement and discipline. Therefore, believer’s fellowship and communion with a local church body is pertinent, necessary, and beneficial for followers of Christ. As the temple of the Holy Spirit, the Church is to display his holiness, bear his fruit, and be adorned by his gracious gifts. As a people called out of darkness, the Church will embody the pervasive, life-transforming power of God by equipping the saints for the work of ministry — bearing witness to the truth and exerting influence in every realm of the broader culture. The Church is called by Jesus to proclaim the gospel — locally, cross-culturally, and internationally — and to make disciples of everyone everywhere in the power of the Holy Spirit.

We believe that water baptism and the Lord’s Supper were instituted by the Lord Jesus himself. They are the divinely mandated means by which God imparts grace.

​Water baptism symbolizes the spiritual union that every believer has with Jesus in his death, burial, and resurrection. This sacrament is a sign and seal of cleansing from sin and ingrafting to the body of Christ. Therefore, we affirm the biblical pattern of baptism upon profession of faith in Christ, and that it should be administered by immersion whenever possible.​

We believe that while the Lord’s Supper serves as a vivid memorial of Jesus’ bodily sacrifice and shed blood, that the body and blood of Christ is also spiritually, mysteriously, and distinctly present in the elements. Communion symbolizes the believer’s union with Christ and the spiritual unity shared by every believer. This Sacrament provides a powerful incitement to self-examination, should be celebrated joyfully and regularly, and is open to all who are followers of Christ.

We believe that the Holy Spirit, in his ministry, continues to impart gifts among the people of God and that these gifts are effectual and necessary for the work and spiritual growth of the Church. Therefore these gifts should be faithfully employed, eagerly desired, and fashioned with self-control.

We believe that the return of Jesus will be personal, bodily, visible, and glorious. His second coming, the blessed hope for which we must be constantly prepared, is a source of encouragement and comfort, a motive for holy living, and an inspiration for ministry and mission. We believe that when Jesus returns, he will subdue his enemies and establish his kingdom on earth and will reign in perfect righteousness. For those in Christ, death is gain, because to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. At the resurrection, we believe that every person will face one of two eternal destinies. We believe that no condemnation awaits those who are in Christ, because their sins were forgiven at the cross. They will have their lives and works judged only for reward, and will enjoy an eternal, embodied life in the presence of God and his angels, forever. Those who are not in Christ will be raised to appear before God for a final, irrevocable judgment. They will be consigned to a place of eternal, conscious punishment, separated from God. We believe in the coming restoration of all things, where God — in accordance with his power and promises — will one day bring his purposes for all of creation to their glorious fulfillment. Here, God’s handiwork — though disfigured by sin and subject to decay – will be fully restored in a new heaven and new earth. We believe that all of God’s redemptive purposes will come to fruition, and death will be swallowed up in victory.