Our beliefs

What we
believe.

Jesus Christ is the center of our faith. These convictions summarize the historic Christian faith we receive from Scripture and seek to live by in the power of the Holy Spirit.

01

One God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe in one God, eternally existing as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: three distinct Persons, one divine being, perfect in holiness, love, power, and glory. God alone is Creator and Lord of all, and He alone is worthy of worship.

Deuteronomy 6:4 · Matthew 28:19 · John 1:1–3 · 2 Corinthians 13:14 · Ephesians 4:4–6

02

Jesus Christ is Lord.

We believe Jesus Christ is the eternal Son and Word of God, truly God and truly man. Conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, He lived without sin, was crucified for our sins under Pontius Pilate, died and was buried, rose bodily on the third day, ascended to the Father, reigns as Lord, and will come again in glory. Salvation is found in Him alone.

John 1:1–18 · Matthew 1:18–23 · Colossians 1:15–20 · 1 Corinthians 15:3–8 · Philippians 2:5–11 · Acts 4:12

03

Holy Scripture.

We receive the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as God-breathed, trustworthy, and authoritative for faith and life. The Scriptures bear faithful witness to God’s saving work and ultimately direct us to Jesus Christ. Every teaching, prophecy, impression, and spiritual experience must be tested rather than placed above the written Word.

2 Timothy 3:14–17 · 2 Peter 1:20–21 · John 5:39–40 · Luke 24:27 · Acts 17:11 · 1 Thessalonians 5:19–22

04

Salvation and new life.

Humanity was created in the image of God, yet sin has brought corruption, death, and separation from Him. Salvation is God’s gift of grace, accomplished through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and received through repentance and faith. By the Holy Spirit we are born anew, forgiven, adopted, and called into a life of holiness and good works as the fruit, never the price, of salvation.

Genesis 1:26–27 · Romans 3:23–26 · Mark 1:15 · Ephesians 2:1–10 · Titus 3:4–7 · 2 Corinthians 5:17

05

The Holy Spirit and His gifts.

We believe the Holy Spirit is Lord and giver of life, fully divine and personally present with the Church. He convicts, regenerates, indwells, sanctifies, leads, fills, and empowers believers to witness to Christ. We believe the gifts of the Spirit remain active today, including prophecy, tongues, discernment, healing, miracles, and other gifts given for the building up of the body. Their exercise must remain submitted to Scripture, love, order, and the lordship of Jesus.

John 14:16–17, 26 · Acts 1:8 · Acts 2:1–18 · Romans 8:9–16 · 1 Corinthians 12–14 · Galatians 5:22–25

06

The Church, baptism, and the Lord’s Table.

We believe the Church is the one body of Christ, called from every nation to worship God, proclaim the Gospel, make disciples, and embody the life of Jesus together. Following the apostolic pattern, believers devote themselves to the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, prayer, and the breaking of bread. We receive water baptism in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as Christ’s commanded initiation into discipleship, and we share the Lord’s Table in remembrance of Him, proclaiming His death until He comes.

Matthew 28:19–20 · Acts 2:38–42 · 1 Corinthians 10:16–17 · 1 Corinthians 11:23–26 · Ephesians 4:1–6, 11–16

07

Healing and deliverance.

We believe Jesus Christ still heals, delivers, and sets people free, and that the Church should pray boldly for the sick, resist the works of darkness, and minister freedom in His name. Healing and deliverance are signs of God’s kingdom and foretastes of the complete restoration promised in the resurrection. We pray with faith while entrusting every outcome to God’s wisdom and mercy; suffering or sickness is never grounds for shaming a person or measuring the sincerity of their faith.

Matthew 8:16–17 · Luke 4:18–19 · Acts 10:38 · James 5:14–16 · 1 Corinthians 12:9–10 · Romans 8:18–25

08

The Kingdom, the mission, and our hope.

We believe Jesus has commissioned His Church to make disciples of all nations in the power of the Holy Spirit. We await His personal and glorious return, the resurrection of the dead, the final judgment, and the life of the world to come. Christ’s kingdom will have no end. Until He comes, we proclaim the Gospel, pursue holiness, love our neighbor, seek justice and mercy, and bear witness to Jesus in every place He sends us.

Matthew 28:18–20 · Acts 1:8–11 · 1 Corinthians 15:20–28, 51–58 · Matthew 25:31–46 · Revelation 21:1–5 · Revelation 22:12–17

The center

Doctrine should lead us to Jesus.

We do not pursue truth merely to possess correct ideas. We want to know the living Christ, worship Him faithfully, become like Him, and bear witness to Him in the world.