We exist to introduce people to the one true living God through the works of Jesus Christ on the cross and to enable the strengthening of their eternal relationship with Him.
What we believe
We believe there is only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual and personal being. The Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. He reveals himself to man as Father, Son and Holy Spirit with distinct personal attributes but without division of nature, essence, or being.
We (humanity) are his special creation, made in Him image. He created male and female as the crowing work of his creation.
We believe the eternal Son of God is incarnated in Jesus Christ. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He honored the divine law by his personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross He made provision for the redemption of men from sin. This redemption is the salvation of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. This salvation in the broadest sense includes regeneration, justification, sanctification and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.
We believe the Holy Bible is the inerrant divinely inspired revelation of God to man. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth without error for its matter. All scripture is totally true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinion should be tried. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is himself the focus of divine revelation.
Adapted from Baptist Faith & Message 2000
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