What We Believe

The soul of man.  Built on the foundation of God's Word, we seek to fulfill the great commission that was given by the Lord and to continue that work until his returning.  We believe the best days are ahead for His church, and we are working hard to be a part of that!

The Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God.
God used holy men to write the Scriptures. They are, in both the Old and New Testaments, the very words God intended us to have. They are, as given by God, without error and are our only rule of faith and practice. We profit from them by learning the truth about many things: they also speak to us about wrong doing; they even correct us and get us back on course as well as instructing us in right living.

Baptism is a declaration to the world, and an act of obedience in the Christian walk. The first act of obedience for many.  Baptism is not necessary for salvation, but a desire to follow Christ in baptism is certainly a direct result of salvation!  We baptize in full submersion, just as John the Baptist performed for the Lord.

Life is sacred.  Life is a gift.  It is given by God, and we leave it in His hands.  We hold to the truth that life starts at conception and we stand against intentionally ending innocent human life.

For the believer: "to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord!"  There is a literal hell and a literal heaven.  As the Lord said, unless you are born again, you cannot see the kingdom of heaven.  Those who have submitted their lives to Christ through repentance and faith shall have eternal life in His presence.  Those who have suppressed the truth in unrighteousness shall have eternal separation from Him.

Man receives pardon and forgiveness for his sins when he admits to God that he is a sinner, when in godly sorrow he turns from them and trusts in the work of Christ as redemption for his sin. This acceptance of God’s great salvation involves belief in Christ’s death on the cross as man’s substitute and the fact of God’s raising Him from the dead as predicted. It is a salvation by grace alone and not of works.

It is God’s will that all be saved, but since man has the power of choice, God saves only those who repent of their sin and believe in the work of Christ on the cross. Those who refuse in this life to repent and believe have no later chance to be saved and thus condemn themselves to eternal damnation by their unbelief.