What We Believe
What is the Bible? The Holy Spirit inspired human authors to write the books of the Bible. Every word of scripture was chosen by God Himself. The Bible is God's love letter to all of humanity and is the final authority in every issue it communicates. It is complete truth, and we can trust it for all matters in this life and eternity.
Who is the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit is a full and equal part of the Trinity. He works in the world to make all people understand their need for Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit lives inside every follower of Jesus from the moment they decide to follow Him. The Spirit is our power source for life, ministry and spiritual growth. To tap into that power, we must continually yield to the Holy Spirit.
Who is God? Many people have differing ideas about the nature of God. Most of those ideas have one thing in common-they are the product of human intellect! When it comes to our Creator, it matters very little who we think God is. The Bible is the only trustworthy source for understanding Him. Scripture teaches that God created everything we can see-and even everything we can't see-out of nothing. Althought it might be difficult for the human mind to comprehend, the Bible teaches that He is One yet has existed since the beginning of time as three distinct and equal persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Who is Man? Man is the pinnacle of Gods creation and the only being on the earth whom God made in His own spiritual image, with the moral ability to choose right from wrong. Every person, although endowed with the image of God, inherited a disobedient heart from Adam, the very first man. This attitude of disobedience (called sin in the Bible) unless rectified through Christ forever keeps man from forming a relationship with his Creator. This attitude also keeps us from being the kind of person God created us to be.
What is Salvation? Our disobedient nature has eternally separated us from our Creator. No matter how hard we try, we can never earn our way back into Gods presence. Our only hope is to trust Jesus as Gods provision for our disobedience. Whenever you make that decision, you step into the eternal and abundant life Jesus promises for all believers.
Who is Jesus? Jesus Christ is God's Son and an equal of the Father. He has existed from the beginning of time, yet lived on earth during the first century A.D. Throughout His earthly life, he was completely God and completely human at the same time. After living a perfect, sinless life, Jesus offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for every human being who has ever lived by dying on a Roman cross. After three days in the grave, he defeated sin and death by rising from the grave. He then ascended to Heaven and will return to earth one day to reign as King.