We believe the Bible is the Inspired Word of God.
We believe God created the Heavens, the Earth, and everything on the Earth. He is the glue that holds it together. At the apex of His creation, He created Adam and Eve, in His image–in His likeness.
We believe there is one God, consisting of three parts: God, the Father; God, the Son; and God, the Holy Spirit. They are co-equal, yet distinctive in purpose. Doctrinally, this is called the Trinity!
We believe in the Fall of Mankind. We believe we share in Adam’s rebellion against God. We know, by our own experience, the Apostle Paul’s declaration that “all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God” (Rom. 3:23). We accept that the wages of Sin is death, not only physical, but spiritual. We realize that this is completely contrary to our original, created state of being. Only after Adam’s rebellion did mankind feel shame, guilt, and hide from God. Our sin nature has condemned us and in our own strength there is no escape from eternal damnation outside of Christ.
We believe that God, the Son, is the answer to the eternal condemnation of our souls. Paul declared, “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved” (Rom. 10:9). And Peter preached, “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12). John the Baptist prophesied, when Jesus presented Himself for baptism, “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world” (John 1:29). Jesus said of Himself, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to give His life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).
Outside of Jerusalem, on a hill called Golgotha, the place of the skull, Jesus’ bloody, beaten body was crucified. He was mocked, insulted, stabbed with a spear, and finally given a drink of soured wine on a sponge lifted to His lips on a hyssop. Jesus said, “It is finished!” “Tetelestai, Tetelestai” – literally, “The debit has been paid in full!” God’s justice has been satisfied and Hell has been defeated! Jesus is the Savior of the World!