God is the Creator and Ruler of the universe. He has eternally existed in three persons: the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal and are one God. (Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 28:19; 1 Peter 1:2)

1. (a) The Father—He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. He reigns with providential care over the universe and the flow of history goes according to His purpose and plan.  (Jeremiah 32:17; 1 Corinthians 8:6)
2. (b) The Son (Jesus Christ)—He is the Son of God. He has eternally existed and became man at His incarnation. He lived a sinless human life and offered himself as the sacrifice for sin by dying on a cross. He bodily arose from the dead after three days to demonstrate His power over sin and death. He ascended to Heaven and will return to earth again to reign. (John 14:6, John 1:14, Romans 1:4)
3. (c) The Holy Spirit—He is the third person of the Trinity. He guides us in all truth, exalts Christ, convicts of sin, righteousness, and judgment, cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, bestows spiritual gifts by which believers serve God and seals the believer unto the day of final redemption. His presence in the lives of believers is the assurance of God to bring us into the fullness of the stature of Christ. (John 14:26,  Acts 2:38)

Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, fully God and fully man. Jesus lived a sinless life, died on the cross for sin, was resurrected from the dead, and has ascended to heaven.

The Bible is the inspired Word of God—authoritative, infallible, and inerrant (without mixture of error). It is the supreme authority in all matters of faith and practice. (2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21, Acts 17:11)

God immutably creates each person either male or female from birth, as assigned at conception and revealed in their biological sex. These two distinct, complementary sexes, together, reflect His image. All of us are marred by an attitude of disobedience toward God called sin, which separates us from God. (Genesis 1:27, Matthew 19:4-5)

Salvation is God’s free gift to us, but we must accept it. We can never make up for our sin by self-improvement or good works. Only by trusting Jesus Christ as God’s offer of forgiveness can anyone be saved from sin’s penalty. When we turn from our sin and to Jesus in faith we are saved. Eternal life begins the moment one receives Jesus Christ by faith. (John 3:16-17, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9-10)

Because God gives us eternal life through Jesus Christ, the true believer is secure in that salvation for eternity. If you have been genuinely saved, you cannot “lose” your salvation. Salvation is maintained by the grace and power of God, not by the self-effort of the Christian. It is the grace and keeping power of God that gives us this security. (1 John 5:13, John 10:28-30)

A local body of baptized believers who are associated by their common faith and fellowship with Jesus. A local church should observe the ordinances (baptism and the Lord’s Supper) and should exercise their God-given gifts to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. The church is an autonomous body serving under the Lordship of Christ. All members are equally responsible as they serve with the officers of the church. (Hebrews 10:24-25, Acts 2:42, Acts 20:28)

People will exist forever either separated from God by sin or with God through salvation. To be eternally separate from God is Hell. To be eternally in union with Him is eternal life. Heaven and Hell are real places of eternal existence. (John 5:24, Romans 6:23)  

God made man and woman and created the first family. We believe that one man should be married to one woman and one woman to one man. (Genesis 2:24, Hebrews 13:4, Mark 10:6-9)

To live in harmony with other believers is the teaching of the
New Testament. Every believer should endeavor to live in fellowship with one another. It is further the responsibility of each member to bring all gossiping to an end. (1 Corinthians 12:13-27, Ephesians 4:1-32, Romans 16:17)

All human life is sacred and created by God in His image.  Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all human life. (Jeremiah 1:5, Psalm 139:13-16, Isaiah 49:1-6, Luke 1:41)

Giving a tithe, 10% of our income, is the biblical standard. The tithe is to be given as an undesignated offering to the ministry of a local church. We are encouraged to give cheerfully, regularly, systematically, proportionately, and liberally for the advancement of God’s mission on earth. (Malachi 3:8-10, 2 Corinthians 9:6-7, Matthew 6:21)

The Lord’s Supper or Communion is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the body of Christ, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, remember the death of Jesus and anticipate His return. (1 Corinthians 11:25-26, Matthew 26:26-28)

Christian baptism is the post-conversion immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, symbolizing the believer’s faith in Jesus Christ. Baptism also symbolizes our crucified, buried, and risen Savior and the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. (Romans 6:1-23, Acts 2:38)