STATEMENT OF FAITH
1. The Bible is inspired by God, inerrant in the original documents, and the final authority in all matters of faith and practice. 2 Timothy 3:16; Matthew 5:17, 18; 2 Peter 1:21; Psalm 119
2. There is only one living and true God, and that He eternally exists in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God having precisely the same nature, attributes, and perfections. Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; John 4:24; Psalm 90:2; James 1:17
3. The Lord Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, born of virgin, sinlessly perfect. His sacrifice on the cross is substitutionary and reprehensive. He arose bodily from the dead and ascend to His Father's right hand, where He now ministers as our Great High Priest. He will return the church.
4. God’s ultimate purpose in all that He does is to bring glory to Himself. Therefore, we believe that our one aim in life and death should be to glorify God and enjoy Him forever; and although God teaches us how to glorify Him in the Scriptures, we are able to do so only through the Lord Jesus Christ in the power of His Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 48:11; John. 17:1-5; Matthew 5:16; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Romans 8:8, 9
5. God created man in His own image and according to His own likeness; male and female He created them. We believe that mankind was created in order to reflect the image Of God, exercise dominion over the earth, and rule over all the creatures of the earth as stewards of the Most High.
Genesis 1:26-28; Genesis 9:6; Job 12:10
6. It was by Adam’s willful sin against God that man lost his spiritual life and fell into the sin and misery in which we have been born. We believe that, being fallen in Adam, our first father, we are by nature children of wrath, under the condemnation of God and corrupted in body and soul, prone to evil and liable to eternal death; and being dead in our trespasses and sins, we are unable to help ourselves and cannot be delivered from this dreadful state except through the unmerited grace of God our Savior.
Genesis 2:17; Genesis 3:6-8; Romans 5:18; Ephesians 2:1-3; Romans 3:9-19; Romans 6:23
7. God has not left mankind to perish in its sin, but has from all eternity, in grace and mercy, chosen to save unto Himself a people which no man can number. We believe that, because of the great love with which He loved them, He has determined to deliver them out of their sin and misery and transfer them to the kingdom of His beloved Son, so that in the ages to come, He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in Christ Jesus. Romans 9:14-24; Romans 8:29, 30; Ephesians 1:4, 5; Colossians 1:13; Ephesians 2:4-7
8. God has redeemed His people unto Himself through the Lord Jesus Christ, who was and ever continues to be the eternal Son of God, who took on human flesh and was born of a virgin in order to be made like us in all things and put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. We believe that Jesus Christ bore the penalty for our sins in His body on the cross, and fulfilled in His own person the obedience we owe to the righteousness of God. We believe that, based on His finished work, He now presents us to His Father as His purchased possession, to the praise of the glory of His grace forever.
Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 9:26; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24; Revelation 5:9, 10; Ephesians 1:14
9. Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, died because of our offenses and was raised from the dead because of our justification; and having offered one sacrifice for sin for all time, He ascended into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God, where He continually makes intercession for His people. We believe that the Lord Jesus has been given by the Father as Head over all things to the church so that we need fear no evil and may surely know that nothing can snatch us out of His hands and nothing can separate us from His love.
Romans 4:25; Hebrews 10:12; Hebrews 7:25; Ephesians 1:20-22; Romans 8:38, 39
10. The redemption accomplished by the Lord Jesus Christ is effectually applied by the Holy Spirit to all whom God has chosen to save. We believe that it is the Spirit who works faith in us through regeneration and thereby unites us to Christ. We believe that the Spirit continues to renew us in this life according to the image of God, and enables us more and more to die unto sin and live unto righteousness until at last we are received into glory; and abiding in this great hope we strive for holiness in the power of His Spirit.
2 Thessalonians 2:13; Titus 3:5, 6; Ephesians 2:1-8; 1 John 5:1; Colossians 3:1; 2 Corinthians 4:16
11. The church is the body of Christ made up of all true believers and that the Lord Jesus Christ is the one and only Head of His church. We believe that God has established His church in the world and endowed it with the ministry of the Word and the holy ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, in order that through these, the riches of His grace in the gospel may be made known to the world, and, by the blessing of Christ and the working of His Holy Spirit, the benefits of redemption may be communicated to His people. We also believe that as members of Christ’s body, we should devote ourselves to the study of God’s Word, to fellowship with the saints, to remembrance through the Lord’s Supper, and to prayer; so that we may be instructed and strengthened in faith, in holiness of life, and in love, and always be ready to give account for the hope that is in us, with gentleness and reverence. 1 Corinthians 12:27; Matthew 28:19f; 1 Corinthians 11:23f; Acts 2:42; 1 Peter 2:1, 2; 1 Timothy 4:6; Hebrews 10:25; 1 Peter 3:15
12. The Lord Jesus has commissioned His church to proclaim the gospel of God’s grace to all men and make disciples of all nations. We believe that it is our privilege and duty to present Christ Jesus to sinful men in order that, through the power of the Holy Spirit, they may come to put their trust in God through Him, to receive Him as their Savior, and to serve Him as their King in the fellowship of His church.
Matthew 28:19f; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Acts 4:12; Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 9:16; 1 Corinthians 1:21f
13. The personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ is imminent, an event that concludes this present age of grace.
2 Thessalonians 1:7f; Acts 17:31; Romans 2:5f; Daniel 12:2
1. The Bible is inspired by God, inerrant in the original documents, and the final authority in all matters of faith and practice. 2 Timothy 3:16; Matthew 5:17, 18; 2 Peter 1:21; Psalm 119
2. There is only one living and true God, and that He eternally exists in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God having precisely the same nature, attributes, and perfections. Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; John 4:24; Psalm 90:2; James 1:17
3. The Lord Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, born of virgin, sinlessly perfect. His sacrifice on the cross is substitutionary and reprehensive. He arose bodily from the dead and ascend to His Father's right hand, where He now ministers as our Great High Priest. He will return the church.
4. God’s ultimate purpose in all that He does is to bring glory to Himself. Therefore, we believe that our one aim in life and death should be to glorify God and enjoy Him forever; and although God teaches us how to glorify Him in the Scriptures, we are able to do so only through the Lord Jesus Christ in the power of His Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 48:11; John. 17:1-5; Matthew 5:16; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Romans 8:8, 9
5. God created man in His own image and according to His own likeness; male and female He created them. We believe that mankind was created in order to reflect the image Of God, exercise dominion over the earth, and rule over all the creatures of the earth as stewards of the Most High.
Genesis 1:26-28; Genesis 9:6; Job 12:10
6. It was by Adam’s willful sin against God that man lost his spiritual life and fell into the sin and misery in which we have been born. We believe that, being fallen in Adam, our first father, we are by nature children of wrath, under the condemnation of God and corrupted in body and soul, prone to evil and liable to eternal death; and being dead in our trespasses and sins, we are unable to help ourselves and cannot be delivered from this dreadful state except through the unmerited grace of God our Savior.
Genesis 2:17; Genesis 3:6-8; Romans 5:18; Ephesians 2:1-3; Romans 3:9-19; Romans 6:23
7. God has not left mankind to perish in its sin, but has from all eternity, in grace and mercy, chosen to save unto Himself a people which no man can number. We believe that, because of the great love with which He loved them, He has determined to deliver them out of their sin and misery and transfer them to the kingdom of His beloved Son, so that in the ages to come, He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in Christ Jesus. Romans 9:14-24; Romans 8:29, 30; Ephesians 1:4, 5; Colossians 1:13; Ephesians 2:4-7
8. God has redeemed His people unto Himself through the Lord Jesus Christ, who was and ever continues to be the eternal Son of God, who took on human flesh and was born of a virgin in order to be made like us in all things and put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. We believe that Jesus Christ bore the penalty for our sins in His body on the cross, and fulfilled in His own person the obedience we owe to the righteousness of God. We believe that, based on His finished work, He now presents us to His Father as His purchased possession, to the praise of the glory of His grace forever.
Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 9:26; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24; Revelation 5:9, 10; Ephesians 1:14
9. Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, died because of our offenses and was raised from the dead because of our justification; and having offered one sacrifice for sin for all time, He ascended into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God, where He continually makes intercession for His people. We believe that the Lord Jesus has been given by the Father as Head over all things to the church so that we need fear no evil and may surely know that nothing can snatch us out of His hands and nothing can separate us from His love.
Romans 4:25; Hebrews 10:12; Hebrews 7:25; Ephesians 1:20-22; Romans 8:38, 39
10. The redemption accomplished by the Lord Jesus Christ is effectually applied by the Holy Spirit to all whom God has chosen to save. We believe that it is the Spirit who works faith in us through regeneration and thereby unites us to Christ. We believe that the Spirit continues to renew us in this life according to the image of God, and enables us more and more to die unto sin and live unto righteousness until at last we are received into glory; and abiding in this great hope we strive for holiness in the power of His Spirit.
2 Thessalonians 2:13; Titus 3:5, 6; Ephesians 2:1-8; 1 John 5:1; Colossians 3:1; 2 Corinthians 4:16
11. The church is the body of Christ made up of all true believers and that the Lord Jesus Christ is the one and only Head of His church. We believe that God has established His church in the world and endowed it with the ministry of the Word and the holy ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, in order that through these, the riches of His grace in the gospel may be made known to the world, and, by the blessing of Christ and the working of His Holy Spirit, the benefits of redemption may be communicated to His people. We also believe that as members of Christ’s body, we should devote ourselves to the study of God’s Word, to fellowship with the saints, to remembrance through the Lord’s Supper, and to prayer; so that we may be instructed and strengthened in faith, in holiness of life, and in love, and always be ready to give account for the hope that is in us, with gentleness and reverence. 1 Corinthians 12:27; Matthew 28:19f; 1 Corinthians 11:23f; Acts 2:42; 1 Peter 2:1, 2; 1 Timothy 4:6; Hebrews 10:25; 1 Peter 3:15
12. The Lord Jesus has commissioned His church to proclaim the gospel of God’s grace to all men and make disciples of all nations. We believe that it is our privilege and duty to present Christ Jesus to sinful men in order that, through the power of the Holy Spirit, they may come to put their trust in God through Him, to receive Him as their Savior, and to serve Him as their King in the fellowship of His church.
Matthew 28:19f; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Acts 4:12; Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 9:16; 1 Corinthians 1:21f
13. The personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ is imminent, an event that concludes this present age of grace.
2 Thessalonians 1:7f; Acts 17:31; Romans 2:5f; Daniel 12:2