We
attempt to be a loving, caring fellowship, committed to reaching out to
those seeking to know Jesus, studying the Word of God, and growing in
what it means to be a Christian in today's world.
We
are solidly rooted in the historic Christian faith and the Reformed and
Presbyterian tradition. All Scripture is self-attesting and being
Truth, requires our unreserved submission in all areas of life. The
infallible Word of God, the sixty-six books of the Old and New
Testaments, is a complete and unified witness to God's redemptive acts
culminating in the incarnation of the Living Word, the Lord Jesus
Christ. The Bible, uniquely and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, is
the supreme and authority on all matters on which it speaks.
Essentials of our Faith
We
believe in one God, the sovereign Creator and Sustainer of all things,
infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son
and Holy Spirit. To Him be all honor, glory and praise forever!
Jesus Christ, the living Word, become flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth.
He
who is true God became true man united in one Person forever. He died
on the cross a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures.
On
the third day He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven,
where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He now is our High
Priest and Mediator.
The Holy Spirit has come to glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to our hearts.
He convicts us of sin and draws us to the Savior.
Indwelling our hearts, He gives new life to us, empowers and imparts gifts to us for service.
He instructs and guides us into all truth, and seals us for the day of redemption.
Being estranged from God and condemned by our sinfulness, our salvation is wholly dependent upon the work of God's free grace.
God
credits His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone
for their salvation, thereby justifies them in His sight.
Only such as are born of the Holy Spirit and receive Jesus Christ become children of God and heirs of eternal life.
The
true Church is composed of all persons who through saving faith in
Jesus Christ and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit are united
together in the body of Christ.
The
Church finds her visible, yet imperfect, expression in local
congregations where the Word of God is preached in its purity and the
sacraments are administered in their integrity; where scriptural
discipline is practiced, and where loving fellowship is maintained.
For her perfecting, she awaits the return of her Lord.
Jesus
Christ will come again to the Earth, personally, visibly, and bodily,
to judge the living and the dead, and to consummate history and the
eternal plan of God.
"Even
so, come, Lord Jesus." (Rev. 22:20) The Lord Jesus Christ commands all
believers to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world and to make
disciples of all nations.
Obedience to the Great Commission requires total commitment to "Him who loved us and gave Himself for us."
He calls us to a life of self-denying love and service.
"For
we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which
God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." (Eph. 2:10)