What We Believe

We believe that the Old and New Testaments are the word of God inspired by the Holy Spirit. The Bible is completely trustworthy and authoritative in all matters of faith and practice.

We believe in one God - the Creator and Sustainer of all, who eternally exists in Holy Trinity - the Father; the Son, Jesus Christ; and the Holy Spirit.

We believe that God created man and woman in his image, that they fell from this condition, and that in consequence all people are by nature dead in their sin, unable to save themselves from God’s judgment.

We believe that eternal life is through grace alone by faith alone in Jesus Christ alone.

We believe that Jesus is God's one and only Son, truly God and truly man. And that Jesus' atoning substitutionary sacrifice on the cross is, by God's will and redemptive provision, essential for the salvation for all people who believe.

We believe that by God's grace his people have been set free to obey, through the power of the Holy Spirit, the will of God as it is revealed in God's Law. By understanding the Law, Christians understand both their need for forgiveness and the power of God's grace to work faithfulness and obedience within them.

We believe that a visible church of Christ is a congregation of believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the sacraments of Christ; governed by his laws; and exercising the gifts, discipline, and privileges invested in them according to Scripture.

We believe in two sacraments: the Lord’s Supper and Covenant Baptism. These do not save us, but point to the promise God has made in Christ to all those whom God has called. Sacraments are acts of obedience, practiced in the body of Christ, signifying our reliance upon Christ alone for salvation. Children and adults are baptized on the basis of God's promise. Children are trained and nurtured in the light of God's gracious provision, with the prayer of faith that at an early age they will confess a personal relationship with and dependence upon Jesus Christ.

We believe in the physical return of Jesus in power and glory as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. There will be a universal judgment, in which those in Christ will be resurrected to everlasting life in a new heaven and a new earth and those apart from Christ will be separated from God forever.