Statement of Faith
There is only one God— Creator, Redeemer, and Judge— Who alone possesses immortality. God is Spirit, the great “I Am.” God is love. God is light, and in Him there is no darkness, no shifting shadow. God is holy, unchanging, and faithful—too pure to look upon evil. God is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—Three in One. There is no superiority within the Godhead. God is God!
God the Father is the First Person of the Trinity. The Father was neither made nor created nor begotten. God is Father, yet not older than the Son. God the Father so loved the world that He gave His Only Begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him will not perish, but have everlasting life. God created both male and female in His image. There is no partiality with God.
God the Son is the Second Person of the Trinity. God’s Only Begotten Son is uncreated, not made. Miraculously the Son became human flesh by being conceived through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and Son of Man. Jesus is God incarnate Who humbly emptied Himself and took on the form of a slave, and sinlessly became obedient even to the point of death on a cross. Christ Jesus, the Son of God, was raised bodily from the dead, then ascended into heaven where He was seated at the Right Hand of God. The Book of Revelation reveals that He alone is “worthy to open the scroll.” As the unblemished Lamb of God, He purchased our salvation by the shedding of His own blood. The Son will return in glory to consummate history, judge all people justly in righteousness, and forever reign as King. Jesus is the only Mediator between humanity and God. He is Lord of all.
God the Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit of God proceeds from both the Father and the Son, goes wherever He pleases to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and regenerates and indwells those who are born again. The Holy Spirit is personal, not an impersonal “it.” God put His Spirit on Jesus Who, by faith, worked miracles. By this same Spirit, the ascended Christ distributed spiritual gifts. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. He is the Spirit of Truth, the Comforter, the Helper. The Holy Spirit inspired the Word of God. The Spirit intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
The Bible is composed of sixty-six books compiled in the Old Testament and New Testament. The whole Bible is inerrant (meaning true), infallible (meaning trustworthy), and supremely authoritative. The sum of God’s Word is Truth, and it is meant to be practiced. All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness that the person (anthropos) of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of our God stands forever.