What We Believe

The Scriptures

Every word in the original writings is inspired by God and is without error. It is accurate in all matters to which it speaks; spiritual, historical, and scientific. The scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the foundation of the faith and practice of our church.

Salvation

We believe that salvation is a gift from God received through faith in Christ. We can never make up for our sins by self-improvement or good works. Only trusting in the person and finished work of Jesus Christ can anyone be saved from sin’s penalty.

The Church

A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth.

Baptism and the Lord's Supper

Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a church ordinance, it is a prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord’s Supper.

The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.