Our Beliefs

What We Believe

As a Presbyterian and Reformed Church, we ground all we believe upon the inerrant, infallible, inspired Word of God—the Holy Bible, our only rule of faith and life. We hold without reservation to the truth of that Word as expressed in the historic creeds of the church (e.g., the Apostle’s Creed, the Nicene Creed), and the great truths found in the confessional documents of the Protestant Reformation. Our beliefs are most fully articulated in the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms, which are the official doctrinal standards of our denomination. You can find a brief summary of what we believe below.

God’s will, not human opinion, culture or tradition, must govern all our thoughts, words, and actions. God’s will is perfectly revealed in the Bible and defines what we are to believe about Him and how we are to live before Him.

The Bible teaches that there is only one true God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—who has existed from all eternity as three persons. God created the universe out of nothing in six days and governs every detail of His creation according to His unchangeable plan.

Man (male and female) was directly created by God in His image but through Adam’s fall all of us are sinners, justly deserving Hell, and powerless to achieve our own salvation.

Jesus Christ, God’s eternal Son, became man through the virgin birth, lived sinlessly, died sacrificially, and rose bodily, to atone for the sins and accomplish the salvation of all who will believe.

Man is saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone—He is the exclusive way to God. Good works are necessary evidences of true faith but can never justify us before God.

God the Holy Spirit applies salvation to all who repent and believe, working true faith, equipping and keeping every Christian unto eternal life.

Jesus Christ shall return personally, visibly, and bodily to judge all mankind, put an end to all God’s enemies, and perfect His people in resurrection unto final glory.