The 66 books of the Old and New Testament are the inspired Word of God. They are flawless, and the final authority for what we are to believe and how we are to live. The Bible is to be believed in all that it teaches, obeyed in all that it commands, trusted in all that it promises, and cherished in all that it reveals.

God created human beings, male and female, in His own image to glorify Him and enjoy Him forever, by faith, obedience, and worship. Sadly all human beings are completely depraved by the fall (the sinful choice of Adam Eve to deny God and choose their own path). As a result of their sin, condemnation, corruption, and death has come to the entire human race. 

Jesus Christ is the 2nd Person of the Trinity, the eternal Son of God. He became flesh when He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin. He is both 100% God and 100% man, one Person with two distinct and inseparable natures. He lived a perfect human life without sin, then died on a cross, and was buried in a tomb. On the third day He was raised bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where He sits at the right hand of God the Father, interceding for His people, ruling over the heavens and the earth, until His bodily return.

The Gospel is the good news that in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, He has upheld God’s justice, absorbed God’s wrath, removed our guilt, reconciled us to God, and raised us to new life. It is only by God’s grace, not our merits, that we are forgiven; it is only by Jesus’ blood, not our sweat and tears, that we have been cleansed; it is only by Jesus’ righteousness, not ours, that we are justified; it is through faith alone, not our works, that we are saved. Those who are born of the Holy Spirit receive Jesus Christ by faith and become children of God and heirs of eternal life. Salvation is found in Jesus, and nowhere else.

The Holy Spirit is the 3rd person of the Trinity, co-equal with the Father and Son in power, majesty, and glory, the unseen yet active personal presence of God in the world who glorifies Christ and applies salvation to his people. He convicts them of sin, gives them faith and new life, empowers their discipleship, imparts gifts to them for serving and witnessing, guides them into all truth, and seals them for the day of redemption, bearing witness with their spirits that they are children of God.  As the promised Helper and Comforter, He is always present in and with every believer. 

The church is not a building, but the universal body of believers of which Christ alone is the Head.  It consists of every person who has placed faith in Jesus Christ alone for their salvation, and so has been united to Him and to one another for eternity. The Church finds visible expression in local gatherings of believers where God's Word is preached, the sacraments are administered, and biblical discipline is practiced.  The church's mission is to make disciples of all nations, and glorify and enjoy God forever.

Jesus instituted two sacraments for the church: Baptism and the Lord's Supper/Communion.  They are (1) signs and seals of all that God promises to believers in Jesus, (2) ways we we publicly identify as believers in Jesus, and (3) means of God's grace to His people.  Baptism, the washing with water in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is to be given to all who profess faith in Jesus, and to their children.  In the Lord's Supper, believers partake of the bread and the cup for our spiritual nourishment and growth in grace, and to proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.  

Jesus Christ will one day return –personally, bodily, and visibly – to judge the living and the dead, and to consummate God’s purpose for the world. On the Day of Judgment, those outside of Christ will enter a conscious and everlasting condemnation for their sins. But those in Christ will be openly acknowledged and acquitted, to reign with Him in the new heavens and new earth. They will be raised in glory, to sin and suffer no more, eternally in the presence of God, whom they will see face to face forever.