GOD

WE BELIEVE in one eternal God who is the Creator of all things. He exists in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. He is totally loving and completely holy.

FATHER

WE BELIEVE that God is more than an abstract force or cosmic energy. God is our heavenly Father, the infinite loving, Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth.

JESUS

WE BELIEVE that the Lord Jesus Christ (as both God and man) is the only One who can reconcile us to God. He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless and exemplary life, died on the cross in our place, and his resurrection broke the power of sin and death, bringing us into true life.

HOLY SPIRIT

WE BELIEVE that, as promised, God has now given the Holy Spirit so that all Christians might live the holy and fruitful lives he intends for us.

THE BIBLE

WE BELIEVE that the Bible is God’s Word. Inspired by the Holy Spirit and written by human authors, it is accurate, authoritative, and applicable to our everyday lives. It is meant to be learned and lived in community.

HUMANITY

WE BELIEVE that both men and women are made in the image of God.  Originally created good and upright; however, because of voluntary disobedience toward God, called “sin,” humanity fell and incurred not only physical but also spiritual death, separating each of us from God and His purposes for our lives.

SALVATION

WE BELIEVE that we are incapable of making things right on our own.  In order to receive forgiveness and a new identity as sons and daughters of God, we must repent of our sins, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and submit to His will for our lives.

THE END OF THIS AGE

WE BELIEVE that one day, Jesus will return to judge the living and the dead, and each will go to their eternal reward – forever life in union with God or the final death, forever separated from God.  In the age to come, the new heavens and the new earth will be revealed.

APOSTLES’ CREED

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.

On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

Amen.

NICENE CREED

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.

Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.

I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.

Amen.