Covenant Sons

The Bible is God's unique revelation to mankind. It is the inspired, infallible Word of God, and the supreme and final authority on all matters upon which it teaches, both for faith and conduct. No other writings are vested with such divine authority.

There is only one God, Creator of heaven and earth, who is all powerful, all knowing, ever present and unchangeable, and who exists eternally as three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each fully God yet each personally distinct from the other.

Jesus Christ, second Person of the Trinity, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless human life, willingly took upon Himself all the sins of the world, died on the cross and rose again bodily on the third day, ascended into heaven, and is at the right hand of the Father as our advocate and mediator. 

The Holy Spirit, third Person of the Trinity, convicts the world of sin and draws people to Christ. He also indwells all believers, giving them a spiritual new birth, progressively transforming them into the likeness of Jesus Christ, and giving them spiritual gifts with which to serve the church and reach out to a lost and needy world.

All people are created in God's image and matter deeply to Him. Central to the message of the Bible is that God loves all people, and invites them to live in fellowship with Himself and in community with each other.

Apart from Jesus Christ, all people are spiritually lost and, because of sin, deserve the judgment of God. However, God gives salvation and eternal life to anyone who trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ and in His sacrifice on his or her behalf. Salvation cannot be earned through personal goodness or human effort. It is a gift that must be received by humble repentance and faith in Christ, His finished work on the cross, and His resurrection from the dead.

All believers are members of the body of Christ, the one true universal church. Spiritual unity is to be expressed among Christians by acceptance and love of one another across ethnic, cultural, socio-economic, national, generational, gender, and denominational lines.

The local church is a congregation of believers who gather for worship, prayer, instruction, encouragement, mutual accountability, and community with each other. Through it, believers invest time, energy, and resources to fulfill the Great Commission-- reaching lost people worldwide and growing them into fully devoted followers of Christ.