About Us

Jesus Christ is the center of everything we believe and do. We seek to faithfully teach God’s Word from a Christ-centered perspective, showing how the gospel shapes both our theology and our everyday lives. We aim to be thoughtful and doctrinally grounded, while also practical, hopeful, and accessible for everyday life.

We joyfully stand within the historic reformed Baptist tradition of the Christian church by holding to a clear and shared confession of faith. Our confession does not replace Scripture, but faithfully summarizes what we believe the Bible teaches, grounding our church in theological clarity, humility, and unity.

We believe God relates to his people through gracious covenants, fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Seeing the Bible as one unified story of redemption helps us read Scripture rightly, cherish God’s promises, and live as a redeemed people shaped by grace, obedience, and hope.

Doctrine of God
We believe in one God eternally existing as one essence and three distinct
persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each of whom
is fully God, yet there is one God.

We believe in one God eternally existing as one essence and three distinct
persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Each person is
fully, equally, and eternally God, yet there is one God. Each person has
precisely the same nature and attributes and is worthy of precisely the same
worship, honor, and praise. The entire Christian faith is bound together with
the confession of God’s Trinitarian nature (Matt. 28:18–20).

We believe in God the Father, the Creator of heaven and earth. We believe in
the Son, God from God, eternally begotten but not made, who in history
assumed to Himself a human nature for the sake of our salvation (John 1:14;
Heb. 1:3). He is fully God and fully man. Through Him, all things came into
being and were created. He was before all things, and in Him, all things hold
together by the word of His power (Col.1:15–20).

He suffered, died, was buried, resurrected, ascended, and sits at the right
hand of the Father until He returns for the final judgment and
consummation of the Kingdom. We believe in the Holy Spirit who eternally
proceeds from the Father and the Son and is sent by the Father and Son to
give new life (John 15:26–27). The Holy Spirit unites believers to Jesus Christ in
faith, brings about the new birth, and dwells within the regenerate (Eph. 1:13–
14). The Holy Spirit has come to glorify the Son who, in turn, came to glorify
the Father. He will lead the Church into a right understanding and rich
application of the truth of God’s Word. He is to be respected, honored, and
worshiped as God, the third person of the Trinity.

The triune God—Father, Son and Spirit—is the Creator of all things, visible and
invisible. As the immortal and eternal Creator, He sovereignly rules over all of
His creation (Ps. 24:1).

Doctrine of Revelation
God has made Himself known to the world in Jesus Christ, the Scriptures,
and creation.

We believe that God has made Himself known to His creation. He has
revealed Himself to us in His Son, the incarnate Word (Heb. 1:1–2), in Scripture,
the inspired Word (2 Tim. 3:16), and in creation (Ps. 8; Rom. 1:20)

We believe that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is the perfect revelation of who
God is. Jesus Christ is the “image of the invisible God” (Col. 1:15), “the exact
imprint of his nature” (Heb. 1:3) and a perfect reflection of God the Father
(John 5:19).

We believe the Scriptures, the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, are
the inspired Word of God and are therefore without error in their original
writings. These writings alone constitute the verbally inspired Word of God,
which is utterly authoritative and free from error. The Scripture is sufficient for
all that God requires for us to believe and do and is therefore to be believed,
as God’s instruction, in all that it teaches; obeyed, as God’s command, in all
that it requires; and trusted, as God’s pledge, in all that it promises (Is. 40:6–8).
As God’s people hear, believe, and obey the Word, they are equipped as
disciples of Christ and witnesses to the gospel (Rom. 10:14–17).

Doctrine of Creation and Providence
We believe that God created the world from nothing and governs all things
at all times in all places.

God created the whole world from nothing (Gen. 1:1–2; Ps. 24:1). God’s creative
work is the overflow of the love present within the Trinitarian fellowship.
Creation, according to the design of God, was good (Gen. 1:3–31).
God doesn’t let the world exist; He makes the world exist. He upholds the
universe by the word of His power, and He holds the world together in
Himself (Col. 1:17).

Doctrine of Humanity
We believe that all humanity is created in the image of God and possesses
intrinsic dignity and worth.

God made humanity—male and female—in His own image (Gen. 1:27–30). Set
apart as His image bearers, every human being is sacred. All men and all
women, bearing the image of God, are meant to represent God in His creation
(1 Cor. 10:31). God declares the created order to be very good, distinguishing
men and women as His agents to care for, manage, and govern over it. They
enjoy equal access to God by faith in Christ Jesus and are both called to move
beyond passive self-indulgence to significant private and public engagement
in family, church, and civic life. Adam and Eve were made to complement
each other in a one-flesh union in the covenant of marriage that establishes
the only God-ordained pattern of sexual relations for men and women. In
God’s wise purposes, men and women are not simply interchangeable, but
rather they complement each other in mutually enriching ways.

Distinctive • Complementarianism
Men and women are absolutely equal in essence, dignity, and value but are
distinct by divine design. As part of God’s good created order, men and
women are to have different yet complementary roles and responsibilities in
the home and church. As it relates to the church, men and women are both
expected to lead; however, the office of elder is reserved for qualified men (1
Tim. 3; Titus 1). For more on this distinctive, read our Women in Ministry
Statement.

Doctrine of Sin
We believe that sin has fractured all things, leaving the world in desperate
need for salvation.

Through the temptation of Satan, humanity transgressed the command of
God and fell from their original holiness and righteousness (Gen. 3). Now the
entire human race inherits a corrupt nature that is opposed to God and His
law (Rom. 3:9–20). Therefore, all humans are under condemnation. This
depravity is radical and pervasive. It extends to the mind, will, body, and
affections. Unregenerate humanity lives under the dominion of sin and Satan
(Eph. 2:1–3). He is at enmity with God, hostile toward and hateful of God.

Doctrine of Salvation
We believe that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ
alone.

We believe that, due to universal death through sin, no one can enter the
kingdom of God unless born again (John 3:5–8); that salvation is only by grace
through faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ; and that all who receive the
Lord Jesus Christ through faith are declared righteous by God and become
children of God (Heb. 10:19–25).

We believe the Scriptures teach that regeneration, or the new birth, is that act
of God by which the Holy Spirit imparts a new nature and a new spiritual life,
not before possessed, and the person becomes a new creation in Christ Jesus
(Gal. 2:20). The mind is given a holy disposition and a new desire to serve God,
the dominion of sin is broken, and the heart is transformed from a love of sin
and self to a love of holiness and God.

Distinctive • Sovereignty of God in Salvation
The salvation of humanity is fundamentally the work of God. Before the
foundation of the world, God elected His people, setting His affection and
grace upon them (Rom. 8:29–30). In love God predestined His people for
adoption (Eph. 1:4–6). Faith is a gift of grace that is given by the mercy and
pleasure of God, so that no one may boast. Apart from the intervention of
God, humanity cannot choose of his own accord to worship God and pursue
righteousness (Rom. 3; Eph. 2:1–3). God’s sovereignty in salvation is
comprehensive; from first to last, all of salvation is the work of God.

Doctrine of the Church
We believe that the Church is the body of Christ sent into the world to shine
forth the glory of God.

God, by His Word and Spirit, creates the Church, calling sinful humanity into
the fellowship of Christ’s body (1 Cor. 12:12–31). By the same Word and Spirit, He
guides and preserves that newly redeemed humanity. The Church is made up
of those who have become genuine followers of Jesus Christ and have
personally appropriated the gospel. The Church exists to worship and glorify
God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The ministry of the Church is an extension
of the ministry of Jesus in the power of the Spirit.

The ultimate mission of the Church is to bring glory to God by making
disciples (Matt. 28:18–20). The Church is called to make disciples through
worship, prayer, teaching of the Word, observance of the ordinances,
fellowship, the exercise of our gifts and talents, and the proclamation of the
gospel both in our community and throughout the world.
We believe there are two ordinances of the Church. One is believer’s baptism
in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and the other is the Lord’s
Supper.

Water baptism is only intended for those who have received the saving
benefits of Christ through the new birth of the Holy Spirit. In obedience to
Christ’s command and as a testimony to God, the Church, oneself, and the
world, believers are baptized by water in the name of the Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit. Water baptism is a visual and symbolic demonstration of a
person’s union with Christ in the likeness of His death and resurrection. It
signifies that a former way of life has been put to death and vividly depicts
the release from the mastery of Satan, sin, and death.

As with water baptism, the Lord’s Supper is to be observed only by those who
have become genuine followers of Christ. This ordinance symbolizes the
breaking of Christ’s body and the shedding of His blood on our behalf and is
to be observed repeatedly throughout the Christian life as a sign of continued
participation in the atoning benefits of Christ’s death. As we come to the
table with an attitude of faith and self-examination, we remember and
proclaim the death of Christ, receive spiritual nourishment for our souls, and
signify our unity with other members of Christ’s body.

Distinctive • Gifts of the Holy Spirit
The gifts of the Holy Spirit are particular ways that God has chosen to gift His
people for ministry as they are indwelled by the Spirit. We believe that some
gifts have ceased since the establishment of the church in the first century,
but many gifts continue to this day. For instance, the gift of miracles,
receiving divine revelation (new Scripture), and other apostolic gifts are no
longer needed and ended with the apostles in the first century. However, we
believe that God is still active in speaking and working in our world. He still
does miracles and speaks, but these are not active spiritual gifts for a believer.
(Romans 12:3-8; Ephesians 4:11-16)

Distinctive • Baptism by Immersion
The precedent we find in the New Testament is baptism following conversion
by immersion into water. Baptism by immersion is meant to symbolically
depict the believer’s real union to Christ in His death and resurrection (Rom.
6:1–14).

Doctrine of Resurrection and Consummation of the Kingdom of God
We believe that Jesus Christ is returning to the world in the future to judge
the living and the dead.

The consummation of all things includes the future, physical, visible, personal,
and glorious return of Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the dead and the
glorification of those alive in Christ, the judgment of the just and the unjust,
and the fulfillment of Christ’s kingdom in the new heavens and the new
earth. In the consummation, Satan, with his hosts and all those outside Christ,
is finally separated from the benevolent presence of God, enduring eternal
punishment (Rev. 20:7–15), but the righteous, in glorious bodies, will live and
reign with Him forever, serving Him and giving Him unending praise and
glory. Then the eager expectation of creation will be fulfilled, and the whole
earth shall proclaim the glory of God, who makes all things new (Rev. 21:1–5).

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