We believe that the Bible is the authoritative Word of God. It contains all that people need to know for their salvation. We call the Bible God’s Word, believing that, by the power of the Holy Spirit, God speaks to us through this book.

The first person of the Trinity is the one Jesus revealed to us as “the Father.” God is not some remote, unknowable spiritual entity. Rather God is our loving, powerful heavenly Father, the creator of heaven and earth.

We affirm that Jesus of Nazareth was more than a human being; he was actually God’s Son and thus also God himself. Jesus came to redeem God’s people through his life, death, and resurrection. After his work of redemption was finished, Jesus ascended to heaven as Lord of all things

Jesus promised his disciples a comforter, a source of power; one that would “lead them into all truth.” This gift was the Holy Spirit. Ever since then, the Holy Spirit has dwelled in and empowered God’s people.The Holy Spirit is the presence and power of God with us here and now, leading the church, uniting God’s people, applying God’s forgiveness to our broken lives, speaking to us, and spurring us individually and communally to godly living.

In the beginning God created a world where everything was in perfect harmony. Relations between God and humans and the creation were good and whole.

Through pride, humans rebelled against God. This rebellion opened the door for sin to enter the world. Sin contaminates everything: no person, no creature, no institution, no relationship or individual action is free from the effects of sin. The results of sin are evident in such things as greed, violence, and oppression as well as pollution, sickness, and death. The most devastating effect of sin is alienation from God. Still, sin cannot obliterate the “image of God” in us that longs for God and for wholeness.

But God did not allow sin to have the last word in this story. Because of his great love, God set out to redeem the world from its sinful condition. God sent God the Son, Jesus the Messiah, to live a fully human life and then die, thus paying the price for humanity’s sinful actions. But death could not defeat Jesus. God raised him from the dead to show that he had conquered sin and death. Those who trust in Jesus for redemption are called God’s Church–a new community that partners with God to bring the blessing of his redemption to the world.

One day, Jesus is coming back again to extend God’s reign on earth completely. He will do away with any traces of sin and its effects. There will be no more sickness, no more suffering, no more alienation from God, no more death. Evil will be eradicated. God himself will dwell with humans and all creation will be fully restored. Jesus is making all things new. This is why our mission as a church is to live out God’s story of renewal.