Statement of Faith

We believe that the Holy Scriptures, consisting of Old and New Testaments,
were originally and inerrantly communicated by God and, therefore, are verbally
inspired, and constitute the infallible authority in all matters of faith, life
and conduct.

We believe that there is one true God, subsisting in three persons: the Father,
the Son and the Holy Spirit, the same in essence and equal in wisdom, goodness,
power and glory.

We believe in the essential deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth,
in His sinless life, in His inerrant teaching, in His substitutionary and expiatory
death, by which we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins;
in His bodily resurrection from among the dead, in His ascension to Heaven,
in His present priestly session, in His personal return at the end of the age
to raise the dead, glorify the church, judge the earth, and to reign as King
of kings and Lord of lords.

We believe that man was created innocent and in the spiritual image of God;
that he was tempted by Satan and fell, and that through his sin, his posterity
thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is
eternal separation from God.

We believe that the salvation of lost and sinful man comes only through the
regenerating work of the Holy Spirit as man repents toward God and exercises
faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit to convict the world
of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and to indwell and enable the Christian
to live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present age.

We believe that the church on earth consists of believers in our Lord Jesus
Christ who are dedicated to the worship and service of God through the proclamation
of the Word, the observance of the sacraments, and the administration of discipline.

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust--the just
to everlasting life and bliss, and unjust to everlasting shame and perdition.