What we Believe

 

• We Believe the Bible is the written word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit and without error in the original manuscripts. The Bible is the revelation of God’s truth and is infallible and authoritative in all matters of faith and practice. 

• We believe in the Holy Trinity. There is one God, who exists eternally in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

• We believe that all are sinners and totally unable to save themselves from God’s displeasure, except by His mercy.

• We believe that we are saved by God’s Grace alone through faith in Christ Alone.

• We believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, who through His perfect life and sacrificial death atoned for the sins of all who will trust him, alone, for salvation.

• We believe that God is gracious and faithful to His people not simply as individuals but as families in successive generations according to His Covenant promises.

• We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells God’s people and gives them the strength and wisdom to trust Christ and follow Him.

• We believe that Jesus will return, bodily and visibly, to judge all mankind and to receive His people to Himself.

• We believe that all aspects of our lives are to be lived to the glory of God under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

 

The church holds to The Savoy Declaration (1658) as the confession that most represents the systematic understanding of our Bible.  Yet we also acknowledge that only the Scriptures are inerrant and infallible.  For those familiar with confessions the Savoy is a modification of the Westminster Confession designed for independent congregational churches.  However, most are not familiar with either confession so underneath lists our core beliefs that everyone holds.