Our Mission

Our purpose is to build up the body of Christ through worship, prayer, witness, education and fellowship as directed by the Word of God and empowered by the Spirit of God.

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SALVATION

The central purpose of God’s revelation to us is to call us into a relationship with Himself. Through Christ, God provided the way for us to have our sins forgiven and to have a relationship with Him. Salvation is found only through Christ. No other god even loved us enough to come to earth in human form. No other god even bore the punishment for our sin that we deserved to bear. Salvation, forgiveness of sin and assurance of heaven cannot be earned by good works or religious rituals or ceremonies. It’s offered to us as a free gift that we can receive simply by confessing and turning from sin and trusting that Jesus died for us. When we receive God’s gift of salvation, we start living a different, brand new life by the power of the Holy Spirit.

 

SIN

We humans are all sinners, not only because of the wrong things we do that violate God’s standards, but also because of the sinful nature that we all have from the moment we are born. God is holy and has no sin, so our sin is an insult to Him, separates us from Him, and causes us to deserve punishment from Him in a place called hell for eternity. No amount of good things we might do can even make up for that sin or make us acceptable to God. In spite of our sin, however, God loves us and doesn’t want us to be separated from Him. For that reason, he sent us Jesus.

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THE BIBLE

The Bible is the inerrant, infallible word of God and the final authority on all matters of life, faith and doctrine.

 

GOD

There is one true, holy God who exists in three distinct persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He is the Creator of all things, eternal and unchanging, and completely unaffected by time, cultural changes or popular opinion. He has revealed Himself to us through His Word, the Bible and through the Person of Jesus Christ. 

 

JESUS CHRIST

Jesus is the only Son of God and the Savior who was promised in the Old Testament. He was both fully God and fully man. Jesus is our “bridge” our “mediator” with God. On earth, Jesus lived a perfect life and then, according to the Father’s plan, allowed Himself to be crucified as a sacrifice to pay the price for the sins of mankind. Three days after He died, Jesus rose from the dead. Forty days after th He ascended into Heaven. He’s alive today and will come into the heart and change the lives of anyone who repents of sin and turns to Him in Faith.

 

THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit glorifies Jesus Christ, awakens in us our need for a Savior, convicts us of sin, and leads us to salvation. When we receive Christ, the Holy Spirit starts living in us and gives us the power and wisdom to follow Jesus. The Holy Spirit gives us spiritual gifts so that w can serve Him and do ministry. The Holy Spirit gradually makes us more and more like Jesus so that people around us will be drawn to Christ through us and our witness.

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