Core Beliefs

We believe in the only true God - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. These three are one. This God created the heavens and the earth and everything in them, visible and invisible. He sustains, governs, and protects it all.

We believe in Jesus Christ. He is both God and man. Jesus became human by the power of the Holy Ghost, and was born of the Virgin Mary. He is the Savior and Mediator of the whole human race, if they with full faith in Him accept the grace offered through Jesus. Jesus suffered and died on the cross for us, was buried, arose on the third day, ascended into heaven, and now sits on the right hand of God interceding for us. Someday he'll come again to judge everyone, living and dead.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, who is equal in being with the Father and the Son. He comforts the faithful and guides them into all truth.

We believe in the holy Christian church, the fellowship of Christians, the resurrection of the body and eternal life.

We believe that the Bible, Old and New Testaments, is the Word of God. It teaches the only true way to have eternal life. Every Christian must acknowledge and receive the Bible as the only rule and guide. Without faith in Jesus Christ, true repentance, forgiveness of sins, and following after Christ, no one can be a true Christian.

We believe that what is contained in the Bible - Adam's fall into sin and the redemption offered in Jesus Christ - must be preached throughout the world.

We believe that the ordinances - baptism and the Lord's Supper - are to be practiced by all Christians. However, the method should always be left to the judgement and understanding of the individual. Also, whether or not to practice foot-washing should be left to the individual's judgement. Our ministers and members are to honor the judgement of fellow members whose judgement and understanding differs from their own.

The Apostles' Creed

I believe in God the Father, maker of heaven and earth:

And in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and burried; He descended into hades; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen

The Nicene Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible:

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made;

Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;

He suffered and was buried, and the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father;

And He shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead;

Whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one catholic and apostolic church; I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen