Our Statement of Faith

A.  Faith in the Holy Trinity

There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body or parts, of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness, the maker and preserver of all things, both visible and invisible. In unity of this Godhead, there are three persons of one substance, power, and eternity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

 1)  God the Father

God the Father is the first Person of the Trinity. As the absolute and highest Ruler in the universe, He is sovereign in creation, providence, and redemption. He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to save from sin all who trust in Him. He relates to His own as their good Father.

 2)  God the Son

The Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten son of God the Father, is the second person of the Trinity. He is the full manifestation of God in the flesh. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He is true God and true man. Christ died for our sins, fulfilling the Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice for our sin. He was raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared to His disciples as the person who was with them before His crucifixion. He ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God the Father. He is the One Mediator, fully God, fully man, in whose Person is effected the reconciliation between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His redemptive mission. He now dwells in all believers as the living and ever-present Lord.

 3)  God the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit’s ministry is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit draws the unredeemed to repentance and faith in Christ, and at salvation imparts new spiritual life to the believer, bringing the believer into union with Christ and the body of Christ, the universal Church. The Holy Spirit indwells, guides, instructs, comforts, fills, and empowers each believer for Godly living. The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, of God’s righteousness and of coming judgment.