Our Beliefs
Rooted in Scripture. Centered on Christ. Guided by the Word
Three Core Doctrines
I. Salvation Through the Faith of Jesus Christ
We are saved only when we receive a complete and absolute faith — given to the repentant person as a gift through the words of God — which the Bible calls "the faith of Jesus Christ."
"Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints."— Jude 1:3 NKJV
"But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe." — Galatians 3:22 NKJV
"For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." — Romans 8:38–39 NKJV
II. The Authority of the Bible
We hold three convictions about the nature and role of Scripture:
The Bible is the words of the Creator given to mankind.
The Bible contains perfectly consistent logic, formed into principles that should guide both Biblical interpretation and choices in life.
Correct Biblical interpretation should never contradict any verse in the Bible.
"…for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." — II Peter 1:21 NKJV
"You shall keep them, O Lord, You shall preserve them from this generation forever." — Psalms 12:7 NKJV
"For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." — Hebrews 5:12–14 NKJV
III. Dispensation of the Gospels
The Bible distinguishes between two Gospels — each appointed for a different era of God's redemptive plan:
The Gospel for the Uncircumcised (Gentiles) is for our present era, the time of the Gentiles, delivered through the 13 Pauline epistles.
The Gospel for the Circumcised (Jews) is delivered through the remaining 53 books of the Bible, appointed for the time of the Jews — both before and after our era, including the Seven Year Tribulation.
While both Gospels proclaim the same Jesus and His redemptive sacrifice on the cross, a key distinction exists: during the time of the Jews, special spiritual powers were given to the Saints, and as a result, salvation could be lost through mortal sin. We — the saints of the present time of the Gentiles — cannot lose our salvation once we are saved.
"But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter (for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles), and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised." — Galatians 2:7–9 NKJV