Statement of Faith

We believe the Bible is the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God which constitutes the completed and final revelation; and is to be the sole and final authority for faith and practice. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21; Psalm 119:89; Psalm 12, 6,7)

We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 3:16-17; John 1:1-13; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Revelation 1:8)

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, His bodily resurrection, His ascension into Heaven to the right hand of the Father, and his imminent personal return in power and glory. (John 1:1-2, 14; Luke 1:31-35; Philippians 2:6-8; 1Corinthians 15:1-8, 15:21; 1 Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:12; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)

We believe all people are created in the image of God and that all fell into sin through the disobedience of Adam, violating God’s righteous requirements and His holy character both by nature and act. All are therefore lost, unable to justify ourselves before God. (Genesis 1:26-27 and 2:16-17 and 3:6; Romans 3:10 & 23 and 5:12 & 18)

We believe the central purpose of the coming of Jesus Christ was to pay the penalty for man’s sin through His substitutionary death on the cross, the successful accomplishment of which was attested to by His subsequent bodily resurrection. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Acts 1:3)

We believe salvation is offered as a gift, free to the sinner. This gift must be responded to in individual faith, not trusting in any personal works whatsoever, but in the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ alone. (Acts 13:38-39; Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9)

We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to convict and regenerate mankind, and to indwell, guide, instruct, and empower the believer for godly living and service. (John 16: 7-14; Titus 3:5; 1 Corinthians 6:19 and 12:13; Romans 8:14; Ephesians 5:18)

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation. (John 5:28-29; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 20:12-15)

We believe that marriage is an institution ordained by God to be a covenantal life-long relationship and prescribed by Scripture to be a monogamous relationship between a man and a woman as they were originally physically created in these respective genders by God. (Gen. 2:18-24, Prov. 12:4; 18:22, 31:10; Ecclesiastes 9:9, Malachi 2:13-16; Matthew 19:4-6; Mark 10:1-9; 1 Corinthians 7:1-16; Ephesians 5:21-23; Colossians 3:14-19; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Peter 3:1-7)

We believe that human sexuality is part of God’s divine design for human beings (Gen. 1:28). However, the Bible restricts all forms of consensual sexual activity to within the boundaries of the marriage relationship (I Cor. 7:1-5; Heb. 13:4). As such, any form of sexual immorality (including, but not limited to, adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, transgender or gender non-conforming relationship; bestiality; incest, and use of pornography) is sinful and offensive to God.(Matt. 15: 18-20; 1 Cor. 6: 9-10)

We believe God created man and woman in His image as two distinct but equal genders which He intends to use for His glory (Gen. 1:26-27). Furthermore, individual gender is assigned by God and determined at conception (Ps. 139:13-16). Therefore, we believe that to intentionally alter or change one’s physical gender or to live as a gender other than the one assigned at conception is to reject God’s right as Creator to assign gender to His creatures and is a personal rejection of His plan to glorify Himself through the original gender He assigned that individual (I Cor. 10:31).

We believe that all human life is sacred and created by God in His image.  Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception, through natural death.  We therefore defend, protect and value all human life. (Ps. 139)

This Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our beliefs. The Bible itself, as the inspired and infallible Word of God that speaks with final authority concerning truth, morality, and the proper conduct of mankind, is the sole and final source of all that we believe. We reserve the right to make institutional decisions consistent with these positions for volunteers, employment, hiring, retention, student admissions, discipline, and all other matters.