The Bible is the infallible Word of God, the only rule of faith and life, without error in all that it teaches.
GOD
We believe in one God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - who is infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in His being, wisdom power, holiness, justice, and truth.
HUMANITY
God created human beings male and female. Due to the sin of Adam and Eve, all humanity has fallen into sin and separation from God. God saves us by His grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
JESUS CHRIST
We believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, fully human and fully divine. Born of the Virgin Mary, he lived a perfect and sinless life. He took our sins upon himself and died on the cross bearing the punishment we deserved. On the third day, he was raised from the dead and ascended bodily into heaven there to intercede for us.
HOLY SPIRIT
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the giver of life, who unites us to Christ through the faith freely and graciously poured into our hearts.
SIN
The Ten Commandments tell us how to love God and our neighbor. (Matthew 22:36-40; Exodus 20:1-21). We sin by failing to love God and our neighbor. Every person is born a sinner, and all have sinned and fall short of God's standard. (Romans 3:23)
SALVATION
The Good News is that Jesus came as our substitute: to perfectly keep the commandments we fail to keep and to die on the cross, paying the penalty of our sins.
(I Peter 3:18)
Salvation comes only by God’s grace, as we repent of our sins and embrace Jesus by faith. It could never be earned by what we do. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
THE CHURCH
The church is both the local gathering of believers (visible) and the total of all who are in union with Christ (invisible). As part of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, we hold to the Westminster Confession of Faith, as well as the Shorter and Larger Catechisms. Believers may unite with our church by publicly professing faith in Christ or by reaffirming faith previously professed.
WORSHIP
God directs His people how to worship through the scriptures. The scriptures are the only rule to direct how we worship and glorify Him. “What He commands us, we must do, neither adding to nor taking away from anything which He commands.” Accordingly, our worship is rooted in the ancient truths of God’s Word which we strive to make accessible in a style of worship that allows young and old alike to glorify God together.
