"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer

One of our core values is "Bible over Opinion." We value learning what God has revealed to us in the Bible, our highest authority in life. We seek to rightly understand and obey God’s message to us in this time, and to speak with great conviction where the Bible is clear and with caution where the Bible is less clear. Here is a summary of our central beliefs.

We believe that the Bible has been inspired by God, and that it is without any errors when rightly interpreted. The Bible is our highest authority in life, and it functions as a kind of "user's manual" for life. These are God's words to us!
See 2 Timothy 3:16; 1 Peter 1:22-23; 2 Peter 1:21

We believe that there is one God, who has eternally existed in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This reality is called the Trinity, and it means love and relationship have always been bound up within the nature of God himself.   Jesus is the eternal Son of God who became fully human, entering into our broken world to bring us salvation. He, along with the Father and the Holy Spirit, are to be worshipped and loved. This is the true God!

We believe that humans are both profoundly beautiful and tragically broken. We were made in God's image, meaning we were created to represent God, know God, and serve him. Yet humanity turned from God, fell into sin, and now every aspect of who we are has been corrupted by sin. None of us are as bad as we could be, but no part of us is untouched by sin.

When Adam and Eve chose not to obey God, they ceased to be what they were made to be and became distorted images of God. This caused them to fall out of fellowship with God, and fractured all of creation ever since that time.

Jesus Christ came to reconcile us with God. He lived a life without sin and willingly died on the cross to pay the penalty for our transgressions. God raised him from the dead and now, by grace, offers as a free gift eternal life to all who follow Christ, by faith, as their Lord and Savior. That is why salvation can be found in Christ alone.

The Church is meant to be the visible body of Christ, sent into the world to glorify God and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ is returning one day to judge both the living and the dead and to usher in the fullness of God's kingdom on earth.