We believe in God who is the Creator and sustainer of all that exists. We also believe that God is one, eternally coexisting as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe in Jesus Christ, the full expression and revelation of God to humankind. Consequently, we believe that Jesus Christ is the center of history — that all historical events before “the Word became flesh” (John 1:14a) point to his birth, life, teachings, death, resurrection, and ascension. And all historical events since “he lived for awhile among us” (John 1: 14b) is defined by and gives witness to him as we await his coming again. We also believe that Jesus Christ entered human history, fully God and fully human, to proclaim the good news of the Gospel — that even though we are living in a broken relationship with God, the Father has sent his “only begotten” Son to die on a cross and be raised to life that we might enter into a holistic relationship with him.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the comforting, convicting, counselling, and challenging presence of God who introduces us to Jesus Christ and bears witness to his Lordship. We believe the Holy Spirit, through his indwelling presence, empowers Christians to live joyous lives of love and purity. We also believe the Holy Spirit enables Christians to build up the Church, the Body of Christ, through the giving of spiritual gifts.
We believe in the authority, inspiration, integrity, and trustworthiness of Scripture — from Genesis to Revelation. The Bible is the written revelation of God to his people, relevant for all people in all places at all times. It is the standard by which our lives, faith, and perspectives are measured.
We believe the Church is the community of the redeemed. It is the flock of God (John 10), his family (Eph. 3.15), his building (Eph. 2:21-22), his bride (Eph. 5:23-32), the Body of Christ (Eph. 4). Entrance into the Church is through faith in Christ alone, it is he who adds us to the Church as we are saved by grace. We also believe the mission of God’s Church is to reconcile all persons to Jesus Christ and therefore to ourselves and each other.
We believe the kingdom of God is a present spiritual reality of God’s rule and reign in the lives of Christians. We believe Christians will experience the blossoming of this reality in all its fullness when Jesus Christ returns to raise the dead. At that time in the not-to-distant future, we believe that all people who have ever lived will be rewarded or punished according to Christ’s righteous judgement. The righteous, through their faith, will enter into eternal glory with Christ, and the unrighteous will enter into eternal separation from God. Because of these doctrinal convictions, our goal in life is to extend the Kingdom of God through the Church of God in the most effective way possible.