What We Believe, Our Purpose & Vision

We believe the Bible, consisting of the Old and New Testament, to be the only inspired, inerrant, infallible, authoritative Word of God written.

We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe in the deity of Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.

We believe regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for the salvation of lost and sinful man.

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling power and fullness the Christian is enabled to live a godly life in this present evil world.

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.

We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers in Christ.

		To bind together the followers of Jesus Christ in Christian fellowship.
		To share in the worship of God and to administer the sacraments of the church.
		To make God's will dominant in the lives of this congregation as set forth in the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
		To win people to Christ and to exercise Christian care over its members.
		To be a source of spiritual guidance to all who seek it and to serve as a channel of expression for the membership in extending the kingdom of God throughout the world.

To be a congregation whose doctrine is based solely on the Holy Scripture; who reaches out to the lost that they might know the joys of salvation and fellowship with God the Father, Christ, and the Holy Spirit; to encourage personal involvement of all its members in missions - both home and abroad; to demonstrate Christian love in interaction with fellow believers, new members, and visitors; to support Christian growth of the youth within the congregation and to actively function daily in a manner which shows to everyone that Christ lives within us.

		The Holy Bible is our only rule of faith and practice.
		The Lord Jesus Christ is the only head of the church and our only Savior.
		Christian character is a sufficient test of fellowship and of church membership.
		Christian is a sufficient name for Christ's followers.
		Individual interpretation of the Scriptures is the right and privilege of all Christians.
		All the followers of Christ shall be united as one, even as Christ wished and expressed in prayer*.
		* The first five cardinal principles are from the formation of the Christian church in 1794. The sixth cardinal principal was apparently added after the 1931 merger with the Congregational church.