What We Believe

We believe that the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit created everything in the universe at the beginning of time.

The earth God made was good, but the first human beings, Adam and Eve, disobeyed God and set in motion a deadly chain of sin and death in the world.

God sent His Son, Jesus, into the world, where He was conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary, by the power of the Holy Spirit.  Fully God and fully Man, Jesus lived a life of perfect obedience to God and took the punishment we deserved for sin when He died on the cross.

With a new and glorified body still bearing the scars of His crucifixion, Jesus rose from the dead.  Jesus has set us free from the awful sting and fear of death.  Alive forever, Jesus gives new life to every person who trusts in Him, and this trust or faith in Jesus is a gift from the Holy Spirit.

God is still speaking to us today through the Bible, which is His Word.  Every page in Scripture points to Jesus and the wonderful things He, the Father, and the Holy Spirit are able to do for us.

We gather together regularly, in congregational worship and small group Bible study, to listen to God speak through His Word, to sing of God’s wonderful deeds, and to speak to God in prayer.  We receive God’s forgiveness in Jesus through Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.  In the washing of Baptism, God cleanses babies and adults alike of all sin, fills us with His Spirit, and adopts us into His family.  In Holy Communion, we gather around Christ’s Table, where He is both Host and Food.  He gives us supernatural food, His Body and Blood with the bread and wine, assuring us again that we are God’s beloved children, filling us with new power and love to live as His people, and strengthening us in the sure and certain hope of an eternal place in the Father’s house, in heaven.

God gives us purpose in life right now by giving us many opportunities to serve our neighbor and glorify Him. He gives us families, schools, workplaces, and churches so that each of us might use his or her unique God-given talents and abilities to help others and to demonstrate to the world what true love, joy, and peace are all about. As a group of believers, we want to help you find your niche in life, as well as the strength in Christ to fill it.

Without knowing Jesus, no one can come to know the heart of God. If someone keeps shutting God out of his life, God will eventually give that person what he or she wants:  eternal separation from God in a real place called hell. But God’s foremost desire is that every person be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. God’s desire is for you to be part of something bigger than yourself.  Because we want God’s best for you, we invite you to come and join this fellowship with God, with us, and with all fellow Christians.  There is no greater joy in this world than making new friends, and with those new friends, getting to know more and more of God’s loving plan in Jesus Christ.