What We Believe

The Bible is God's inspired word and is comprised of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments. The Bible is both the sufficient and effective guide in all matters of faith and conscience and is the... Read More

authoritative source for all beliefs, values, and practices. Read Less

There is one holy, loving, and almighty God who eternally exists in the three persons of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God wants to be known and can be known by all humankind through the... Read More

Bible, the world he created, and the active working of his Spirit in their lives. Read Less

Human beings are the culmination of God’s earthly creation. They are created in the image of God, designed to live in a harmonious relationship with God, and charged with stewarding the rest of creation on his behalf.

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The center of God’s nature is his goodness. His essence is expressed most succinctly through the Hebrew term chesed, a term God frequently uses in the Old Testament to describe himself. Chesed is giving oneself fully, with love... Read More

and compassion, to another. God’s nature most profoundly manifests itself in loving loyalty to his creation, particularly to those who return God’s love with a believing commitment towards him. Read Less

The mission of God is to extend his kingdom over all the earth. As God’s image bearers, all humankind is called to cooperate with God in extending his kingdom’s power, goodness, and influence over and against the dominion... Read More

of darkness. Read Less

Humankind chose to abandon God by rebelling against his leadership and his way of life. As a result, all humanity was plunged into a state of eternal relational separation from God and consigned to live in a world... Read More

filled with evil, strife, suffering, and death. Read Less