Our core beliefs are about God, people, the church, the Bible and Christ’s return.

1. There is one living, sovereign God who eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (“I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.” Rev. 1:8, “Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.”  Matt. 28:19. )
2. Jesus was sent by the Father to live on earth; he was fully God and fully human, yet had no sin. (The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.” Luke 1:35), Jesus willingly laid down his life and after three days, rose from the grave. (…Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. 1 Cor. 15:3.)  In doing this, Jesus fulfilled the payment for the world’s debt of sin. (For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. 2 Cor. 5:21)
3. The Holy Spirit was sent to convict the world of sin and to empower all who believe in Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit lives in every believer and is a constant Companion, Teacher and Guide. (“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you.He is the Holy      Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.^” John 14:16-17)
4. God created people in his image, and everyone matters to God. (Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”  So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Gen. 1:26-27)
5. All people are sinners and need God’s forgiveness. (For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Rom. 3:23)
6. Those who confess and turn from their sin, trusting in Jesus Christ, will be saved by grace and become children of God, with the promise of eternal life. (“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal  life.  God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him”. John 3:16-17, “For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus”. Gal. 3:26)
7. Jesus Christ is the head of the church and all believing people are members. (Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.  He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own      special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love. Eph. 4:15-16)
8. The Bible is the inspired Word of God and is the supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct. (All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us      realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.  God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work. 2 Tim. 3:16-17)
9. Jesus Christ will return and there will be a final judgment. (Later, Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives. His disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will all this happen? What sign will      signal your return and the end of the world?”  “And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Matt. 24:3, 30)