What We Believe

What We Believe

Principles

The key to our doctrine is the deep conviction that every person has both the ability and the necessity to enter into direct saving relationship to God through Jesus Christ.

We believe the Bible is the all-sufficient basis of our doctrine, with first place given to the New Testament.

We believe in adult baptism by immersion rather than infant baptism. This form of baptism clearly marks the entry into the Christian community. It is an outward witness to an inward reality. It does not create that reality but confesses it.

We believe the ordinance of the Lord's Supper is an open congregational act encompassing the recall, reminder, and renewal of our Christian beliefs.

We believe that the only visible form of the church is the local congregation. Relationships beyond the local church are voluntary, and the local congregation has the ultimate right to decide.

We belive we are missionary people who respond to the the constant appeal to win converts for Christ, provide support for medical and educational assistance, and attempt to change unjust conditions.

Position

We believe that His Church, using the Bible as sufficient authority, clearly enables the believer to be drawn to the one true Church, the body of Christ, as its only foundation.

The organization of this Church is such as to encourage growth as a maturing Christian. It then is the goal of the body of believers that their true faith is the witness of Christ at His work through them.