- The Bible. We affirm that Scripture is God’s unique and inspired word (2 Peter 1:20-21), preserved through history for the purpose of giving us the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 3:15).
- The Trinity. We worship one God who exists in eternal love between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- The Father. We worship God the Father who is revealed as the Creator of all things (Genesis 1:1, Romans 1:20).
- Jesus. We worship and follow Jesus the Messiah, God’s only begotten son, fully God and fully human, who took up his cross and beckoned us to follow (Mattew 16:24-25) and was physically raised from the dead (Luke 23:44 – 24:8; John 20:24-29; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8) thereby providing the capacity for salvation.
- The Holy Spirit. We worship the Holy Spirit of God (John 4:24), the Spirit of the crucified and risen Christ who is our Advocate and Comforter, given that we might be convicted of sin (John 16:5-16) and thus walk in faithfulness and give and receive forgiveness.
- Baptism. We practice baptism as the symbol of one’s new birth into the new creation. It depicts our entrance into Christian community that is ruled by the story of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection. With a new identity, we are symbolizing dying to ourselves (Romans 6:3-4) in allowing the Spirit to transform us into the unified community of those who belong to God (Matthew 28:18-20). We affirm the pattern in Scripture to be believer’s baptism by immersion (Acts 2:38-41).
- Communion. We practice communion on a monthly basis as the symbol of coming together and partaking of the same meal that Jesus had with his disciples before he was crucified. By doing so, we are affirming Christ’s presence among us, and in one another (1 Corinthians 11:23-26).