We believe the Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21; Psalm 119:89; Psalm 12, 6,7)
We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 3:16-17; John 1:1-13; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Revelation 1:8)
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His vicarious and atoning death, His bodily resurrection, and His ascension into Heaven. (John 1:1-2, 14; Luke 1:31-35; Philippians 2:6-8; 1Corinthians 15:1-8, 15:21; 1 Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:12; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
We believe all people are created in the image of God. (Genesis 1:26-27 and 2:16-17 and 3:6; Romans 3:10 & 23 and 5:12 & 18)
We believe the central purpose of the coming of Jesus Christ was to pay the penalty for man’s sin. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Acts 1:3)
We believe salvation is offered as a gift, free to the sinner. This gift must be received by the individual through faith in Jesus Christ alone. (Acts 13:38-39; Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9)
We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to convict and regenerate mankind, and to indwell, guide, teach, and empower the believer for godly living and service. (John 16: 7-14; Titus 3:5; 1 Corinthians 6:19 and 12:13; Romans 8:14; Ephesians 5:18)
We believe that marriage is an institution ordained by God to be a covenantal life-long relationship and prescribed by Scripture to be a monogamous relationship between a man and a woman as they were originally physically created in these respective genders by God. (Gen. 2:18-24, Prov. 12:4; 18:22, 31:10; Ecclesiastes 9:9, Malachi 2:13-16; Matthew 19:4-6; Mark 10:1-9; 1 Corinthians 7:1-16; Ephesians 5:21-23; Colossians 3:14-19; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Peter 3:1-7)
We believe that human sexuality was designed by God (Gen. 1:28). The Bible clearly reserves all forms of consensual sexual activity to within the boundaries of the marriage relationship (I Cor. 7:1-5; Heb. 13:4). As such, any form of sexual immorality (including, but not limited to, adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, transgender or gender non-conforming relationship; bestiality; incest, and use of pornography) is sinful and offensive to God.(Matt. 15: 18-20; 1 Cor. 6: 9-10)
We believe God created man and woman in His image as two distinct but equal genders (Gen. 1:26-27). Furthermore, individual gender is assigned by God and determined at conception (Ps. 139:13-16). Therefore, to intentionally change one’s physical gender or to live as a gender other than the one assigned by God at conception is to reject God’s right as Creator to assign gender to His creatures (I Cor. 10:31).
We believe that all human life is sacred and created by God. Human life is of inestimable worth, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception, through natural death. We therefore defend, protect and value all human life. (Ps. 139)
This Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our beliefs, which are grounded in the infallible Word of God as the final authority. We reserve the right to make institutional decisions consistent with these positions for volunteers, employment, hiring, retention, student admissions, discipline, and all other matters.