Distinctives

The Bible

We believe the Bible is the authoritative, inspired, inerrant and infallible Word of God being the sufficient source of divine truth for our understanding and knowledge of God and His plan for our lives. (2 Tim. 3:15-17; John 17:17)

God

We believe and proclaim a high-view of God, meaning, that He is the Sovereign creator of all things, that He providentially controls all things, and that He is transcendent above both His creation and creatures. He is the Most High God who is to be exclusively worshiped.

The Gospel

We believe and proclaim a high-view of the gospel. By a high-view we mean that the gospel (or good news) is about what God has done on behalf of sinners. Man, through Adam’s disobedience, inherits a sin nature and is by nature an object of God’s wrath. We are unable to make ourselves right before God. However, God according to His love and mercy sent His Son Jesus Christ to die, shedding His blood for the forgiveness of sins and to resurrect confirming His victory over sin. Through faith in Christ alone, God applies the blood of Christ to the repentant sinner, redeeming him and granting him forgiveness, and at the same time imputing the righteousness of Christ to his account. It is through Christ’s righteousness that the sinner then gains a right standing before God. Finally, through faith, the repentant sinner receives new spiritual life (Romans 5:18-19; Ephesians 2:1-5; Colossians 1:21-23)

The Church

We believe and proclaim a high-view of the church meaning that the church is the very possession of God, an assembly of believers that, through the shed blood of His Son Jesus Christ, God has redeemed from the dominion of darkness and transferred into the kingdom of His beloved Son. (Acts 20:28; Colossians 1:13-14)

Church Membership

We believe and prioritize formal church membership to encourage the full participation of each member in the body of Christ. Our gracious adoption as sons in Christ redeems and restores every Christian to the office of priestly-ruler that was forfeited and lost in Adam. Our restoration to this office has given us a particular identity, authority, and set of responsibilities with the intention of constituting God's people into covenant fellowship with one another in the embodied assembly of the local church. (Gal 3:26-29; 1 Peter 2:4-10; Matthew 18:18-20; 1 Cor 5:1-12). 

Biblical Eldership

We believe in the necessity of a plurality of biblically qualified elders. These men are called and affirmed by the local church to shepherd and lead the flock of God, equipping the saints for the work of service. (Acts 14:23; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-11)

Expository Preaching

We believe in the priority of expository preaching. Our pastors seek to proclaim the Word of God to His people in a verse-by-verse format, allowing the Word of God to pierce hearts and minds. (Hebrews 4:12-13)

Prayer

We believe in the power of prayer. Prayer is a gift from God through which each individual believer and the church corporately communes with God. All of our work for God is accomplished for Him as we rely on Him through prayer. (John 15)

Doctrines of Grace

We believe and are committed to the doctrine of God’s sovereignty in salvation. God, because of His lovingkindness and mercy, initiates the process in every believer. Without His divinely powerful work in the heart of man, no one would believe in Christ and be saved. (Ephesians 2:5; Titus 3:1-5)