The Gospel is the good news that God our Father, the Creator, out of His great love for us, has come to rescue us from sin, Satan, death and hell, and to renew all things, in and through the work of Jesus’ life/death/resurrection/enthronement on our behalf, to establish His kingdom, through His people, in the power of the Holy Spirit. For God’s great glory and our profound joy.

Those who place their faith in Him are empowered to become everything God intended them to be, both as individuals and as a community, through the power of the Holy Spirit, having been invited to an abundant life that begins at the moment of faith and is fully realized in eternity and the powers of sin and death no longer have the last word.

Discipleship is ordinarily living like Jesus to become like Jesus.

There is one God who has existed eternally as three persons in one essence. God is the creator of all things, visible and invisible. He is all-powerful, all-knowing, present everywhere, and he is morally perfect. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are equally divine and have eternally existed in perfect love.

Humanity is created in the image of God, and every human has inherent dignity and worth. However, when Adam and Eve, the first humans, sinned against God, they ruptured humanity’s perfect union with God. Fallen humans are sinners by nature and by choice and are alienated from God, and only through the saving work of Jesus Christ can they be reunited with God, both now and in eternity.

Jesus of Nazareth is God incarnate, fully human, and fully divine. He is the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity. He is the Messiah promised to Israel for the salvation of those from every nation, tribe, people, and language. He was born of the virgin Mary, lived a perfect life, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, died, and was buried. He rose on the third day, ascended to heaven, and sits at the right hand of God.

Salvation comes by grace alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone. All those who repent and confess Christ, his life, death, and resurrection, are saved. At salvation, followers of Jesus are united to Christ and each other through the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit, who assures them of their right standing before God and empowers them to progressively experience the redemption of their humanity in light of Christ’s perfect example.

All followers of Jesus comprise the universal church, of which Jesus Christ is the head. The universal church exists in many unique, local expressions. The church is to practice baptism and the Lord’s Supper, the two ordinances given by Jesus, and to carry forward the Great Commission to make disciples of all nations, teaching them to do everything Jesus commanded.

At a time appointed by God and known only to him, Jesus Christ will bodily return to the earth and establish his eternal kingdom. He will make all things new, reconciling creation to himself. He will judge the living and the dead, assigning eternal salvation to believers and final judgment to unbelievers.

The Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is the final authority for followers of Jesus. Though written by human authors, it is divinely inspired and reveals everything humanity must know for salvation. It is composed of 66 documents, which have been recognized as divinely inspired and authoritative since the time of their writing. The Bible is the standard against which every moral or religious claim must be measured.