What We Teach

We are a theologically conservative church that teaches the bible as sufficient and without error. 

God the Father
The Lord is sovereign over all things. He is deserving of all praise and admiration. He is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. The Lord is to be feared, glorified, and enjoyed.

God the Son
He is Messiah, Redeemer, and Lord. Jesus is the Son of God, co-existent and co-equal with God the Father. He came from heaven to live among sinners. He was obedient to God’s law in every way, having no sin of His own. He died on the cross where He took upon Himself the sin of God’s people and made complete atonement for their sin. He was physically resurrected three days after His death and ascended into heaven 40 days after His resurrection.  As God, He currently rules and reigns over all things.

God the Holy Spirit
He convicts people of sin, illuminates the elect to truth, converts sinners to Christ, and empowers for Christian service. He proceeds from the Father and the Son.  He grants joy in living.

The Bible
The Bible is inspired, without error, and sufficient. The Bible is the word of God and can be trusted. It was written in ancient languages, primarily Greek and Hebrew. The Bible has been translated into numerous languages for everyday people to read.  Our church utilizes the ESV for preaching. Such translations are incredibly accurate to the original languages. Because the Bible is inspired by God it must be proclaimed as the word of God.

Salvation
Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Man’s greatest need is to be reconciled to God. Nothing in ourselves can satisfy the justice of God—not our good works, good behavior, or benevolence. God saves by His grace alone. The grace by which we are saved is through faith; one must believe upon Christ alone to be saved.

Baptism
Every believer, unless providentially hindered, should be baptized by immersion. Standing in the water symbolically proclaims death to self, submersion under the water is symbolic of being buried with Christ, and being raised out of the water is symbolic of being raised with Christ.  In other words, it is a picture of the Gospel. Baptism does not save anyone from their sin since salvation is in Christ alone. Only a Christian can be baptized.

The Lord’s Supper is Sacred
In partaking of the Supper, we are proclaiming the Gospel—that Jesus died in our place on the cross, rose and ascended. By no means are the elements the actual blood and body of Christ. Rather, in the Lord’s Supper we recognize Christ to be present in a special way. Like baptism, the Lord’s Supper is a beautiful picture of the Gospel.

A New Heaven and a New Earth Awaits
We believe that the end of the world is approaching, that at the last day Christ will descend from heaven and raise the dead from the grave to final retribution, that a solemn separation will then take place, that the wicked will be adjudged to endless punishment, and the righteous to endless joy, and that this judgment will fix forever the final state of men in heaven or hell.

Additionally, we ascribe to the 1833 New Hampshire Confession of Faith. We affirm the Apostle’s Creed, the Nicene Creed, the Athanasian Creed, the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy (1978), the Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (1987), and the Nashville Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (2017).