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G O D

We believe that there is one God who exists in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

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J E S U S

We believe that Jesus is the Son of God, was born of a virgin, was wholly God and wholly man, lived a sinless life, died in our place as a sacrifice for the sins of mankind, was buried, arose bodily from the grave, and ascended into Heaven.

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C H R I S T ' S  R E T U R N

We believe that Jesus Christ will literally return to earth.

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H O L Y S P I R I T

We believe that God the Holy Spirit is active in convincing unbelievers of their need for salvation, and is the Comforter and Guide Who lives in every believer.

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B I B L E

We believe that the Bible is the Word of God without any error, the sole authority for life and faith.

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M A N

We believe that man is a special creation of God, made in His image, but that through the sin of the first man, Adam, mankind fell so that all men are sinners and need salvation.

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S A L V A T I O N

We believe that salvation is a gift received through repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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A S S U R A N C E

We believe that every person who is truly saved is eternally secure in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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E T E R N I T Y

We believe that those persons who die in their sins without Christ spend eternity in Hell and those persons who die with their sins forgiven through Christ spend eternity in Heaven.

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B A P T I S M

We believe that water baptism is an act of obedience to the command of Christ and is by immersion after salvation.

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C H U R C H

We believe that the church is a local body of baptized believers with the Lord Jesus Christ as the Head.

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View the Baptist Faith and Message (2000)