Doctrinal Statement (Statement of Faith)

Doctrinally we are conservative and evangelical.

• We believe in the divine Trinity--God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit.
• We believe the scriptures are divinely inspired and authoritative in all matters of faith and practice.
• We believe salvation is by grace through faith and depends on Christ's atoning work on the cross, not on the perfection of our works.
• We believe in the virgin birth of Christ, his miracles, his sacrificial death, his bodily resurrection, and his second coming.
• We believe in the resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous, the final judgment, and eternal life for the saved and eternal damnation for the unrepentant lost.
• We believe true faith will express itself in a life of obedience to Christ's Lordship, and that Christian character is the fruit produced by the indwelling Holy Spirit.
• We believe that Christian maturity will manifest itself in an urgency to reach every possible person with the saving gospel of Christ.
• We believe in the unity of believers as prayed for by Jesus. We believe the scriptures teach that unity comes from:
  1. agreement on the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith, as for example, those listed by Paul in Ephesians 4:4-6,
  2. allowing each other freedom on the more disputable, controversial, secondary matters, as per Romans 14:1-15:7, and
  3. love and humility which are the fruit of the Holy Spirit, as per Ephesians 4:1-3 and Galatians 5:22,23.

We concentrate on the clearly revealed, fundamental basics of scripture and do not spend a disproportionate amount of time on secondary issues that have often divided conservative believers. Our students come from many backgrounds with a common desire to learn more of God’s will for their lives. Our classes are filled with a spirit of love and mutual respect and with reverence for Christ and the authority of his word.