Our Sunday Worship service starts at 10 a.m., and is currently traditional. We are a small, family friendly congregation that reflects the Love of Christ to others. We Believe: One God of all creation, who is All-Powerful, All-Knowing, and All-Present. The Holy Bible is the complete, inerrent, revelation of God to mankind. In His Holy Word we find and believe the Gospel message: That sin seperates
us from God, and the penalty of such sin is death (Romans 6:23). We cannot save ourselves from sin by any amount of good deeds, but it is by God's grace that we are presented with the gift of salvation (Eph. 2:8-9). That by God's loving mercy He sent His Son, Jesus the Christ, to be an atoning sacrifice to pay for our sins (1 John 4:9-10). The free gift of Salvation is accepted by anyone who:
1.) BELIEVES (Not just a "head faith" but a "heart faith" that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Romans 5:1, Hebrews 11:6, Ephesians 2:8, Romans 10:13, John 3:16)
2.) REPENT of SIN (Repentance is a "turning from sin" and involves both a sorrow for sin and a true desire to live nearer to Christ in the future. CONFESS CHRIST (This is a public witnessing to the fact that you do believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Matthew 10:32-33, Romans 10:10, Matthew 16:13-17)
4.) IS BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST (Baptism is not just a religious ceremony but is an act of saving faith whereby the believing repentant, confessing sinner comes into contact with the blood of Christ. Acts 2:38,1 Peter 3:21, Galatians 3:27, Mark 16:16, Romans 6:3-5)
These are not works, but rather essential demonstrations of one's Faith in Christ. As James 2:26 points out, it is important for Christians to be repersentatives for the Body of Christ in their community and commit to following Christ by living a Christian lifestyle. Such characteristics are: Prayer - Matthew 26:41, Luke 18:1; Bible Study - John 5:39, 20:30-31, Acts- 17:11, Romans 15:4, 2 Timothy 2:15; Worship - Matthew 18:20, 26:26-29, Acts 20:6,7, 1 Corinthians 16:2, Hebrews 10:25-27; and Faithful Obedience - Matthew 28:10-20, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Revelation 2:10. We uphold Bible names for Bible things. That in essentials we have unity, in non-essentials we have liberty, and in all things we have love.
