The Bible
The Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God.
16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
— 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV) —
20Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
— 2 Peter 1:20-21 (NIV) —
God in three persons
God has existed from all eternity in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ was God come in human flesh being fully God and fully man except without sin.
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
— Deuteronomy 6:4 —
18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
— Matthew 28:18-20 —
Man created in the image of god
Man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and therefore is lost, and only those who put their faith in Jesus Christ are saved.
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
— Romans 3:23 —
But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin.
— 1 John 3:5 —
Salvation
Salvation is offered as a gift, free to the sinner. This gift must be responded to in individual faith.
8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast.
— Ephesians 2:8-9 —
stewardship
We hold as belief and conviction that children are gifts given by God as a stewardship to the parent and not the state,
and that parents have the wherewithal and authority to teach and educate their own children.
All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace.
— Isaiah 54:13 —
Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.
— Psalm 127:3 —