The scriptures encourage us to make confessions of our faith (Matthew 10:32,  Luke 12:8, Acts 12:14, Romans 10:9-10, 15:9, I John 4:15, 2 John 1:7). They also urge us to "earnestly contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the Saints"  (Jude 1:3). There are confessions of faith in the Bible (Matthew 16:16, Ac 8:27, I Timothy. 3:16). We are to be witness of Christ (Acts 1:8), and this obviously involves confessing what we believe. In Romans 15:5-6, the apostle Paul prayed that the believers in Rome would "be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Following these scriptural encouragements and examples, since we are of one mind concerning these things, we confess that 

We believe…

… in one God, eternally existent in three co-equal persons.

… in God the Father, from whom the Son and the Spirit proceed.

… in God the Son, Jesus Christ; that salvation is possible only through Him; in His eternal pre-existence, conception by the Holy Spirit, virgin birth, sinless life, atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension, and future visible return.

… in God the Holy Spirit; in new birth by Him and in His present ministry to grant the fruit and gifts of the Spirit.

… that we are saved by God’s grace through faith, not by works. However, true saving faith results in good works.

… that all men are sinners by disposition and/or choice, and may be made righteous only in Christ.

… that human life and personhood begin at conception.

… in the fellowship of all born again believers in one universal church.

… in the everlasting spiritual life of the redeemed.

… in the bodily resurrection of the saved to immortality, and of the lost to eternal punishment.

… that God will judge all men, both saved and lost, for the deeds done in the body.

… in a glorious age to come in which the saints will never again experience pain, sorrow, sin or death.

… in the inerrancy, infallibility, and historicity of the Bible.

... that scripture should be understood according to "the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints" summarized in the early ecumenical creeds. 

… in the ordinances of the Lord’s Supper and water baptism by immersion.

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For scripture references, and in order to inquire more fully into our beliefs, please see our Detailed Confession of Faith.