Our Mission Statement

MAN
Man is the special creation of God, in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation. …By his free choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. … The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man; therefore every person of every race possesses dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.

Genesis 1:26-30; 2:5,7,18-22; 3; 9:6; Psalms 1; 8:3-6; 32:1-5; 51:5; 
Isaiah 6:5; Jeremiah 17:5; Matthew 16:26; Acts 17:26-31; 
Romans 1:19-32; 3:10-18,23; 5:6,12,19; 6:6; 7:14-25; 8:14-18,29; 
1 Corinthians 1:21-31; 15:19,21-22; Ephesians 2:1-22; 
Colossians 1:21-22; 3:9-11.
 
SALVATION
Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification.

Genesis 3:15; Exodus 3:14-17; 6:2-8; Matthew 1:21; 4:17; 16:21-26; 
27:22-28:6; Luke 1:68-69; 2:28-32; John 1:11-14,29; 3:3-21,36; 
5:24; 10:9,28-29; 15:1-16; 17:17; Acts 2:21; 4:12; 15:11; 16:30-31; 
17:30-31; 20:32; Romans 1:16-18; 2:4; 3:23-25; 4:3ff.; 5:8-10; 
6:1-23; 8:1-18,29-39;10:9-10,13; 13:11-14; 1 Corinthians 1:18,30; 
6:19-20; 15:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20; Galatians 2:20; 3:13; 
5:22-25; 6:15; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-22; 4:11-16; Philippians 2:12-13; 
Colossians 1:9-22; 3:1ff.; 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24; 2 Timothy 1:12; 
Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 2:1-3; 5:8-9; 9:24-28; 11:1-12:8,14; 
James 2:14-26; 1 Peter 1:2-23; 1 John 1:6-2:11; 
Revelation 3:20; 21:1-22:5.
 
GOD'S PURPOSE OF GRACE
Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners. Those whom God has accepted in Christ, and sanctified by His Spirit can not and will never fall away or lose their eternal salvation.

Genesis 12:1-3; Exodus 19:5-8; 1 Samuel 8:4-7,19-22; Isaiah 5:1-7; 
Jeremiah 31:31ff.; Matthew 16:18-19; 21:28-45; 24:22,31; 25:34; 
Luke 1:68-79; 2:29-32; 19:41-44; 24:44-48; John 1:12-14;3:16; 
5:24; 6:44-45,65; 10:27-29; 15:16; 17:6,12,17-18; Acts 20:32; 
Romans 5:9-10; 8:28-39; 10:12-15; 11:5-7,26-36; 1 Corinthians 1:1-2; 
15:24-28; Ephesians 1:4-23; 2:1-10; 3:1-11; Colossians 1:12-14; 
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; 2 Timothy 1:12; 2:10,19; Hebrews 11:39–12:2; 
James 1:12; 1 Peter 1:2-5,13; 2:4-10; 1 John 1:7-9; 2:19; 3:2.
 
THE CHURCH
A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel, observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. Each congregation operates under the Lordship of Christ through democratic processes. In such a congregation each member is responsible and accountable to Christ as Lord. Its scriptural officers are pastors and deacons. While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of the pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.

Matthew 16:15-19; 18:15-20; Acts 2:41-42,47; 5:11-14; 6:3-6; 
13:1-3; 14:23,27; 15:1-30; 16:5; 20:28; Romans 1:7; 
1 Corinthians 1:2; 3:16; 5:4-5; 7:17; 9:13-14; 12; Ephesians 1:22-23; 
2:19-22;3:8-11,21; 5:22-32; Philippians 1:1; Colossians 1:18; 
1 Timothy 2:9-14; 3:1-15; 4:14; Hebrews 11:39-40; 
1 Peter 5:1-4; Revelation 2-3; 21:2-3.
 
BAPTISM & THE LORD'S SUPPER
Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water. …It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer's death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus.

The Lord's Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby believers … remember the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.

Matthew 3:13-17; 26:26-30; 28:19-20; Mark 1:9-11; 14:22-26; 
Luke 3:21-22; 22:19-20; John 3:23; Acts 2:41-42; 8:35-39; 
16:30-33; 20:7; Romans 6:3-5; 1 Corinthians 10:16,21; 11:23-29; 
Colossians 2:12.
 
EVANGELISM & MISSIONS
It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations... to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal witness undergirded by a Christian lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ.

Genesis 12:1-3; Exodus 19:5-6; Isaiah 6:1-8; Matthew 9:37-38; 
10:5-15; 13:18-30, 37-43; 16:19; 22:9-10; 24:14; 28:18-20; 
Luke 10:1-18; 24:46-53; John 14:11-12; 15:7-8,16; 17:15; 20:21; 
Acts 1:8; 2; 8:26-40; 10:42-48; 13:2-3; Romans 10:13-15; 
Ephesians 3:1-11; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Timothy 4:5; 
Hebrews 2:1-3; 11:39-12:2; 1 Peter 2:4-10; Revelation 22:17.

THE LORD'S DAY
The first day of the week is the Lord's Day. …It commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and should be employed in exercises of worship and spiritual devotion.

Exodus 20:8-11; Matthew 12:1-12; 28:1ff.; Mark 2:27-28; 16:1-7; 
Luke 24:1-3,33-36; John 4:21-24; 20:1,19-28; Acts 20:7; 
Romans 14:5-10; I Corinthians 16:1-2; Colossians 2:16; 3:16; 
Revelation 1:10.

LAST THINGS
God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end. …Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly…the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell. …The righteous… will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord.

Isaiah 2:4; 11:9; Matthew 16:27; 18:8-9; 19:28; 24:27,30,36,44; 
25:31-46; 26:64; Mark 8:38; 9:43-48; Luke 12:40,48; 16:19-26; 
17:22-37; 21:27-28; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:11; 17:31; Romans 14:10; 
1 Corinthians 4:5; 15:24-28,35-58; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 
Philippians 3:20-21; Colossians 1:5; 3:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; 
5:1ff.; 2 Thessalonians 1:7ff.; 2; 1 Timothy 6:14; 2 Timothy 4:1,8; 
Titus 2:13; Hebrews 9:27-28; James 5:8; 2 Peter 3:7ff.; 1 John 2:28; 
3:2; Jude 14; Revelation 1:18; 3:11; 20:1-22:13.

EDUCATION
The cause of education in the Kingdom of Christ is co-ordinate with the causes of missions and general benevolence … there should be a proper balance between academic freedom and academic responsibility. …The freedom of a teacher in a Christian school, college, or seminary is limited by the pre-eminence of Jesus Christ, by the authoritative nature of the Scriptures, and by the distinct purpose for which the school exists.

Deuteronomy 4:1,5,9,14; 6:1-10; 31:12-13; Nehemiah 8:1-8; 
Job 28:28; Psalms 19:7ff.; 119:11; Proverbs 3:13ff.; 4:1-10; 
8:1-7,11; 15:14; Ecclesiastes 7:19; Matthew 5:2; 7:24ff.; 
28:19-20; Luke 2:40; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Ephesians 4:11-16; 
Philippians 4:8; Colossians 2:3,8-9; 1 Timothy 1:3-7; 
2 Timothy 2:15; 3:14-17; Hebrews 5:12-6:3; James 1:5; 3:17.
 
STEWARDSHIP
God is the source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual; all that we have and are we owe to Him. Christians have a spiritual debtorship to the whole world, a holy trusteeship in the gospel, and a binding stewardship in their possessions. They are therefore under obligation to serve Him with their time, talents, and material possessions.

Genesis 14:20; Leviticus 27:30-32; Deuteronomy 8:18; 
Malachi 3:8-12; Matthew 6:1-4,19-21; 19:21; 23:23; 25:14-29; 
Luke 12:16-21,42; 16:1-13; Acts 2:44-47; 5:1-11; 17:24-25; 20:35; 
Romans 6:6-22; 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 4:1-2; 6:19-20; 12; 16:1-4; 
2 Corinthians 8-9; 12:15; Philippians 4:10-19; 1 Peter 1:18-19.
 
COOPERATION
Christ's people should … organize such associations and conventions as may best secure cooperation for the great objects of the Kingdom of God. Such organizations have no authority over one another or over the local church. …Cooperation is desirable between the various Christian denominations.

Exodus 17:12; 18:17ff.; Judges 7:21; Ezra 1:3-4; 2:68-69; 5:14-15; 
Nehemiah 4; 8:1-5; Matthew 10:5-15; 20:1-16; 22:1-10; 28:19-20; 
Mark 2:3; Luke 10:1ff.; Acts 1:13-14; 2:1ff.; 4:31-37; 13:2-3; 15:1-35; 
1 Corinthians 1:10-17; 3:5-15; 12; 2 Corinthians 8-9; 
Galatians 1:6-10; Ephesians 4:1-16; Philippians 1:15-18.
 
THE CHRISTIAN & THE SOCIAL ORDER
All Christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ supreme in our own lives and in human society... in the spirit of Christ, we oppose racism, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all forms of sexual immorality, including adultery, homosexuality, and pornography. We should work to provide for the orphaned, the needy, the abused, the aged, the helpless, and the sick. We should speak on behalf of the unborn and contend for the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death...

Exodus 20:3-17; Leviticus 6:2-5; Deuteronomy 10:12; 27:17; 
Psalm 101:5; Micah 6:8; Zechariah 8:16; Matthew 5:13-16,43-48; 
22:36-40; 25:35; Mark 1:29-34; 2:3ff.; 10:21; Luke 4:18-21; 
10:27-37; 20:25; John 15:12; 17:15; Romans 12–14; 
1Corinthians 5:9-10; 6:1-7; 7:20-24; 10:23-11:1; Galatians 3:26-28; 
Ephesians 6:5-9; Colossians 3:12-17; 1 Thessalonians 3:12; Philemon; 
James 1:27; 2:8.

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Church and state should be separate. The state owes to every church protection and full freedom in the pursuit of its spiritual ends. …A free church in a free state is the Christian ideal.

Genesis 1:27; 2:7; Matthew 6:6-7,24; 16:26; 22:21; John 8:36; 
Acts 4:19-20; Romans 6:1-2; 13:1-7; Galatians 5:1,13; 
Philippians 3:20; 1 Timothy 2:1-2; James 4:12; 
1 Peter 2:12-17; 3:11-17; 4:12-19.
 
FAMILY
God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood or adoption.
Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. ... The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God's image. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation... Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God's pattern for marriage.

Genesis 1:26-28; 2:15-25; 3:1-20; Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 
Joshua 24:15; 1 Samuel 1:26-28; Psalms 51:5; 78:1-8; 127; 128; 
139:13-16; Proverbs 1:8; 5:15-20; 6:20-22; 12:4; 13:24; 14:1; 
17:6; 18:22; 22:6,15; 23:13-14; 24:3; 29:15,17; 31:10-31; 
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; 9:9; Malachi 2:14-16; Matthew 5:31-32; 18:2-5; 
19:3-9; Mark 10:6-12; Romans 1:18-32; 1 Corinthians 7:1-16; 
Ephesians 5:21-33; 6:1-4; Colossians 3:18-21; 1 Timothy 5:8,14; 
2 Timothy 1:3-5; Titus 2:3-5; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Peter 3:1-7.