All Scripture is self-attesting, and being Truth requires our unreserved submission in all areas of life. The 

infallible Word of God—the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments—is a complete and unified witness 

to God’s redemptive acts culminating in the incarnation of the Living Word, the Lord Jesus Christ. The 

Bible, uniquely and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, is the supreme and final authority on all matters on 

which it speaks.  

On this sure foundation, we affirm these essentials of our faith.  

1. We believe in one God, the sovereign Creator and Sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect and 

eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  

2. Jesus Christ, the living Word, became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and 

His virgin birth. He who is true God became true man united in one Person forever. He died on the cross 

a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. On the third day He arose bodily from the dead, 

ascended into heaven where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He now is our High Priest and 

Mediator.  

3. The Holy Spirit has come to glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to our hearts. He 

convicts us of sin and draws us to the Savior, indwelling our hearts. He gives new life to us, empowers us, 

and imparts gifts to us for service. He instructs and guides us into all truth and seals us for the day of 

redemption.  

4. Being estranged from God and condemned by our sinfulness, our salvation is wholly dependent upon 

the work of God’s free grace. God credits His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone 

for their salvation, and thereby justifies them in His sight. Only such as are born of the Holy Spirit and 

receive Jesus Christ become children of God and heirs of eternal life.  

5. The true Church is composed of all persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ and the 

sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit are united together in the body of Christ. The Church finds her visible 

yet imperfect expression in local congregations where the Word of God is preached in its purity and the 

sacraments are administered in their integrity, where scriptural discipline is practiced, and where loving 

fellowship is maintained. For her perfection she awaits the return of her Lord.  

6. Jesus Christ will come again to the earth personally, visibly, and bodily—to judge the living and the 

dead, and to consummate history and the eternal plan of God.   

7. The Lord Jesus Christ commands all believers to proclaim the gospel throughout the world and to 

make disciples of all nations. Obedience to the Great Commission requires total commitment to Him 

who loves us and gave Himself for us.