We believe the Bible is God's Word, inspired by the Holy Spirit of God, and is without error or contradition.  The Bible tells us who God is, what God desires of us, and how God loves us.  God's Word provides the basis of our Christian teaching, our faith, and our daily lives.

We believe in the God of the Bible, the Holy Trinity.  The Bible teaches there is one God with three distinct persons in the Godhead:  the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  Each person of the Holy Trinity is eternal, equal in power, majesty and honor.

We believe that God created humans,our world, and the universe.  We ascribe to God the Father the work of creating and sustaining the world.  The Son and the Holy Spirit played a significant part in the world's creation as Scripture declares in John 1:1-3, 14 and in Genesis 1:2.  God's care of His creation is an affirming picture of His love.

We believe that the first man and woman disobeyed the command of God (Genesis 3) and sinned, separating themselves from God.  In God's love and mercy He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to redeem mankind from sin, death, and the devil's power.  To accomplish this, Jesus led a perfect life, took our sins on Himself vicariously, died on the cross, and rose from the dead to claim victory for us.  Key verses which tell us this are John 3:16 and Second Corinthians 5:19.

We believe that, since we cannot live a life that merits salvation, it is by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ that we are delivered from sin, death, the devil, and eternal damnation (Ephesians 2:8-9).  God the Holy Spirit gives us the faith to believe this and keeps us in faith through the power of the Word of God and the Sacraments of Holy Baptism and the Lord's Supper.

We believe that, through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism, God the Holy Spirit works faith in Christ in the infant and seals faith in the believing adult.  Parents and godparents take the responsibility to train youngsters in the Word and love of God.  All baptzied persons should daily remember their baptismal vow and renounce the Devil and his wicked works and ways, pledge faithfulness to the Triune God, and amend their sinful lives.

We believe that through the Sacrament of the Altar, alson known as Holy Communion, God forgives our sins and strengthens our faith.  In this sacrament, we receive, with the bread and the wine, the body and blood of Christ as Jesus declares in Matthew 26:26-28.

We believe that God is a caring God, who listens to us when we pray, praise, and give thanks to Him.  God answers our prayers, not always as we wish and when we wish, but in His own way and own time.  Nevertheless, we believe that He gives us that which is good for us (Romans 8:28).

We believe that, in response to His love for us, we shall respond to Him with our lives and our gifts.  This means coming together in worship of the Triune God, giving Him our thanks, praise, obedience, and service.

               SOLI DEO GLORIA                                                           TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY