The Bible is God’s written revelation to man, given to us through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (2 Tim. 3:16-17, 2 Pet. 1:20-21). Since all Scripture is God’s Word, it is inerrant as originally given by God. Therefore, it is the highest authority through which humanity comes to know God, themselves, his world, and his purposes. Additionally, the Scriptures are living and active (Heb. 4:12), sufficient to accomplish God’s saving and sanctifying work (2 Tim. 3:17, Jn. 17:17).

There is one true and living God (Deut. 6:4, Is. 44:6) who exists eternally in three persons - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Lk. 3:22; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14).

God the Father
God the Father is the first person of the Trinity. He is the creator of all things (Gen. 1:1, Eph. 3:9). He orders all things according to his own eternal purposes (Job 42:2, Is. 46:10, Eph. 1:11). His fatherhood involves his designation within the Trinity, his relationship to mankind in general (Eph. 4:6), and his special relationship with believers through adoption (Eph. 1:5). The Father has graciously chosen from eternity past those whom he would have as his own (Eph. 1:4-6).

God the Son
Jesus Christ is the preexistent God the Son (Jn. 1:1-3), the second person of the Trinity, and thus possesses the same divine essence as the Father. He is coequal, consubstantial, and coeternal with the Father (Col. 2:9; Heb. 1:3; Jn. 10:30, 14:9).

In the incarnation, Jesus, without giving up his divine nature, took on a human nature (Phil. 2:5-8). He was conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the virgin Mary (Is. 7:14; Lk. 1:35) and thus has two distinct natures: the divine and the human, perfectly joined together in one person. Because he is truly God and truly man, he is the only mediator between God and man (1 Tim. 2:5).

Jesus lived a perfect life of obedient submission to the Father (Jn. 4:34; 5:19, 30; 6:38) by the power of the Holy Spirit (Is. 42:1; Matt. 12:28; Lk. 4:1, 14). He voluntarily died a vicarious, substitutionary, propitiatory death (Jn. 10:15, Rom. 3:24-25, 5:8; 1 Pet. 2:24). He historically and bodily rose from the dead for the justification of all who believe (1 Cor. 15:3-5; Rom. 4:25). He now sits at the right hand of the Father and mediates as a Great High Priest and Advocate for all God’s elect. (Rom. 8:34, Heb. 7:25; 9:24; 1 Jn. 2:1).

God the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is third person of the Trinity, coequal, consubstantial, and coeternal with the Father and the Son (Matt. 28:19, 2 Cor. 13:14, Heb. 10:15-17).

The Holy Spirit baptizes believers into the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13), indwells them (Rom. 8:9), empowers them for service (1 Cor. 12:11), and seals them unto the day of redemption (Eph. 1:13). The gifts he gives to the church are for the building up of the body (1 Cor. 14:26) and the glorification of Jesus Christ (Jn. 16:14). The speaking of tongues and the working of miracles in the early church were for the purpose of authenticating the apostles as revealers of divine truth and are not to be expected in the lives of believers today (1 Cor. 12:4-7, 2 Cor. 12:12). The Holy Spirit leads and guides believers through the all-sufficient word (2 Tim. 3:16-17).

God’s Image
Man was created in God’s image and likeness, innocent and without sin (Gen. 1:26-27; 1:31). His purpose is to glorify God and enjoy him forever (Is. 43:7, 1 Cor. 10:31)

The Fall
Adam voluntarily disobeyed the revealed will of God (Gen. 2:16-17, 3:1-19), and in doing so, brought the penalty of spiritual and physical death upon all mankind (Rom. 5:12). Fallen humanity became the object of God’s wrath (Eph. 2:3), inherently corrupt (Rom. 3:10-18), and incapable of choosing that which is acceptable to God apart from divine grace (Eph. 2:8-9). Since the fall, all people are positively inclined to evil (Jer. 17:9), under just condemnation to eternal ruin (Jn. 3:18, Rom. 1:18), and without defense or excuse (Rom. 1:20, 3:19). Salvation then is entirely of God’s grace through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ (Rom. 3:23, 6:23).

Gender
Male and female genders are part of God’s beautiful design. Gender is determined by God and unchangeable by human intervention (Gen. 1:26-27; 2:15-24). Both male and female are equal in dignity (Gen. 1:27), called to participate in God’s redemptive work (Gen. 1:28, Matt. 28:18-20), yet have been assigned different roles in the church and home (Gen. 2:15; 2:18; 1 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:8-15; 3:1-7; Tit. 2:2-5).

Marriage and Sexuality
God's exclusive model for marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman (Gen 2:18-25, Lev. 18:22-24) in covenant commitment for a lifetime of godliness and fidelity (Mal. 2:16). Marriage provides the framework for intimate companionship (1 Pet. 3:7), sexual expression according to biblical standards (1 Cor 7:1-5), the means for procreation, and is God's foundation for the family (Gen 1:27-28). All other sexual thoughts and practices outside this framework are sin and outside of God's revealed will (Prov 5:15-23, Matt 5:27-28; 1 Thess. 4:3-4; Heb. 13:4; 1 Cor. 6:9-20; Rom. 1:24-32).

God grants a complete and eternal salvation wholly by his grace alone, to be received as a gift of God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and his finished work, not on the basis of human merit or good works (Rom. 3:24, Eph. 2:8-10).

The Freeness of Salvation
All the blessings of salvation are made free to all by the gospel (Is. 55:1, Jn. 6:35, Rom. 10:9, Rev. 22:17), and it is the immediate responsibility of every person to accept them with humble and repentant faith (Mk. 1:15, Jn. 5:40).

Election
Election is the act of God by which he, before the foundation of the world, chose a people to redeem for his own glory through Jesus Christ (Eph. 1:4-11). This gracious act of God is not on the basis of the character or merit of sinners, but rather according to the rich mercy and unmerited grace he sovereignly pours out upon whomever he wills (Tit. 3:4-7, Rom. 9:14-16), thus removing all grounds for human boasting (Rom. 3:27, 1 Cor. 1:29, Eph. 2:8-10).

Justification
Justification is an act of God by which he declares righteous those who, through faith in Christ, repent of their sins (Lk. 13:3, Rom. 3:23-24). God justifies his people apart from any virtue or merit (Gal. 2:16). Justification is based upon the imputation of the believer’s sins to Christ (Col. 2:14, 1 Pet. 2:24) and the imputation of Christ’s righteousness to the believer (1 Cor. 1:30, 2 Cor. 5:21).

Sanctification
Sanctification is both positional and progressive. In a positional sense, every believer is definitively sanctified (set apart) unto God by justification and is therefore identified as a saint at the moment of their conversion (Acts 20:32, 1 Cor. 1:2, Eph. 1:1). This positional status has to do with the believer’s standing before God, not his present walk.

Having been sanctified positionally, the believer is progressively made holy by obedience to the word of God through the empowering of the Holy Spirit (Jn. 17:17, Rom. 6:1-22, Gal. 5:22-23). Growth in sanctification is God’s will for every Christian (1 Thess. 4:3-4, 2 Cor. 3:18).

Security
All those whom God has chosen, once saved, are sealed by the Holy Spirit (Eph. 1:13-14), kept by God’s power (1 Pet. 1:4-5), and are thus secure in Christ forever (Jn. 5:24, 10:27-30; Eph. 4:30, Jd. 24). It is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation (Rom. 8:15-16, 1 Pet. 1:8, 1 Jn. 5:13).

The Church consists of everyone who places their faith in Jesus Christ. At salvation, the believer is immediately united to one spiritual body, the Church (1 Cor. 12:12-13), which is the bride of Christ (2 Cor. 11:2, Eph. 5:23-32). This spiritual body finds expression in local churches, which are assemblies of regenerate, baptized believers (Matt. 28:19-20), who covenant together to listen to and obey God’s Word (Acts 2:42, 2 Tim. 4:1-2), take the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor. 11:17-32), and oversee one another’s souls (Matt. 18:15-18, Gal. 6:2). The mission of the church is to make disciples of all nations (Matt. 28:19-20).

Christ is the supreme authority over every church (1 Cor. 11:3, Eph. 1:22, Col. 1:18). He graciously gives spiritual gifts to all members of his church (Eph. 4:7). He also provides leaders to equip the saints for the work of the ministry (Eph. 4:11-12). While every church member is responsible to uphold sound doctrine (Gal. 1:6-9), receive new members (Acts 2:41), oversee one another’s souls (Matt. 18:15-16, Gal. 6:2), and excommunicate the unrepentant (Matt. 18:17-18), Christ has given elders to lead in these matters (Heb. 13:17, 1 Tim. 3:1-18), and deacons to assist them (Acts 6:1-6, 1 Tim. 3:8-13).

God created a multitude of spiritual beings called angels (Dan. 7:10, 12:22). They were created to serve and worship God (Heb. 1:14).

Satan is a mighty fallen angel (Ezek. 28:11-19), the great adversary of God and his people (Rev. 12:1-10), who works to deceive the whole world (Rev. 12:9) and lead people into destruction (1 Pet. 5:8). He took numerous angels with him in his fall (Matt. 25:41, Rev. 12:1-14), called demons, and introduced sin into the human race by tempting Eve (Gen. 3:1-15). God is sovereign over Satan, and he cannot do anything beyond what God decrees (Job 1:12). One day Satan and his demons will be eternally punished in the lake of fire (Rev. 20:10).

The end of the world is approaching (1 Pet. 4:7), and soon Christ will bring the living and the dead before him for final judgment, where a solemn and eternal separation will take place (Matt. 25:31-46, Rev. 20:11-15). The righteous who trusted Jesus Christ will be brought into endless joy (Matt. 25:23), and the wicked who did not will be sentenced to endless punishment (Matt. 25:46). This judgment will fix forever the final state of men in heaven or hell (Rev. 20:15). Jesus will establish his kingdom (Rev. 20:1-6) and usher in the New Heavens and the New Earth (Rev. 21:1-4), where his people will rule and reign with him forever (Rev. 22:5).