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FAITH
The gospel is this: God saves sinners. Salvation in Christ is based on a covenant made in His blood, which in
the Bible is called the New Covenant. This is a covenant of grace whereby the persons of the Trinity
accomplish our salvation based upon a covenant made among them in eternity past. It is often called the
covenant of redemption (Titus 1:3; II Timothy 1:8-9). In it the Father, ordaining whatsoever comes to
pass, chooses a bride for His Son, which is the elect, the church of Christ. The Son, sent by the Father,
secures His bride via His incarnation, death and resurrection. The Holy Spirit, sent by the Father and the
Son, applies the Son's redeeming work in the lives of the elect. In doing so, the Holy Spirit who is the Lord
and giver of life, grants new life to sinners through regeneration, securing their redemption,
sanctification, and glorification (I Corinthians 1:30; Matthew 26:26-29). God's gracious work of salvation includes preparing
sinners for new lives of service for His glory and the advancement of the kingdom of Christ (Ephesians 2:10). God saves us that we might rightly know Him as our
creator, fervently love Him and live with Him in eternal blessedness to praise and glorify Him.
PRACTICE
Through the preaching of the gospel, God has rescued us from the domain of
darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son (Colossians 1:13). Though we still live in the midst of the kingdom of men,
our calling, citizenship, service, and destiny are the city of God (Matthew 6:33; Philippians 3:20; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Colossians 4:11). Therefore, we desire to build a growing community of
God-centered households that seek to be a living expression of the values and ethics of the kingdom of
God.
We desire to reinforce the great doctrines of justification by grace alone through faith alone in worship,
ministry and everything we do. Believing that God supports and nourishes the spiritual life He has effected
in us, we reject the manipulative techniques and methods of men and proclaim God's covenantal faithfulness
(Romans 1:16-17). Therefore, for the sake of the lost, and the
strengthening of the saints, we desire to make regular use of God's ordinary means of grace.
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