Primacy of Scripture
We believe that the 39 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament are the written Word of God. Therefore they alone carry the authority of God and are the only certain, infallible, and sufficient rule in all matters of faith, saving knowledge, obedience, counseling, and life.

We place primacy on the Scripture to govern all matter of our lives and the life of this church.

Primacy of God
The goal of all of life is to bring glory to God. This is why we were made and this is the reason for everything that was made. There is only one God, but this God exists in three distinct, separate Persons: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They are the same in essence, equal in power and glory.

We place primacy on God as He is control of all things and no one can thwart His purposes.

Primacy of Gospel
All men and women have transgressed the Law of God. We were born into sin through our first parents, Adam and Eve, and have also disobeyed this awesome, all-powerful, holy, and glorious God. Therefore God must punish everyone who sins against Him.

The Gospel means, “Good news.” The good news is that God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to come to this world. Jesus perfectly obeyed all of God’s demands that we have broken. Instead of being rewarded for His obedience, Jesus was cursed and punished by God. He was crucified and buried. He suffered the undiluted wrath of God. He did this not because He deserved it, but because we deserved it. Jesus died in our place. He was our substitute. If we believe in Him and are united with Him in His death, we can be forgiven since Jesus has suffered the punishment we deserved.

God can forgive us our sins in Christ because He has already poured out the judgment that we should have suffered on His Son. In turn, we receive forgiveness of sin, freedom from guilt, and Jesus’ obedience credited to us by God. We are forgiven and righteous in Jesus, not having a righteousness of our own through obeying the Law, but having the righteousness of Christ given to us by faith in Him alone. We have the assurance that since we have been united with Christ in His death that we will one day we resurrected from the dead, just as He was three days after He was buried.

We place primacy on the Gospel because it is the only way that we, as sinners, can approach God.

Primacy of Grace
All men are sinners. Anyone who commits sin becomes a slave to sin. Our sin is nothing short of spiritual deadness. Since we are spiritually dead, we cannot make any effort to approach God. Dead people can’t do anything. Therefore, it is all placed in the balance of God’s sovereign grace. God must take the initiative in saving a people in Christ because, left to our own efforts, we would not come to Him. This is why salvation is so frequently referred to as a gift in the Bible. It is a gift because we can’t do anything to earn it, but sit back and receive it as a gracious gift of God given to us through the death and resurrection of Christ.

We place primacy on the grace of God because it is the only hope for a fallen world.

Primacy of the local church
God does not save sinners and expect them to make it through their pilgrimage to heaven on their own. He does not save us and expect us to figure everything out all by ourselves. He has graciously provided the local church for us to gather in. This is one of His ways of keeping us in the faith and preserving us until the end.

Committing ourselves to a local church is part of the norm of the Christian life. In churches, we are exposed to the preaching of the Word of God, singing praises with other redeemed sinners, participating in the ordinances of the New Testament (baptism and the Lord’s supper) and sharing in fellowship with other Christians. All of these aspects are crucial to living for the glory of God.

We place primacy on the local church because this is God’s plan for the Christian life.