Our Mission
To share the transformative life of Jesus with students and their families through nurturing relationships and life-changing opportunities in education, coaching, and friendship; challenging students to think, love, and pray more.
Our vision is to impact individuals and transform lives to create Jesus-centered communities.
Core Values
Transformative Relationships
Connection, Modeling, Community
Transformative Habits
Worship, Prayer, Word of God
Transformative Actions
Serve, Pray, Speak Truth
Doctrinal Statements
SECTION I – THE PERSON OF GOD
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 4:6; Genesis 1:26; Matthew 28:19; John 1:1)
FATHER:
We believe God the Father is eternal, omniscient, omnipresent, and
omnipotent. God is absolutely holy, righteous, and just. His love, grace, mercy,
and justice were manifested in the atoning death of His only begotten Son on
Calvary, giving to all who believe salvation through faith. (Isaiah 9:6;
Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 147:5; Psalm 139:2-4, 7-10; Psalm 62:11; Exodus
15:11; Psalm 36:6; John 3:16; Romans 5:6-10)
SON:
We believe in the absolute deity of our Lord Jesus Christ and the absolute
humanity of our Lord through His virgin birth. We believe in the perfectly sinless
life of our Lord though tempted at all points in His humanity. We believe in His
vicarious sufferings and atoning death through His shed blood, His bodily
resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal
return in glory and power. (John 1:11; Acts 2:22; John 1:14; Matthew 1:18-25;
Hebrews 4:15; Isaiah 53:4-6; 1 Corinthians 15:3-5; Acts 2:22-23; Ephesians 1:20
22; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:16)
THE HOLY SPIRIT:
We believe the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, who convicts
the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment. He is the agent of God in
the regeneration of the lost. He is the gift of Christ to the church indwelling all
believers, sealing them in the body of Christ unto the day of redemption. He is
the divine teacher who guides believers into all truth. He imparts the gifts of the
Spirit as found in Scripture. (John 16:6-15; Titus 3:5-7; John 14:17; John 15:26;
Romans 8:11; Ephesians 1:13; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11)
SECTION 2 – THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be verbally inspired
of God and are the revelation of God to man, inerrant and infallible in their original
writing. They are the supreme and final authority for faith and practice. (2 Timothy 3:16;
2 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Peter 3:16)
SECTION 3 – MAN
We believe that man was originally created in the image of God, but the entire
race of man was separated from God through sin. We believe no man can reconcile
himself to God. Therefore, man remains separated from God until he is regenerated,
through faith in Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit. (Genesis 3:24; Romans 3:23; Romans 3:9-12;
Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 5:1,10-11; 2 Corinthians 5:17-19)
SECTION 4 – SATAN
We believe that Satan is the author of sin and the instigator of the fall of man. He
has been defeated by the finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ on Calvary, and he and
his angels will be punished eternally at the coming of Christ. (Genesis 3:17; Colossians
2:14-15; John 12:31-33; Revelation 20:10)
SECTION 5 – SIN
We believe sin is every lack of conformity to the will of God or transgression of
the law of God. Sin is manifest in the selfishness, rebellion, and total depravity of man’s
attitude, conduct, and behavior before God and man. (James 4:17; Romans 14:32; 1 John
3:4; 1 John 5:17; Romans 3:9-18; Ephesians 2:1-3)
SECTION 6 – SALVATION
We believe salvation to be the whole counsel of God, and it is the gift of God by
grace, received through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. This faith is manifested in
works pleasing to God. (1 Peter 1:3-12; Ephesians 2:8-10)
SECTION 7 – THE KINGDOM OF GOD
We believe the Kingdom of God to be God’s right to rule, which was prophesied
through the law and prophets, and came to fulfillment in Jesus Christ. We believe Jesus
to be the King in the Kingdom, which is working for consummation at the end of this age.
(Mark 1:14; Matthew 12:28; Luke 11:20; Luke 17:20-21; Revelations 19:11-16; 1
Corinthians 15:20-28; Revelation 11:15)
SECTION 8 – HEAVEN AND HELL
We believe that heaven is the throne of God manifested in His Kingdom on this
earth. Hell is a literal place of eternal separation from God for those who are not
redeemed. (Isaiah 66:1; Acts 7:49; Matthew 6:10; Luke 16:19-31; Revelations 20:11-15)
SECTION 9 – SACRAMENTS
A sacrament is a formal act that is sacred as a sign or symbol of a spiritual reality,
which was instituted or recognized by our Lord Jesus Christ.
BAPTISM
Water baptism, the immersion of the believer, is a visible testimony to the
work of regeneration and a mark of identification and union with Christ. It is an
appeal to God for a good conscience, hence should be administered to those
who, by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, have realized the forgiveness of their sins
and have the assurance of acceptance with God, having turned from their past
lives to follow Jesus. (Acts 2:41; 1 Peter 3:21; Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38)
SECTION 10 – HOLINESS
God demands that His people be holy, as He is holy. His holiness is produced in
us, His people, by the Holy Spirit, as we believe and obey His Word. (1 Peter 1:2, 13-16)
SECTION 11 – MARRIAGE AND HUMAN SEXUALITY
We affirm as a church the biblical definition of marriage as between one man
(husband) and one woman (wife) to be the only acceptable definition of marriage. God
has designed sexuality to be expressed only within such a marriage. While we believe
this defines the biblical standard of marriage and sexual expression, we also affirm that
we are called to minister to all who fall short of God’s standards with love and
compassion. (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4-6; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11)