When we say we are reformed, what we me is that we hold to a Calvinistic doctrine of salvation (TULIP), we practice according to the regulative principle of worship, and adhere to the 5 Solas of the Reformation.

T. Total Depravity

Mankind is corrupted by sin in all his faculties. This doesn’t mean that men and women are as evil as they could be, but rather that their head, heart, and mind have all been distorted by the wickedness of sin. The expression of this can vary from person to person based on God’s good pleasure and common grace.

U. Unconditional Election

God has, before time began, choses His elect according to His good pleasure and purposes for His glory. We do not know who these are, but we have certainty that they will be saved by the preaching of the Gospel. They are chosen by God not because of anything they would do in their life

L. Limited Atonement

Christ’s finished work of living a perfect life, dying on the cross, receiving the wrath from the Father is applied to those who God foreknew. Those who the Father calls by the Gospel will come to the Son and receive the free gift of grace by faith. This means that the atoning work of Christ is limited to those who believe, rather than universally applied to all people or that Christ died for the sins of those who would not choose Him and would still be subject to the Father’s wrath.

I. Irresistible Grace

The grace that God truly and freely offers is received by those that the Spirit of God has enlivened to its Truth. A person is regenerated upon hearing and receiving the Gospel. Apart from this work of the Spirit a person cannot receive the Good News. Nobody who has been illuminated by the Spirit chooses to reject the Truth of the Gospel.

P. Perseverance of the Saints

Those who the Father has chosen, the Son has paid for, and the Spirit has sealed will endure until the end. To put it one way, a born again believer will never lose their salvation. This is not, however, permission to sin. A believer will fight against sin, hate sin, and still fall into sin even temporarily, however the Father nor Son will ever lose them.

God’s people are called to be of “one mind”. Doctrine is one of the elements that bind us together as a church body. Churches vary some on what they believe and how they practice, we want to be upfront to establish and maintain unity, doctrinal clarity, and reliable expectations for church life. Our confession of sound doctrine comes form the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith. This faithfully summarizes sound doctrine on many key matters that facilitate harmony and flourishing in the church. In order to be a member of our church one must affirm this confession.

Our job was clear from Christ, to make disciples of all the nations. It is, therefore, the duty of every Christian to evangelize. Furthermore, we believe that it is the duty of the church to “go”, go into the public square, go to where the people are to convict of sin by the law and call people to repent and believer the Gospel. Every Christian is an evangelist.

According to the Puritans, the Christian life is not merely right doctrine, but also transformation. All of Christ for all of life. That means that we expect that our affections, actions, and attitudes are progressively formed into the likeness of Christ. True conversion is not merely right information but a total progressive sanctification of head, heart, and hands.

Life begins at conception. God, in His creational power, knits together a child in the womb of a mother and should be protected with equal protection. They are truly the least of these, the most vulnerable and require the greatest protection. They are also one of the most devastated people by abortion. We believer there is no justification ever for the murder of unborn children and that the church and the government should stand to defend the defenseless.