There is one God, who exists eternally in three persons: The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. These three are distinct, co-eternal and co-equal with each other, yet still one. This is the doctrine of God's nature, called the Trinity. While the word "Trinity" is not found in scripture, the evidence of it can be found all throughout. (I John 5:7; Genesis 1:26; Matthew 3:16-17, 28:19; Luke 1:35; Isaiah 9:6; Hebrews 3:7-11).
Jesus Christ is God, the Son, the Messiah, promised from the very first page of Scripture. He is the second person of the Trinity. On earth, Jesus was fully God and fully man. He was born of a virgin, and was the only man ever to live a sinless life. He performed miracles, died on the cross for mankind and atoned for our sins through the shedding of His blood. On the third day, He rose from the dead according to the Scriptures. He ascended to Heaven where He sits in authority at the right hand of the Father. He will return again in power and glory. (John 1:1,14, 20:28; I Timothy 3:16; Isaiah 9:6; Philippians 2:5-6; I Timothy 2:5).
The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Holy Trinity. He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He is the one who indwells us, regenerates us, and baptizes believers into the body of Christ. He is the seal of our assured redemption. Scripture says that the Holy Spirit comforts us, teaches us all things, gives us spiritual gifts, reminds us of everything Jesus has spoken, and leads us into all truth (John 14; 16:8–11; 2 Cor. 3:6; 1 Cor.12:12–14; Rom. 8:9; Eph. 5:18).
The Holy Bible is the infallible, inspired, inerrant and authoritative Word of God. It is the final authority in determining all doctrinal truths. (2 Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:20-21; Proverbs 30:5; Romans 16:25-26).
The fall of man in the Garden of Eden, caused separation between God and all people. This left mankind hopeless and in danger of eternal damnation. God in His love, not wanting anyone to perish, sent Jesus Christ, the Messiah, into the world. The sacrificial death of Jesus, and His blood shed on the cross, is the only way of salvation providing the forgiveness of sin. Salvation occurs when people place their faith in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ as the once and for all atonement (payment) for their sin. Salvation is a gift from God, and it cannot be earned through any self-effort. We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ; His death, burial, and resurrection. Salvation is a gift from God, not a result of our good works or of any human effort (Ephesians 2:8-9; Galatians 2:16, 3:8; Titus 3:5; Romans 10:9-10; Acts 16:31; Hebrews 9:22).
God created Man (Imago Dei) in His own image and likeness. Adam and Eve transgressed God's command in the garden, bringing sin and death upon all mankind. Redemption back to our original state and connection to God can only be accomplished through Jesus Christ, the Son of God and His finished work on the cross. (Genesis 1:26-31, 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-21).
The Church. contrary to what most of us were taught, is both the local and worldwide community of believers who acknowledge Jesus as their Savior. It is not a building, or even a structure, but the people who make up the body of Christ. The mission of the Church, empowered by the Holy Spirit, is to fulfill the commission that Jesus gave us in Matthew 28:19, which is to spread the Gospel to the whole world. Within our individual church, we gather every week on Sundays and in small groups during the week to worship, pray, grow and to strengthen and support each other. (Matthew 16:13-18; Acts 2:42-47; Ephesians 1:22, 2:19-22; Hebrews 12:23; John 17:11, 20-23).
Following salvation through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, new believers are commanded by the Word of God to be baptized in water in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38; Mark 16:16; Acts 8:12, 36-38; 10:47-48 )
In His final moments with his disciples, the Lord broke bread (representing His body) and sipped from a cup of grape juice or wine (representing His blood). He commanded them and all future believers that as often as we partake of the cup and the bread, that we are to do it in rememberance of Him and His sacrifice on the cross. (Matthew 26:26-29; I Corinthians 10:16, 11:23-25).
Jesus Christ will return to earth for the second time, visibly to all, to establish His Kingdom. While prophesied in the Scriptures, there is no date given for this event to occur. Scripture also says that it is appointed unto men once to die and after this life, the judgement. Unbelievers will be judged by God and eternally separated from Him and tormented in the lake of fire. Believers will spend eternity with God in a conscious state of bliss praising Him for all eternity for the victory of overcoming this life; they will enter into eternal blessing to inhabit the place He has gone to prepare for them. (Matthew 25:41; Mark 9:43-48; Hebrews 9:27; Revelation 14:9-11, 20:12-15, 21:1-5; Matthew 24:30, 26:63-64; Acts 1:9-11; I Thessalonians 4:15-17; II Thessalonians 1:7-8; Revelation 1:7).