Faith Statement

The Bible

We believe that the whole of Scripture is the divinely inspired written word of God. From Genesis to Revelation, the “Old Testament” and “New Testament” together are sufficient and supreme, complete, and without error in their original manuscripts. They are fully trustworthy and solely authoritative for every area of the believer’s life.

God

We believe in the One True Eternal God—the God of Israel—perfect and holy, who is the Creator of everything, and who has revealed Himself to us through His creation generally and through His written word specifically. We believe that the Father is known only through the Son—Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah, the Word of God who became flesh—and that we are enlightened to His truth by the Holy Spirit.

Man

We believe that man was created by God in His image, for His glory, but that because of man’s own sin, he is incapable of turning to God for salvation apart from unmerited favor (grace). Without redemption, the price for that sin is death, including eternal punishment and destruction in a literal hell, and separation from God forever.

Israel

We believe that God, therefore, in His great compassion and love, established a plan to save and reconcile mankind to Himself. To that end, He chose and set apart the people of Israel—the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob: the Jewish people—as a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. God has called Israel with an irrevocable call, and promised that they would be a blessing to all the families of the earth, for the sake of restoring humanity to their Creator. The Jewish people—including Jews who follow Yeshua as Messiah—remain God’s uniquely treasured people Israel, with whom He continues today to keep all of His covenants.

Salvation

We believe that God, as promised in His covenants with Israel, and in fulfillment of His salvation plan, brought forth through the Jewish people the one Mediator between Himself and man, Yeshua the Messiah. We believe that faith in Yeshua is the only way for everyone—Jew or Gentile—to return or be brought near to God, to be forgiven for all their sins, to be made right before God, to be born again, to receive salvation, and to be given the free gift of eternal life.

Yeshua (Jesus)

We believe that Yeshua is God’s one and only Son—that He is fully human, fully God, and One with the Father. We believe in His sinless life, in His miracles, and in His sacrificial death, which paid the price through His blood to redeem us from our sins. We believe in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His once and for all atonement, and in His promised return.

New Life

We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells the believer—sealing, renewing, convicting and empowering him—so that he may turn from his sins and walk in newness of life. We believe that, by His Spirit, God sets believers apart from the world to lead a holy and godly life according to His will and His word. He unites us into Yeshua’s Called-Forth (ekklesia, “Church”)—the spiritual Body of Messiah upon the earth—for the collective building up of one another for those within, and for the bold proclamation of Yeshua to those without.

Abortion, Sex & Marriage

We believe in the sanctity of all human life, from the moment of conception until its natural end. We believe that God created us male and female, and that gender is therefore an unchangeable, God-given attribute. We believe that one man and one woman is the basis of and only acceptable form of marriage, and that any intimate relations outside the context of biblical marriage is sin.

The Future

We believe in the coming salvation of all Israel, the physical return of Yeshua, the resurrection of the dead, the judgment of all mankind, the new heaven and new earth, and the end of the age, when the righteous in Yeshua will praise and glorify God in His very presence forever.