Our Mission

To offer hope through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ to all individuals so that each can experience love, acceptance and restoration 

by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Our Strategy

To reach into the community to lead people to Jesus Christ, disciple or 

teach them basic Christian truths, support them through their own spiritual journey, help them deepen their commitment to Christ, allow them to get involved in ministries of the church and reach out to others around them. 

We accomplish these tasks through the ministries of prayer, service, outreach, friendship, teaching and by honoring God through our worship.

What We Believe

The Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God.  It contains all the necessary truth to lead men and women into salvation and life to its fullest.

God, of infinite power, wisdom, goodness and righteousness, eternally exists in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  These three are identical in their qualities and attributes.

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin, Mary.  Jesus was both fully God and fully man.  The purpose for Him coming to earth as a man was to restore our relationship to God, which is broken by sin.  He was crucified, buried and rose after three days to His divine place, once again, to intercede for the body of believers to God.

The Holy Spirit is the Divine Person who convicts the world of sin, brings new life to those who are spiritually dead and places all believers into God's church, which is the Body of Christ.  It is He who lives within us, giving us the power to live a holy life and guiding us into all truth.

Man was created in the image and likeness of God in innocence and without sin, but because Adam sinned the race "fell", inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God.  Man, in himself, is not capable of remedying his sinful condition.

Salvation is the gift of God's grace, freely given to all who put their faith in Jesus Christ as being the sacrifice for their sin.  All who so trust Christ as their Savior are forgiven of their sins and "born" into the family of God by the renewing work of the Holy Spirit.

Sanctification is the point in life when a believer renounces the desire to live for self and desires to live totally for the glory of God.  The believer is then empowered by the Holy Spirit, making him or her able to live a life of holiness.  This does not mean perfection of the believer, but purity of heart, soul and mind.

Gifts of the Spirit are spiritual gifts given by the Holy Spirit to all believers for the purpose of building up the Body of Christ (the Church) and bringing glory to God.  The gifts are to be used in love and emphasize the need for unity.

Ordinances are specific commands that Jesus gave that were carried out "for all time" until His return.  

There are three ordinances: the Baptism, Lord's supper and Footwashing.  

Baptism is an outward act symbolizing salvation and a cleansing of sin.  

At First Church we baptize by immersion in water.  

The Lord's Supper is received in remembrance of Jesus’ death for our sins.  The bread represents His body and the wine His blood.  

Footwashing is an act of obedience, servanthood and humility.

The Second Coming of Jesus is a personal return of Christ to receive His believers into Heaven and to inherit eternal life.  Those that have not accepted Jesus as their personal Savior will be judged with perfect justice and doomed to an everlasting punishment.  

The time of His return is unknown to humans, but it may occur at any time.  This is the glorious  hope of all God's children.