We affirm the virgin birth of Jesus Christ as the divine means by which the Son of God entered the world and assumed human nature. Conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, Christ's birth was a supernatural act of God that made possible the union of full deity and full humanity in one Person. The virgin birth therefore stand as the historical and theological foundation of the incarnation and the hypostatic union.
Virgin Birth
Trinity
We believe in one eternal God who exists in three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each person is fully God, sharing the same divine nature, yet each is personally distinct. The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, but they are not the same person. The fulness of the Godhead dwells in Jesus Christ. Together they are one God in three persons.
In the incarnation, the eternal Son of God assumed the fullness of human nature and entered history as Jesus Christ. He did not merely appear human or temporarily wear humanity; He truly became man while remaining fully God. In the hypostatic union, the divine and human natures are united in one Person forever. Christ's humanity is not reducible to His physical body alone but to His participation in the fullness of human nature itself– allowing Him to remain truly human even during His intermediate state between death and resurrection. Because the Son truly became man, His physical body could bear the sins of the world on the cross, and because He remains both God and man, He now eternally serves as our High Priest after the order of Melchizedek.
Incarnation
Biblical truth is not a collection of disconnected ideas, but a single thread woven throughout Scripture
We affirm that all Scripture is God-breathed and delivered through a supernatural process. Because God cannot lie or err, the Bible in its original writings is wholly true in everything it affirms. For this reason, Scripture stands as the final authority for faith, doctrine, and life.
Tracing The Thread of Our Faith
Inspired Word
Hymns are not merely a stylistic preference but a biblical expression of congregational worship. Scripture commands the gathered church to sing truth together, using psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs so that the Word of Christ may dwell richly among believers (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16). In this way, singing becomes more than music– it becomes a means of teaching, confessing, and celebrating the doctrines of the Christian faith. The earliest church itself expressed its theology through hymn-like passages such as Philippians 2:6-11 and Colossians 1:15-20, showing that worship through song has always been deeply connected to proclaiming the person and work of Christ.
Within the Wesleyan tradition, this commitment to doctrinal singing was beautifully captured through the ministry of John and Charles Wesley. Charles Wesley alone composed over 9,000 hymns, many of which remain rich expressions of biblical theology and heartfelt devotion. For this reason, the continued use of hymns in our worship reflects not a commitment to tradition for tradition's sake, but a desire to remain faithful to the biblical pattern of singing truth together as the people of God.
In short, our use of hymns is not about being old-fashioned––it is about being biblical.
Doctrine of sinfulness of Man
Humanity is fallen, not by divine decree, but through the free rebellion of its own will.
Because of this fall, every person is born into a conditiion of sin, spiritually dead in trespasses and unable to save themselves from their own corruption. Scripture testifies that "there is non righteous, not even one" and that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Yet while humanity is powerless to redeem itself, it has not lost the ability to recognize its need for redemption. Like a man who cannot cure his own disease but can still cry out for a physician, fallen humanity remains capable of repentance and of turning to the Savior. therefore, salvation is not achieved by human effort nor determined by divine coercion, but received by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone.
Doctrine of Salvation by Grace Through Faith
Salvation is the gracious gift of God given to humanity through Jesus Christ. Because all people stand guilty before God and are incapable of establishing their own righteousness, redemption cannot be achieved through works, moral effort, or religious performance. Scripture teaches that we are saved by "grace through faith," and that this salvation is not of ourselves but is the gift of God. Faith is therefore not a work that earns salvation, but the means by which the believer recieves the righteousness of Christ. Those who trust in Him are justified before God and reconciled to Him, not on the basis of human merit, but solely on the basis of God's grace.