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Below is a fairly extensive statement of belief. If you'd prefer something short and sweet, you can check out the statement of faith all churches in Converge Worldwide share (a network of churches to which we belong). If you have any questions, feel free to shoot our staff an email.

The Word of God: We believe that the Bible, containing the 39 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament, is the whole and sufficient, inspired word of God. We believe God’s Word was written by human authors under the supernatural inspiration of the Holy Spirit. This work is the supreme, unalterable, inerrant authority in all matters of faith and conduct. (See Psalm 119:105, 160; Proverbs 30:5; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21)

The Triune God: We believe that there is one living and true God who is the Creator and Ruler of all that exists. We believe that God has eternally existed in three distinct persons, and that these persons are equal in every divine perfection (such as: omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, eternality, infinitude, immutability, and possessing a perfect foreknowledge of all events). We believe that each person – The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit- are equally deserving of worship and obedience, that they work in differentiate agency, yet in concert with one another to achieve God’s plan of salvation. (See Genesis 1:1; Numbers 23:19; Deuteronomy 6:4, 33:27; Psalm 90:2, 139:2; Isaiah 43:10-11, 44:6-8, 45:5-6,18; Hosea 11:9; Malachi 3:16; Matthew 1:20-23, 3:16-17, 28:19; John 1:1-3; Titus 3:4-7; Hebrews 9:14; James 1:17; 1 Peter 1:1-2)

God the Father: We believe in God the Father, creator of the world, an infinite, personal spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power and love. Though He is the transcendent creator of all things, He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of humankind, hearing and answering our prayers, and saving all from sin and spiritual death who would come to Him though Jesus Christ. (See Genesis 1:1; Matthew 5:48, 10:32-33; Mark 11:25; John 1:14, John 4:23-24, 15:16, Ephesians 3:8-9)

God the Son: We believe that Jesus Christ is God’s Son, begotten not made. He is the Eternal Word, coequal, coeternal and consubstantial with the Father and Holy Spirit. We believe that the Father created all things through His Son, Jesus Christ, by whom all things continue in existence. The Eternal Son was made flesh, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary; He lived a sinless life, performed miracles and offered Himself as the perfect atoning sacrifice for the sins of the world by dying on the cross. We believe that in the incarnation, Christ surrendered nothing of His divine nature while accepting all the essential characteristics of humanity. We believe in His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into Heaven, perpetual intercession for His people, and His future, personal and visible return to the earth to reign as Kings of Kings and Lord of Lords. We also believe that the eternal Son is the one through whom God will judge all humankind. (See Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 1:22-23; John 1:1-5, 14, 5:22-23; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Corinthians 15:3-5; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Colossians 1:15-17, 2:9, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Titus 2:13-14; Hebrews 1:1-3, 7:25, 9:27-28)

God the Spirit: We believe that the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal, and consubstantial with the Father and the Son, proceeds from the Father and Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgement. We believe that each person who trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ for their salvation is baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit. The Spirit lives in every Christian from the moment of salvation; regenerating them, sanctifying them, and giving to each member of Christ’s body power for living by bestowing upon the believer a spiritual gift. We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Christian’s abiding helper, teacher and guide. (See Genesis 1:2; John 14:16-17, 16:7-13; Romans 8:9, 15:16; 1 Corinthians 3:16, 12:7, 12:11; 2 Corinthians 1:21-22; Ephesians 1:13-14, 5:18)

Human Beings: We believe that all people are created in God’s image and matter deeply to Him. Through the sin of Adam, human nature has been corrupted. Further, each person has turned away from our Maker, and is guilty of sin, and thus under condemnation of spiritual death, both by nature and choice. However, the central message of the Bible is that God loves humankind, and gracefully invites each person to live in communion with Himself and in community with each other. We believe death seals the eternal destiny of each person. At the final judgement, unbelievers will be separated from God into condemnation and believers will be received into God’s loving presence where they will dwell with Him for eternity. (See Genesis 1:27; Isaiah 53:6; Matthew 25:31-34; Romans 3:23-24, 5:12, 6:23; Hebrews 9:27-28)

Salvation and Regeneration: We believe that all men are sinners by nature and by choice, and are therefore under condemnation before the Holy and Just God. All people who hear the good news of the gospel, are convicted of sin, trust in Jesus Christ as the sole means of salvation and eternal life, and choose to submit to the Lordship of Christ are supernaturally given new life by the Holy Spirit who indwells them. Regeneration occurs instantly as the repentant sinner responds in faith to the divine provision of salvation. This provision is commonly called “the gospel,” and is an act accomplished wholly of God by grace on the basis of the redemption of Jesus Christ, not on the basis of human merit or works. (See Psalm 51:4-5; John 3:3; Romans 3:23-26; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 1:13-14, 2:8-10; Titus 3:4-7)

Justification: We believe that justification before God is an act of God by which he declares righteous those who trust in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus on the cross for their salvation. This act of God takes place apart from any virtue of man, and involves the placing of our sin, and our cursedness before God upon Christ, and the placing of Christ’s righteousness on us. (See Romans 3:25-26, 8:33, 10:9-10; 2 Corinthians 5:21, 7:10; 1 Peter 2:24)

Sanctification: We believe that at salvation every believer is fully justified before God, and is therefore declared to be holy. By the work of the Spirit indwelling man, believers are brought closer to the likeness of Christ through obedience to the Word of God. In essence, as each follower of Jesus grows closer to the example of living He gave us, we grow closer to the holy status we have been given. (See 1 Corinthians 1:2-3, 6:11; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 1:21-23; Philippians 2:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4; Hebrews 10:10)

The Church: We believe in the universal Church; a living spiritual body of which Christ is the head and regenerated persons are members. The local church is a congregation of believers who gather for worship, prayer, instruction, encouragement, mutual accountability, and community. We believe that God has given the church the task of bringing the gospel of Jesus Christ to a lost world; making disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything our Lord Jesus commanded. (See Matthew 28:19-20; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20, 11:2; Ephesians 4:15-16, 5:23; Colossians 1:18; Hebrews 10:24-25)

The Last Things: We believe in the personal and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ and the establishment of His kingdom. We believe in the resurrection of the body, the final eternal judgment unto life for the believer and death for the unbeliever. We believe that each individual will exist eternally either separated from God by sin in Hell, or in communion with God by His grace through the forgiveness of our sins. (See Matthew 24:30-31, 25:31-32; John 3:16; Acts 1:10-11; Romans 8:17; 1 Corinthians 15:42-44; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; 1 Peter 1:3-5; Revelation 20:12-15)

Eternal Security: We believe that each true believer will persevere to the end, standing firm in the faith. Every member of Christ’s true church can have full assurance of faith, knowing that our salvation and eternal inheritance is upheld by God’s faithfulness and power; not by human frailty. (See Matthew 10:22; Romans 8:38-39; 2 Corinthians 1:21-22; 1 Peter 1:3-5; Hebrews 5:9, 6:17-20, 7:25)

The Ordinances: We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has committed two ordinances to the Church: baptism and the Lord’s Supper. We believe that Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water into the name of the Triune God. Baptism is an outward sign of the inward putting to death of the old life of sin, and rising to new life in Christ. We believe that the Lord’s Supper was instituted by Christ for the commemoration of the new covenant He established by His death on the cross. These two practices should be observed and administered until the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. (See Matthew 28:19; Luke 22:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Acts 2:38; Romans 6:3-5; Galatians 3:27)