our beliefs

Emmanuel Church is a mission of the Presbyterian Church in America. Along with the truths affirmed by our affiliate denomination, we believe that:

• The Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God.
  
• There is One God, eternal and self-existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  
• All mankind fell with Adam from his original sinless state and are thus dead in sin and enslaved by it.
  
• The Father, in His infinite love and mercy, has chosen sinners from every nation to be redeemed by the Holy Spirit, through the atoning death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ.
  
• Those whom the Spirit makes alive, come to believe in Christ as Savior by the Word of God, are born again, become sons of God, are joined to Christ's Church, and persevere to the end.
  
• Justification (right standing with God) is by faith, through which, the undeserving sinner is clothed with the righteousness of Christ.
  
• The goal of God's salvation in the life of the Christian is worship, holiness, and service for the glory of God.
  
• At death the Christian's soul passes immediately into God's presence, to enjoy Him forever.
  
• Baptism and the Lord's Supper are the New Testament sacraments for the Church. They are signs and seals of God's covenant with believers and their children, as well as those who come to trust in Christ as adults.
  
• The Good News of God's salvation in Jesus Christ will be proclaimed by the Church, in the power of the Holy Spirit, with the nations discipled, before the return of Jesus Christ.