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Our Beliefs
At Grace Presbyterian Church we believe that the Bible alone is our final authority for what we believe and how we ought to live.
We are grateful to God for raising up men through the ages who have expounded and defended the truths of the bible.
One crucial point in history where God raised up people who would defend the teachings of the Bible was the Protestant Reformation of the 16th and 17th centuries. Like those in the Reformation, we understand that the Bible is God's inspired and inerrant word. He has given it as the final authority to teach and lead the church.
We believe that Jesus Christ is the only hope for humanity. His life, death, and resurrection is the only basis for being accepted by God. We believe that the only way that anyone can partake of Christ's work is through faith. Good works are done only out of gratitude for the salvation that Christ accomplished. They can do nothing to justify anyone in the sight of God. We believe that there is nothing within those who believe the gospel that moved God to provide salvation for them. The only reason God grants salvation to anyone is His own desire to glorify Himself by revealing His grace and mercy.
A more complete description of our beliefs can be found in the Westminster Confession of Faith and in its Larger and Shorter Catechisms.