Key Point: We believe our vision and mission describe a biblical local-global church and hold that our 13 Essentials further describe the distinctive characteristics of such a church.

1. Expositional Preaching (Nehemiah 8:8; 2 Timothy 4:2-5)
2. Biblical Theology (Titus 2:1; Acts 20:27)
3. Biblical Understanding of Prayer (Ps 66:18-19; 1 Jn 1:9; 5:14-15; 1 Thess 5:17; Phil 4:6-7; Mt 6:9-13)
4. Biblical Understanding of the Gospel (1 Cor 15:1-4; Rom 3:21-26; 8:29)
5. Biblical Understanding of Conversion (John 1:12, 3:5-8; Acts 2:37; Mt 7:21; 2 Pet 1:3; Titus 3:5; Acts 16:14; Rom 10:17)
6. Biblical Understanding of Evangelism (2 Cor 7:10; Rom 1:16; 1 Pet 3:15; 2 Tim 2:24-26)