What We Believe
at TDP
Our Beliefs
Statement of Faith
We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as verbally inspired by God, inerrant in the original writings, and that they are of supreme and final authority in matters of Faith and Life.
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
We believe in the absolute Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, truly God, truly Man.
We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.
We believe God provided salvation by giving His own Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to take the sinner's place, and make salvation freely available to all.
We believe in the Resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord; in His ascension into Heaven, and in His present life there for us as High Priest and Advocate.
We believe baptism is the command to every Christian to follow Christ in believer's baptism by immersion.
We believe that every Christian should live a life and have a testimony that is pleasing to the Lord Jesus Christ, a life that will not bring reproach to His Name.
We believe in the eternal security of the believer.
We believe in the physical return of Jesus Christ to earth.
TDP Theological Distinctives
We believe the Bible teaches that God created two complementary sexes of humans, male and female, to bear His image together (Gen. 1:27-28; Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6). This distinction in gender represents an essential characteristic of personhood and reflects an essential part of being created in God’s image. As outlined in Scripture, we therefore believe that men and women are absolutely equal in essence, dignity and value and are complementary by divine design.
Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely and clearly contrary to biblical values. We recognize abortion, as any other sin, where God can forgive, heal and restore our hearts and relationships.
It is also important to recognize that our church supports a womb to the tomb mentality where we aim to provide support for all of God’s children in all phases of their lives.
The idea of the traditional family structure is to mirror God’s principles and plan for humanity and our church desires to support this important family structure. We support biblical marriage and gender roles and also support those who have been called by God to a ministry of singleness.
We affirm that the gospel empowers Christians to live in accord with the biblical vision for gender and sexuality taught in Genesis. (Gen. 1:27)