An Evangelical Christian
Baptized in the Methodist Church
Married with 5 children and 4 Grandchildren
Education: College Graduate with degrees in Civil
Engineering and Computer Science
Day Job: Computer Aid Design and Drafting Specialist
Religious Affiliation: Evangelical Christian
Avocation: Christian education teacher and Bible study
leader
Statement
of Faith:
I affirm the historic Christian Faith and proclaim the
life-transforming Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- The
one living God, who eternally exists in three Persons: the Father, the Son
and the Holy Spirit.
- God
uniquely revealed and inspired the Bible, so that it alone is God’s Word
written, hence the Holy Scriptures are the only inerrant authority for
what I believe about God’s moral law, salvation from sin and how we should
live.
- I
believe in the original sin of Adam and Eve and in our continued sin of
failing to love God with our whole heart and also our failure to love our
neighbors. We are slaves to sin
and are alienated from God and each other.
- Jesus’
death in our place reconciles us to God.
His atoning sacrifice provided redemption from the power of sin,
forgiveness for our guilt, and reconciliation to Himself and others. We become acceptable to God, or
justified, not by works, but by God’s grace alone, through faith in Christ
alone. I believe in the deity of Jesus
Christ, His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, and death on the cross
to provide for my redemption, His bodily resurrection and ascension into
heaven, His present intercession for me with the Father, and His imminent
return to earth in power and glory.
- The
Holy Spirit draws sinners to repentance, belief in the Gospel and trust in
the risen Christ. The Holy Spirit
assures us of salvation, gives us gifts for servanthood and empowers us to
meet the needs of others.