The first person of the Trinity orders and directs all things according to His purpose and pleasure. He has created humanity to bring Him glory and honor, through His grace. While He is transcendent, He is also actively involved in His creation—offering an eternal relationship with us through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Matthew 6:9; John 5:19-24; Ephesians 1:3-6; 2:1-10

Jesus Christ is both the eternal Son of God and virgin-born Son of man. Fully God, fully man, He surrendered nothing of His deity during His earthly life. His sinless, sacrificial offering on the cross satisfied the Father’s justice, offering atonement for all of humanity’s sins for all time. We believe in His bodily resurrection, His physical ascension, and His visible return back to earth to establish His earthly kingdom.
John 1:14-18; Colossians 1:15-20

The Holy Spirit executes the will of God in this world through humanity by leading, guiding, filling, teaching, and convicting. The Holy Spirit is not merely an impersonal force, but is a person, displaying the qualities of personhood (intellect, emotions, and will). The Holy Spirit equips believers upon conversion by giving them gifts to be used for the building up of the church and by bearing fruit through their yielded lives.
John 16:7-11; Galatians 5:22-25; Ephesians 1:13-14; Ephesians 2:10 

We are created in the image of God, designed to enjoy an intimate relationship with Him and one another, fulfilling His will here on earth. Through Adam and Eve’s willful sin in the garden, sin entered the world and has infected all of humanity. Due to our inherent sinful nature received from our father Adam, we are separated from God, spiritually dead, and destined for physical death and an eternity removed from God.
Genesis 1-3; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 5:12-21; Ephesians 2:1-3

Jesus Christ died for our sins as the only sufficient sacrifice, offering atonement for the sin of all mankind through His death, burial, and resurrection. While salvation is available to all, it is only experienced by those who receive His gracious gift by faith, apart from works. As a result of our new relationship with God through His Son, Jesus, we are called to a life of submission to the Holy Spirit, manifesting spiritual fruit, and walking in good works that God has prepared beforehand for us to do.
John 1:12; John 3:16; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Galatians 3:26; Ephesians 1:7, 2:8-9; Hebrews 10:10-14; 1 John 5:11-13

Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead and a sign of his readiness to be welcomed into the family of faith.
Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; Acts 2:41-42; Acts 8:35-39; Romans 6:3-5; Colossians 2:12

We believe every word in the original writings is inspired by God and is without error. The Word of God reveals God’s nature and will for all of humanity and is to be the foundation of faith and practice. We affirm that while God’s Word is accurate in all matters, it is not given as an end in and of itself, but rather a means to a relationship with God.
John 17:17; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12; 2 Peter 1:20-21

All who place their faith in God through His Son, Jesus Christ, are a part of the universal body of believers known as the Church. The purpose of the local church is to lead people to Christ and bring them to maturity in Him. Members of the local church are to live lives in humble submission to other Spirit-led believers and to the God-appointed leaders of the church. TGC is an autonomous local assembly led by Jesus Christ, who directs as the head of this body through a team of appointed elders.
Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 2:41- 47; 1 Corinthians 12-14; Ephesians 2:19-22; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; Hebrews 10:24-25

At the end of all things, God promises to make all things new. He invites us, His followers, to join Him in this work of renewal on earth. The signs of His kingdom coming are salvation, joy, peace, justice, God’s presence, belonging, and healing.
Isaiah 9:6-7; Luke 4:18-19; Romans 14:17; Revelation 21:5