The Little Church in the Vale is a Gospel-driven, Christ-centered congregation. We hold to the historic Christian faith as expressed in the Scriptures and summarized in the great confessions of the Reformed tradition.
Scripture
We believe that the Bible, consisting of sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, is the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God. Scripture alone is the supreme authority in all matters of faith and life.
2 Timothy 3:16–17 · 2 Peter 1:20–21
God
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — equal in power and glory. God is holy, sovereign, omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things.
Deuteronomy 6:4 · Matthew 28:19 · 2 Corinthians 13:14
Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, the eternal Son of God who took on human flesh, was born of the virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, died on the cross as a substitutionary atonement for sinners, rose bodily from the dead on the third day, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will return in glory to judge the living and the dead.
John 1:1, 14 · Isaiah 53 · 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity, fully divine, who convicts the world of sin, regenerates sinners, indwells and sanctifies believers, and empowers the Church for witness and service.
John 16:8–11 · Romans 8:9–17 · Acts 1:8
Salvation
We believe that all people are sinners by nature and deed, deserving God's just wrath. Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. God graciously regenerates, justifies, and sanctifies all who trust in Christ, keeping them secure in His love unto final glorification.
Ephesians 2:1–10 · Romans 3:21–26 · John 10:27–29
The Church
We believe in the one holy, catholic, and apostolic Church — the whole number of the elect, gathered and perfected under Christ's headship. The local church is a company of professing believers, organized under biblical leadership, practicing the preaching of the Word and the administration of baptism and the Lord's Supper as Christ ordained.
Ephesians 1:22–23 · Matthew 16:18 · Acts 2:42
Last Things
We believe in the personal, bodily, and visible return of Jesus Christ. At His return, the dead will be raised — the righteous to eternal life in God's presence, the unrighteous to eternal condemnation. God will make all things new, establishing His Kingdom in a new heaven and new earth.
1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 · Revelation 20–22 · John 5:28–29