About Us

We believe in one God, the sovereign Creator & Sustainer of all things

Who Are We?

Founded in the late 1800s and situated in the beautiful Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, we are a congregation of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Presbytery of the New River. We are evangelical in our zeal for the gospel, as well as missions, and living obediently as followers of Jesus. We commit ourselves to loving God and each other, and not engaging in quarrels and strife. Our desire is to be an outpost of the Kingdom with every member viewing himself or herself as a missionary on a mission.

What We Believe

We believe in one God, the sovereign Creator and Sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit; Who suffered and died on a cross to save mankind from sin; and Who was resurrected from the dead so that all who believe in Him will have the gift of everlasting life. We believe in the infallible and inspired Word of God—the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments—which is a complete and unified witness to God’s redemptive acts. The Bible, uniquely and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, is the supreme and final authority on all matters on which it speaks.

Leadership Team

The leadership of our church consists of spiritually mature elders elected on a regular basis by our congregation (the “Session”). We are guided and helped by our pastor, who responded 17 years ago to the call of the Holy Spirit to serve our congregation.

	Terry Collins	Pastor
	Cindy Joyce	Elder, Clerk of Session
	Hersie McMillian	Elder
	Earl Collins	Elder
	Ronald Nunn	Elder
	Carol Jessup	Elder
	Kim Gravely	Elder, Assistant Treasurer
	Melanie Warden	Treasurer

The Essentials of Our Faith

We believe in one God, the sovereign Creator and Sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. To Him be all honor, glory and praise forever!

Jesus Christ, the living Word, became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. He who is true God became true man united in one Person forever. He died on the cross a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. On the third day He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He now is our High Priest and Mediator.

The Holy Spirit has come to glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to our hearts. He convicts us of sin and draws us to the Savior. Indwelling our hearts, He gives new life to us, empowers and imparts gifts to us for service. He instructs and guides us into all truth, and seals us for the day of redemption.

Being estranged from God and condemned by our sinfulness, our salvation is wholly dependent upon the work of God’s free grace. God credits His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, thereby justifies them in His sight. Only such as are born of the Holy Spirit and receive Jesus Christ become children of God and heirs of eternal life.

The true Church is composed of all persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit are united together in the body of Christ. The Church finds her visible, yet imperfect, expression in local congregations where the Word of God is preached in its purity and the sacraments are administered in their integrity; where scriptural discipline is practiced, and where loving fellowship is maintained. For her perfecting, she awaits the return of her Lord.

Jesus Christ will come again to the earth—personally, visibly, and bodily—to judge the living and the dead, and to consummate history and the eternal plan of God. “Even so, come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20).

The Lord Jesus Christ commands all believers to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world and to make disciples of all nations. Obedience to the Great Commission requires total commitment to “Him who loved us and gave Himself for us.” He calls us to a life of self-denying love and service. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).

These Essentials are set forth in greater detail in the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms, which is our confessional standard.