Who We Are

Rich Mullins said, "I believe what I believe is what makes me what I am." We agree.
So if you want to know who we are take a look at what we believe. This is what
drives us. This is what we want to grow in and pass down to the next generation:

We believe in One God, the Father, Creator of heaven and earth, neither limited by
space (omnipresent), nor limited by time, (eternal and omniscient-knowing all things
past, present, and future) and in His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, Himself fully divine, of
the same essence as the Father, through whom all things were made, and in the Holy
Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life, also fully divine, of the same essence as the Father.
We believe these three persons to be eternally and unchangeably one.
[Gen 1:1, Ps 139:7ff. Isa 46:9-10, John 1:1-3, Acts 5:3-4, Deut 6:4]
We believe in the Scripture of the Old and New Testaments as verbally inspired by
God, and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are of supreme and final
authority in faith and life.
[2 Tim 3:16, 2 Pet 1:21]
We believe that mankind was created in the image of God, male and female: that the
first man sinned, and since all are descended from him, all are dead in their sins and
in need of God's grace.
[Gen 1:26, Rom 5:12ff]
We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin
Mary and is true God and true man.
[Luke 1:34-35, John 1:14]
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ lived a righteous, sinless life as a representative
for us, and died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, as a substitutionary sacrifice;
and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His righteous life and
shed blood.
[Rom 3:21-26, Rom 5:18-19]
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.
[1 Cor 15:3ff, Acts 1:9, 1 John 2:1]
We believe that all who receive the grace of God through faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit, and thereby become children of God, and will
continue in that grace in constant dependence on the Holy Spirit, and therefore
should seek no secondary outpouring of the Spirit or second blessing such as
speaking in tongues.
[Rom 8:12-14, 2 Cor 3:18, Phil 1:6]
We believe in one holy Church, the Body of Christ and the Temple of the Holy Spirit,
made up of all believers in Jesus Christ, and that within this Body are many local
bodies. These local churches are recognized as churches by the loving fellowship of
their members, the teaching of right doctrine, the exercise of authority of church
leadership, and the right administration of Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
[1 Cor 12:13, Acts 2:42, Eph 4:4-5, 1 Cor 11:23]
We believe in that blessed hope, the personal, pre-millennial, and imminent return of
our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
[Titus 2:13, Rev 20:3, 5-6]
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust, the everlasting
blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting, conscious punishment of the lost.
[1 Thess 4:13-17, Rev 20:12-15]

A teacher is only as good as their audience thinks they are. Right or wrong, if
the student doesn't believe the teacher, they're not being taught. So while it's
possible to receive encouragement, say, from a sermon downloaded off the
internet, the best teaching comes from the people we know, love, and trust.
Our goal at EIBC is to provide the kinds of facilities and activities that build
relationships--whether it's our counselors building a relationship with your
child, or your youth/children's minister building a relationship with his/her
students. So if our goal is to be a tool in the hands of the Church to pass down
our faith to the next generation, meeting that goal requires two emphases:
program and facilities. That's why we have two full-time staff members: