What We Believe

We affirm the Holy Bible as the inspired Word of God and the basis for our beliefs. This church subscribes to the doctrinal statement of The Baptist Faith and Message as adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention in 1963. We voluntarily band ourselves together as a body of Baptized Believers in Christ Jesus, personally committed to sharing the Good News of Salvation to lost mankind.

This is “what we believe” about:

• Article 1: The Scriptures- “The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man.” ………
• Article 2: God- “There is one and only one living and true God.”……….
• Article 2a: God the Father- “God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace.”……….
• Article 2b: God the Son- “Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.”………
• Article 2c: God the Holy Spirit- “The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine. He inspired holy men of old to write the Scriptures.”……….
• Article 3: Man- “Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation.”……….
• Article 4: Salvation- “Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer.”……….
• Article 5: God’s Purpose of Grace- “Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners.”………
• Article 6: The Church-“A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and priviledges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth.”……….
• Article 7: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper- “Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”………. “The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.”
• Article 8: The Lord’s Day- “The first day of the week is the Lord’s Day.”……….
• Article 9: The Kingdom- “The Kingdom of God includes both His general sovereignty over the universe and His particular kingship over men who willfully acknowledge Him as King.”……….
• Article 10: The Last Things- “God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end.”……….
• Article 11: Evangelism and Missions-“It is the duty and priviledge of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations.”……….
• Article 12: Education- “Christianity is the faith of enlightenment and intelligence. In Jesus Christ abide all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”……….
• Article 13: Stewardship- “God is the source of all blessing, temporal and spiritual; all that we have and are we owe to Him.”……….
• Article 14: Cooperation- “Christ’s people should, as occasion requires, organize such associations and conventions as may best secure cooperation for the great objects of the Kingdom of God.”……….
• Article 15: The Christian and the Social Order- “All Christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ supreme in our own lives and in human society.”……….
• Article 16: Peace and War- “It is the duty of Christians to seek peace with all men on principles of  righteousness.”……….
• Article 17: Religious Liberty- “God alone is Lord of the conscience, and He has left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are contrary to His Word or not contained in it.”………
• Article 18: The Family- “God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society.”……….

Visit the Southern Baptist Convention website to view The Baptist Faith and Message in its entirety.