Articles of Faith
The Scriptures
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Trinity
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The Mediator
Regeneration
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Sanctification
Preservation of the Saints
The Church
Baptism
Baptism is an ordinance of the Lord Jesus, obligatory upon every physically able believer, wherein he/she is immersed in water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, as a sign of his/her understanding and agreement with the teaching regarding the death burial, and resurrection of Christ, of remission of sins, and of his/her giving himself/herself up to God, to live and walk in newness of life. It is a prerequisite to Church membership.
The Lord's Supper
The Lord's Supper is an ordinance of Jesus Christ, to be administered with the elements of bread and the cup and to be observed by His churches until the end of the world. It is in no sense a sacrifice, but is designed to commemorate His death, to confirm the faith and other graces of Christians, to be a bond, pledge and renewal of their communion with Him, and of their church fellowship.
The Lord's Day
The Lord's Day is a Christian Institution for regular observance, and should be employed in exercises of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and private, resting from unnecessary worldly employment, works of necessity and mercy only excepted.
Liberty of Conscience
God alone is Lord of the conscience; He hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in anyway contrary to His word, or not contained in it. Civil magistrates being ordained of God, to be subjected in all lawful things commanded by them ought to be yielded by us in the Lord, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
The Resurrection
The bodies of men after death return to dust, their spirits return immediately to God - the righteous to rest with him; the wicked to be reserved under darkness to the judgment. At the last day, the bodies of all the dead both just and unjust will be raised.
The Judgment
God hath appointed a day, wherein He will judge the world by Jesus Christ, when everyone shall receive according to his deeds; the wicked shall go away into everlasting punishment and the righteous into everlasting life.
What do Baptists believe?
B - Bible
We believe that the Bible is God's Word to man and that it is the only sufficient authority as the rule of doctrine and practice.
A - Autonomy of Local Church
We believe in the right of each member of the church to a voice in its government, plans and disciplines. A Baptist Church is a true democracy at work.
P - Personal Soul Competency
We believe in the freedom of the individual conscience; in the voluntary principle, not the coercive principle, in religion.
T - Two Ordinances
We believe in the New Testament ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
I - Immersion
In the New Testament the candidate was taken to the water, not the water brought to the candidate; the candidate was placed in the water, not the water put on the candidate; so we believe in immersion only as answering Christ's command of baptism and symbolizing the heart of the gospel message - death, burial, resurrection.
S - Saved Membership
We believe in a regenerated church membership and that the conversion experience is a prerequisite to church membership.
T - Two Officers
The Bible mandates only two offices in the church--pastor and deacon. The three terms--"pastor," "elder," and "bishop," or "overseer"--all refer to the same office. The two offices of pastor and deacon exist within the local church, not as a hierarchy outside or over the local church.
S - Separation of Church and State
We believe in the total independence from and separation of, church and state.