What we believe
A DISTINCTIVE BAPTIST CHURCH IN DOCTRINE
· The Absolute Sovereignty of God
· The Eternal Sonship and Lordship of Christ
· Original and Universal Sin
· Total Human Inability
· Salvation by God's Grace Alone
· The Perseverance of God's Elect
WE BELIEVE AND TEACH
- THAT the Bible is the inerrant and infallible Word of God (II Tim. 3:16, II Pet. 1:21)
- THAT God is a Trinity, (Father, Son and Spirit), and that He is absolutely holy, loving, all powerful, and in control of
everything (Isa. 6:3, Dan. 4:35, Eph. 1:11, John 3:16)
- THAT Jesus Christ is God's only Son, truly God, who was born of a virgin and became man, to die on the cross for the
salvation of sinners. He arose from the dead physically and soon will come back to the earth to judge the living and dead
(John 1, Acts 1:3, Rom. 5:8, I Tim. 1:15, II Tim. 4:1)
- THAT every person is a fallen creature, who sins daily in thought, word, and deed, being totally incapable of pleasing God,
and faces eternal, conscious suffering in hell (Rom. 3:10-12, Rom. 8:7,8, Heb. 9:27, Matt. 25:41)
- THAT God commands every person to repent and believe the Gospel (Acts 17:30,31)
- THAT the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, who convinces sinners of their need for Christ, causes a change in their
hearts, and enables them to believe the Gospel and to grow into the likeness of Christ (Acts 5:3,4, John 16:8-11, Tit. 3:5,
II Cor. 3:18, Gal. 5:22)
- THAT the church is a local congregation of baptized believers under Christ's rule, composed solely of repentant and believing
sinners who confess Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior (Rom. 10:9,10, Eph. 1:22,23, Matt 28:19,20, Heb. 10:19-25)
- THAT salvation of any person is "By Grace Alone, Through Faith Alone", and that those the Father chose, the Son
redeemed, and the Spirit calls and converts (Eph. 1:4-11, John 10:15, Eph. 5:25, John 17:2, John 6:37,44)
- THAT salvation is available only through the person and work of Christ, and without Christ none can be saved (John 14:6,
Acts 4:12, I John 5:11-12)