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Please note that each portion of our statement is
followed by scripture references from which the foundation is
derived.
SECTION 1
THE SCRIPTURES
We believe the
Bible to be the inspired Word of God;
that it is the only complete
and final revelation of God’s will to man;
and that it is the
supreme standard of all faith and practice.
(II Timothy 3:16‑17 and II Peter 1:19‑21)
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SECTION 2
GOD
We believe the
scriptures reveal God as
eternally existing,
omnipotent
(having unlimited power),
omniscient
(having total knowledge),
omnipresent
(being present everywhere at once),
and manifesting Himself in three persons -
Father, Son and Holy Spirit
one in essence and power.
(Exodus 3:14; Genesis 1.1;
Matthew 28:19 and II Corinthians 13:14)
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SECTION 3
THE PERSON AND WORK
OF JESUS CHRIST
We believe in the
Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ;
His virgin birth;
His sinless life;
His substitutionary death on the cross for our sins;
His physical
resurrection from the grave;
His ascension to the right hand of God
where He ever lives to make intercession for believers;
and His
personal, visible, bodily return
to the earth at the end of the age.
(Matthew 1:18; John 1:14; Matthew 20:28; I Peter 1:18;
I Corinthians 15:14; Acts 1:11; I Thessalonians
4:16‑17)
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SECTION 4
THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that the
Holy Spirit is a person,
possessed of all the distinctive divine
attributes.
We believe He is the Administrator of the things of God
‑
convincing,
revealing truth,
energizing believers in matters of
prayer and service,
and restraining evil
“until He is taken out of
the way.”
(II Thessalonians 2:7; Psalms 139:7‑10)
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SECTION 5
MAN
We believe God made
man in His own image
and that man came into the world by direct
creation of God
and not by evolution;
that this creative act of God
is separate and distinct
from any other work of God.
We believe the
scripture record of the fall of man
through disobedience to God
and
that by nature man is “dead in trespasses and sins.”
(Genesis 1:26, 9:6; Romans
5:12; Psalms 53:5)
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SECTION 6
SALVATION
We believe
salvation to be by grace
(God's free gift)
through faith
(believing in our heart)
wholly apart from human merit.
That every individual is a sinner
by birth
and by choice
and
therefore must exercise personal faith
in the redeeming work of
Christ
on Calvary
in order to be saved.
(Ephesians 2:8‑9; Titus 3:5; Psalms 51:5; Romans 3:23; 10:9‑10)
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SECTION 7
SATAN
We believe in the
reality and personality of Satan ‑
that he is a created being once
known as
“The anointed Cherub that covereth.”
That through pride he
fell ‑
that he is the “god of this world”
and the “Prince of the
power of the earth;”
and that he will be judged
at the revelation of
Jesus Christ
and ultimately cast into the lake of fire.
(Matthew 13:14; John 8:44; Ephesians 2:2; Revelation 20:10)
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SECTION 8
HEAVEN AND HELL
We believe in a
Heaven of eternal bliss
for all who,
through faith in the Lamb of
God,
have become the children of God,
and in the lake of fire of
eternal judgment
for all who
have not received the forgiveness of
sins
which is only through Christ Jesus.
(Revelation 21:1‑8)
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SECTION 9
THE CHURCH AND ITS
ORDINANCES
We believe a local
Fundamental Baptist Church
is a voluntary association of baptized
believers,
equal in rank and privileges
subject to the Word of God,
and independent of any external ecclesiastical control whatsoever.
We believe God’s Word commands every believer
(and only believers)
to be baptized,
and that the only scriptural
(Biblical - God
taught)
mode is by immersion.
We believe the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper
should be observed as
Christ said,
“in remembrance of His broken body and shed blood”
for
us,
and that the supper has no sacramental virtue
(not conferring a specific grace on those who receive it).
(Matthew 28:19‑20; I Corinthians
11:24; Romans 6:3‑5; Acts 2:41, 8:12)
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SECTION 10
EVANGELIZATION
We believe it is
the solemn obligation
of every believer
to be a personal soul winner
and to do his utmost
to carry out the Savior’s command
to take the
gospel to the whole world.
(Matthew 28:19)
(See
our Missionaries and
Ministries pages)
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