Doctrinal Statement

...They received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Acts 17:11

We are an Independent, Fundamental Baptist Church.

We stand for:

• The Trinity (one God in three equal Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit)
  

• The inspiration and preservation of Scripture, the Holy Bible as the Word of God
  

• The Virgin Birth and Deity of Jesus Christ
  

• The substitutionary atonement of the death of Christ
  

• The literal burial and bodily resurrection of Christ
  

• The imminent second coming of Christ (Premillennial and Pretribulational)
  

• The future fulfillment of promises to Israel by Jesus as Messiah and King upon the throne of David during his Millennial Reign on earth
  

• Salvation by grace alone
  

• Election and calling of believers according to the purpose and foreknowledge of God
  

• Eternal security of all believers
  

• The Rapture (catching away) of the saved at the return of the Lord Jesus Christ
  

• A literal Heaven and Hell
  

• A literal six-day Creation and world-wide Flood
  

• The church as a local assembly of Scripturally baptized believers
  

• The two ordained offices of the local church: pastors and deacons
  

• The two ordinances of the local church: Baptism of professing believers by immersion, and the Lord's Supper as a memorial meal administered to and observed by its members (closed communion)
  

• Support of the church through tithes and offerings
  

• The responsibility of all members to witness and soul winning, and support of missions to spread the Gospel throughout the world
  

• The need for separation of members from sinful, selfish, and worldly desires and actions unto Christ-like lives
  

• The duty to discipline publicly-erring members with the goal of repentance and reconciliation, but to withdraw fellowship if necessary to preserve the testimony of the church and its representation of the holiness of God
  

We recommend to you the New Hampshire Confession of Faith (1833) as a statement of commonly accepted Baptist beliefs.  It does not replace the Bible as the rule of faith and practice, nor has it been formally adopted by our church, but it does provide a fuller statement (complete with Scripture references) with which we would very closely agree.

The New Hampshire Baptist Confession

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