Faith Baptist Church Information

These are the essential beliefs of Faith Baptist Church. This church receives the New Testament as an all-sufficient basis of doctrine and practice. Everything that Faith Baptist Church does is founded upon the Truth set forth in the Bible, which is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12). Because the essential beliefs serve as the bedrock of our ministry (Matthew 7:24), all members and everyone involved in our ministry is expected to act in a manner that promotes and supports these beliefs. It is also expected of all ministry workers, participants, and those who use Faith Baptist facilities to support the spiritual purpose of our church or ministry and behave in accordance with those purposes. We believe in one God, maker of heaven and earth, and eternally existent as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Genesis 1:31) We believe the Bible, composed of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, is Gods inspired and infallible Word. It is inerrant and is the authority for conduct, belief, and practice. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21) We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, and in His miracles, His substitutionary death on the cross through His shed blood for mankind and paid for the sins of the world. He rose bodily from the grave, ascended into heaven, and will return to earth in power and glory. (John 1:1-3,14; Matthew 1:18-25; Philippians 2:5-9; Colossians 1:15; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8, Acts 1:11) We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit, that His present work is to reveal Jesus Christ to people, to regenerate those who believe, and that He indwells Christians to mediate the life of Jesus Christ in them. (John 14:16-19; 16:7-15; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Romans 8:9,11; Titus 3:5; Eph. 4:11-16) We believe people were created in the image of God. Through Adam all people obtained a sin nature which produces sin. Because of sin, all people in their natural condition are separated from God and are ...