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Beliefs
Mission Statement
We Believe...
We affirm the Holy Bible as the inspired Word of God and the basis for our beliefs. This
church subscribes to the doctrinal statement of “The Baptist Faith and Message”
as adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention in 1963. We voluntarily band ourselves
together as a body of baptized believers in Jesus Christ personally committed to sharing
the good news of salvation to lost mankind. The ordinances of the church are
believer’s baptism and the Lord’s supper.
Church Covenant
Having been led as we believe by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as
our Lord and Savior and, on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now in the presence of God
and this assembly most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another as one
body in Christ.
We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit to walk together in Christian love; to
strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; to promote
its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, doctrines, and
discipline; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the
expenses of the church, and the relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through
all nations.
We also engage to maintain family and secret devotions; to religiously educate our
children; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in
the world; to be just in our dealings; faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our
deportment; to avoid all tattling, backbiting, and excessive anger; to abstain from the
sale and use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage; to use our influence to combat the
abuse of drugs and the spread of pornography; and to be zealous in our efforts to advance
the kingdom of our Savior.
We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember one another in
prayer; to aid one another in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in
feeling and Christian courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense, but always ready for
reconciliation and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it without delay.
We moreover engage that when we remove from this place we will as soon as possible unite
with some other church where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the
principles of God’s Word.
01/13/2003
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