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STATEMENT
OF FAITH AND ORDER
Jesus
Christ is our sole criterion for faith and practice; the divinely
inspired Word of God, the Bible, is our guidebook for Christian
living and our manual for church order. The 1963 version of the
Baptist Faith and Message serves as our published declaration of
faith. We affirm the historic Baptist principles of the priesthood
of the believer, the autonomy of the local congregation, a
democratic church government and the separation of church and state.
We take seriously the Great Commission, therefore we desire to be a
missional church, personally, financially, and collectively
participating in home and foreign missions.
We seek the
leadership of the Holy Spirit in all our endeavors and ministries.
We anticipate the leadership of God-called, Spirit-filled ministers
of the gospel characterized by fervent biblical preaching,
evangelistic zeal, sacrificial service, and Christian integrity.
We are
conservative in theology, democratic in polity, cooperative in
spirit, and evangelical in purpose. We form a body of believers that
intends to become a dynamic church, motivated by self-giving love,
based on historic Baptist principles. We will use music of enduring
quality for worship, edification of the church (fellowship) and
evangelism (outreach and missions). Our mission is to build a
community of faith shaped by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, all for the
Glory of God. |
