BELIEFS

Trusting totally in the Lord Jesus Christ for our salvation, we believe in the following teachings, practices, and principles of the Baptists:

-Preeminence of Christ as our Divine Lord and Savior;

-Supreme authority of the Bible as the inspired word of God, and its sufficiency as our only rule of faith and practice;

-Right of private interpretation and the competency of the individual in direct approach to God;

-Separation of church and state;

-Regenerate church membership (John 3:3);

-Independence of the local church and its inter-dependence with other Baptist Churches;

-Church government vested in members of the congregation who reserve formation of basic church policy:

-Spiritual unity of all believers;

-Missions and evangelism in obedience to the great commission of Jesus (Matthew 28:19-20);

We, therefore, join together as a body of baptized believers in Jesus Christ.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this church shall be the advancement of the kingdom of Jesus Christ under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It shall seek to attain this through prayer, study of the word of God, public worship, the preaching of the gospel, consistent Christian living, evangelism, missions, and Christian education.