Fellowship Baptist Church Core Beliefs

Statement of Faith

Bible

We believe the Bible to be the complete Word of God.

• That the 66 books of the Old and New Testament were inspired by the Spirit of God as originally written
• The Bible is God's love letter, God's Holy Word, inerrant, infallible, and preserved for us today in the King James Bible. Its truth is eternal and its message is relevant for today.
• That the Bible is the final authority in all matters of faith and conduct · 2 Timothy 3:16

God

We believe in one God, Creator of all, holy, sovereign, eternal, existing in three equal Persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Jesus Christ

We believe in the absolute and essential deity of our Lord Jesus Christ

• In His eternal existence, with the Father in pre-incarnate glory
• In His work of creation, in His virgin birth, sinless life, substitutionary death and bodily resurrection
• In His triumphant ascension, mediatorial ministry and personal return

The Holy Spirit

We believe in the absolute and essential deity, and in the personality of the Holy Spirit

• Who convinces of sin, of righteousness and of judgment
• Who regenerates, indwells, seals, sanctifies, illuminates and comforts those who believe in Jesus Christ
• Who baptizes believers at conversion into the Body of Christ and bestows upon them His gifts sovereignly as He wills and fills those yielded to Him

Mankind

We believe that Adam was divinely created in the image of God

• That by the sin of disobedience he fell from that state
• That all his posterity inherited spiritual depravity and defilement
• That all men therefore are guilty before God and condemned to physical and spiritual death

Salvation

We believe that salvation is by the sovereign grace of God

• That by the Father, Christ voluntarily suffered a propitiatory death
• That justification is by faith alone in the all-sufficient sacrifice and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ
• That those whom God has effectually called shall be divinely preserved and ultimately perfected in the image of the Lord

The Local Church

The local church is an assembly of baptized believers who voluntarily join themselves together to carry out the great command of Jesus Christ found in Matthew 28:18-20.

The Ordinances

Ordinances are to be observed commemorating Christ's works for the church: Baptism and the Lord's Table. Baptism is practiced by individuals as a symbolic expression of personal identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection. The Lord's Table is practiced corporately as a symbolic reminder of His provision for salvation for each believer.

The Second Coming of Christ

We believe in the pre-millennial pre-tribulation rapture of Jesus Christ. We believe Christ will rapture the church before the tribulation and will return with those who are saved for the final battle after the tribulation.

Church Organization

Christ-Centered

Everything at Our Church is geared around our mission of "Leading to Love God, Growing together as believers, and Equipping Christians to impact their world." It is our desire to carry out the Great Command and the focus of every ministry is to see souls saved and lives changed.

Pastor-Led

The Pastor of our church leads by example. He sets the vision and spiritual tone of the church.

Deacons

A God-ordained office. The Deacons help the pastor serve the people of Fellowship Baptist Church.

Members Involved

Our church offers a variety of opportunities for its members to get involved in service and church life from lay leaders to volunteers.

Church Membership

By Profession of Faith and Baptism

If you will receive Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and follow Him in baptism by immersion, we will welcome you into the fellowship of this church.

By Letter

As a Baptist whose whose current membership is elsewhere, should God direct you here, we will be pleased to welcome you into our church family. We will happily take care of the appropriate details of transferring your membership.