Our Beliefs
Statement of Faith
We affirm the Scriptures, the Holy Bible as the inspired word of God and as our sole authority in matters of
faith and practice. We subscribe to the doctrinal statement of “The Baptist Faith and Message” as adopted
by the Southern Baptist Convention on June 14, 2000. 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 by immersion 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 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.
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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 it’s prosperity and spirituality;
to sustain it’s worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the
support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, 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, back-biting, and
excessive anger; to abstain from the sale of and use of, intoxicating drinks as a beverage; to use our
influence to combat the abuse of drugs and the spread of pornography; 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.