Found within the Faith Bible Baptist Church Constitution.

(A)    The Holy Scriptures

We believe that the Holy Bible is a supernatural Book; that it is the very God-breathed Word; that it is full, the final, and the complete revelation of God’s will to man; that it has God the Holy Spirit for its author, salvation for its end, and truth without any admixture of error for its matter; that it was written by holy men of old as they were moved by the Holy Spirit; that it is verbally inspired and a perfect treasure of holy instruction; and that it reveals the principles by which God will judge us, and is therefore, the center of Christian union, and supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions shall be tried.  WE believe the Authorized King James Version of 1611 to be the preserved Word of God for the English speaking people, faithful and true to the original autographs; that other versions are inferior and flawed, with some being outright perversions of God’s Word; that other versions are totally unnecessary, as the King James is not only faithful, but an absolutely effective conveyance of God’s message to mankind.

Scriptural evidence: Ex. 20:3-17; Ps. 1:2; 19:7-11; 119:89; Zeph. 1:1; Jn. 3:32-34; 12:48; 17:17; II Tim. 3:16,17; I Pet. 1:10; II Pet. 1:20,21; Rev. 22:18,19.

(B)    Dispensationalism

We believe that the Scriptures interpreted in their natural, literal sense reveal divinely determined dispensations or rules of life which define man’s responsibilities in successive ages.  These dispensations are not ways of salvation, but rather are divinely ordered stewardships by which God directs man according to His purpose.  Three of these dispensations–the age of law, the age of the church, and the age of the kingdom–are the subjects of detailed revelation in Scripture.

Scriptural evidence: Gen. 1:28; I Cor. 9:17; II Cor. 3:9-18; Gal. 3:13-25; Eph. 1:10; 3:2-10; Col. 1:24,25,27; Rev. 20:2-6.

(C)    The Godhead

We believe that there is one, and only one true and living God; that He is absolute in nature, perfect in attributes, holy in character, the maker and supreme ruler of heaven and earth; that He is infinite in wisdom, marvelous in power, and amazing in love; that He is holy, righteous, and true, worthy of all confidence and love; that He unites in Himself the infinite, the eternal and the Almighty Three – God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit; that the three persons of the Godhead subsist in the same divine nature, essence and being; and that they are co-existent and co-equal in every divine attribute, each one executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption.

Scriptural evidence: Gen. 1:1,26; 17:1; Deut. 4:39; I Chron. 29:11,12; Ps. 19:9; 103:19; Isa. 6:3; Mat. 5:48; 19:26; 28:19; Mk. 12:29; Rom. 11:33,34; Titus 3:3-7; I Pet. 1;2,3; I Jn. 5:7.

(D)    The Trinity

(1)    God the Father: We believe that God the Father is the first person set forth in the Divine Trinity; that He is almighty, merciful, and is eternally existent, glorious in nature, possessing the attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence; and that He, in harmony with His office, loves, provides, and protects, thus exercising providential watchcare over the sons of men, and especially a fatherly care over the children of God.

Scriptural evidence: Gen. 17:1; Psalm 19:9; 100:5; 103:13; 139:1-6; Prov. 15:3; Isa. 6:3; Mat. 6:25-30; 7:11; 10:29-31; 19:26; 28:19.

(2)    God the Son – Virgin Born: We believe that God the Son is the second person set forth in the Divine Trinity; that He is almighty, merciful, and just; that He is holy, righteous, and possessing the attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence; that God the Father, through the Holy Spirit, is actually and eternally His Father, and Mary the Virgin is actually and innocently His human mother; and that He, in harmony with His divine office, mediates, seeks and saves, thus exercising the mediatorial office of redemption.

Scriptural evidence:  Isa. 9:6; Mat. 28:18-20; Lk. 1:35; 2:7-14; 19:20; Jn. 1:1-3; 2:24; 3:16; 8:15,16; II Cor. 5:21; Phil. 2:6; I Tim. 2:5,6; Titus 3:5,6; Heb. 13:8.

(3)    God the Holy Spirit: We believe that God the Holy Spirit is the third person set forth in the Divine Trinity; that He is almighty, merciful, and just; that He is holy, righteous, and true; that He is eternally existent, glorious in nature, possessing the attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence; that He restrains the world, the flesh and the devil; that He is witness to the Truth, convicts the lost, extols the Christ and testifies to the righteous judgments of God; that He, in harmony with His divine office, comforts, teaches, testifies, preaches, guides, regenerates, empowers, sanctifies, and anoints, thus exercising the quickening role in the works of saving the lost and the supervising role in the life of the saved.

Scriptural evidence: Ps. 139:7-12; Isa. 40:12-15; 61:1; Jn. 3:6; 14:16,17; 15:26; 16:7-13; Acts 1:8; I Cor. 2:100-12; Eph. 1:13,14; II Thes. 2:6,7; Heb. 9:14; I Pet. 1:2; 4:14.

(E)    The Total Depravity of Man

We believe that man, originally created in holiness and actually associated with God in innocence under His law, did, by voluntary transgression of the Lord’s command, fall from the high and happy state in which he was created, and, as a consequence, became a sinner alienated from God and brought upon himself and all mankind just condemnation; and that he is now, by virtue of his fallen nature, utterly devoid of holiness, positively inclined to evil, that man is totally depraved, and actually condemned to eternal ruin, without defense or excuse.

Scriptural evidence:  Gen. 1:26,27; 3:6,23,24; Ecc. 7:29; Ezek. 18:5; Rom. 1:21-23; 3:10-18; 5:12; Rev. 21:18.

(F)    Salvation

(1)    Salvation by Grace: We believe that grace is elective and saving; that it embraces the personal triune and redemptive ministry of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit; that it comprehends all of the labors put forth by the Almighty in the interest of perfect righteousness and the salvation of the lost soul; that it and it alone, saves even unto the uttermost all who repent toward God and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ; and that salvation thus wrought is wholly by grace, “The free gift of God,” requiring neither culture nor works in any form to secure it or to keep it; that it is God’s plan that those who are saved live “Holy and without blame before Him in love,” that all who believe will receive the adoption, which is related to the redemption of the body (Rom. 8:22,23), when all our inheritance based upon sonship is received; that predestination pertains to God’s plan that we be conformed to the image of Christ; that we are to begin that process in this life, but God’s sovereign purpose will be performed in perfection when all who have been saved are changed and are in the presence of Christ.

Scriptural evidence:  Isa. 1:18; 55:1; Mat. 23:37; Acts 20:20,21; Rom. 5:20; 6:23; 8:28-30; 11:6; Eph. 2:8,9; II Tim. 1:8,9; Titus 3:3-7; Heb. 7:25; I Pet. 1:2-5.

(2)    The Blood Atonement: We believe that the lost sinner is guilty and already under just condemnation; that he is by nature alien to God and because of sin condemned to die; that atonement for sin was effected through the mediatorial office of the Son who by divine appointment, freely took upon Himself our nature yet without sin; that He through obedience during His earthly walk, personally honored the divine Law by keeping it, and, through His death on the cross, actually satisfied the penalty of the offended Law by suffering in the sinner’s stead; that He, through His obedience and sacrificial death, made full and vicarious atonement for all sin; that He died, the just for the unjust, bearing our sins in His body on the tree; and that He, through the shedding of His blood on the cross of Calvary, evidenced eternal provision for cleansing, for pardon, for peace and rest.

Scriptural evidence:  Isa. 53:6; 55:7; Mat. 5:17,18; 11:28; Jn. 14:27; Rom. 6:7; 8:23; II Cor. 5:21; Eph. 1:7; I Tim. 2:5,6; Heb. 2:17; 9:22; 10:10-12; I Pet. 2:24; 3:18; I Jn. 1:7; Rev. 1:5.

(3)    Repentance and Faith: We believe that repentance and faith are solemn and inseparable prerequisites of salvation; that they are inseparable graces wrought in the heart by the quickening Holy Spirit; that the alien sinner, being deeply convinced of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment to come by the personal ministry of the Holy Spirit, and by Him having his understanding enlightened so that he can see the way of salvation through Christ, does actually repent, turning to God with unfeigned contrition, confession, and supplication, and does actually believe surrendering himself wholeheartedly to the Lord Jesus, immediately receiving Him as personal and all-sufficient Savior and openly confessing Him before all men.

Scriptural evidence: Jno. 16:8-11; Mat. 3:1,2; Mark 1:15; Luke 13:3; 18:9-14; Jn. 6:44; Acts 3:19; 9:6, 11:18; 20:21,22; Rom. 10:10; Eph. 2:8.

(4)    Regeneration: We believe that in order to be saved, lost sinners must be regenerated, or born again; that regeneration is a recreative act, far beyond comprehension, wrought in the believer’s heart by the direct personal ministry of the Holy Spirit; that it is instantaneous, miraculous, and not evolutionary or cultural; that it embraces the divine acts of cleansing the heart form all inward sins and of pardoning the soul of all outward guilt, in connection with the work of begetting a new creature in Christ Jesus; that the dead sinner is made to live through the new birth, becoming thereby a regenerated spirit possessing eternal life, the gift of God; that the new birth comes after the Holy Spirit secures voluntary repentance and belief in the gospel; that it is the actual impartation of the divine life, not a mere transformation of the human life; and that the proper evidence of regeneration appears in the holy fruits of obedient followers of the Lord Jesus.

Scriptural evidence:  Isa. 1:18; Mat. 7:16-18; Jn. 1:12,13; 3:3-5,7,8,16; 16:8-11; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:1,5; Titus 3:5-7; James 2:17-20.

(G)    Security of the Believer

We believe that salvation wrought by grace is everlasting; that the saved soul journeying through the valley of the shadow of death need fear no evil; that the Holy Spirit-begotten and born are kept by the power of God; that the believer in Christ Jesus shall not be brought into judgment; that no one can lay anything to the charge of God’s elect; that they are securely held in both the hand of the Father and the Son, sealed by the Holy Spirit; and that the age-old Baptist doctrine, “Once saved, always saved,” is heavenly and gloriously true.

Scriptural evidence: Ps. 23:4; Isa. 37:23,24; Jn. 3:16, 36; 5:24; 6:35,44; 10:27-29; Rom. 8:1,35-39; Phil. 1:6; II Tim. 1:12; I Pet. 3:5.

(H)    The Devil

We believe that Satan is an actual person, and not an imaginary influence; that he once enjoyed high heavenly honors and glorious heavenly privileges; that he, through pride, ambition, and self-will, attempted to betray the Almighty and brought down upon his head the judgment of God; that he operates today as the god of this world and prince of the power of the air; that he is a diabolical inventor, and arch-deceiver, and the father of all lies; that he is the greatest enemy, the mightiest tempter, and the most relentless accuser of the saints; that he shall one day be incarnated in the person of the Anti-Christ and in that role will finally meet the Christ in the battle of Armageddon; that there “The seed of woman shall bruise the serpent’s head;” and that he shall eventually be cast into the lake of fire, the eternal place of punishment, prepared for the devil and his angels.

Scriptural evidence:  Gen. 3:1-6,14,15; Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7; Isa. 14:12-27; Ezek. 28:12-19; Dan. 7:8; Mat. 24:11; Jn. 8:44, 14:30; II Cor. 4:4; 11:13-15; Eph. 2:2; II Thes. 2:7-11; I Pet. 5:8; Rev. 12:10; 19:20.

(I)    The Local Church

We believe that a Baptist Church, according to divine purpose and plan, is a visible, local, organized body; that it is composed of baptized believers associated together by a covenant of faith and fellowship in the Gospel; that New Testament validity flows from strict obedience to essential principles of New Testament Law; that it is a sovereign, independent, democratic, and militant body; that its ministry is gloriously blessed with the presence and leadership of the Holy Spirit and the light and revelation of the written Word; that its work should ever be from within to without and never from without to within; that it is a self-governing body and is the sole judge, under the limitations of the Scriptures, of the measure and method of co-operation; that it is the only ecclesiastical tribunal the Lord has on earth; that its judgment concerning membership, missions, benevolence, and support is final; that is was personally founded by Christ Jesus during His earthly ministry on earth; that it is the only organization with authority to administer the Lord’s Supper and Baptism; that it is subject to His laws and is the custodian of His ordinances; that the perpetuity of our faith, our doctrines and practices, ordinances and ordinations, has been effected through the Holy Spirit personally planting and preserving local Baptist Churches of like faith and order down through the centuries even until now; that the local Church is the only body with authority to carry out the lord’s work upon the earth in this age, and as such, all authority over membership, business, and missions is autonomous to the local Church; that the only organization authorized to do mission work is the local Church, and that the pattern of Acts 13, is the only one sanctioned and permitted by God; that the authority to send out missionaries is not in name or formality only, but is a matter of the practical aspects of sending, supervising, and authorizing missionaries to win souls, baptize, and teach, with the goal of establishing a New Testament Baptist Church; that no place in Scripture allows for mission boards, fellowships, or conventions to do this work; that a sponsoring church is responsible for the activities and doctrine of missionaries authorized by her, and is responsible to the missionary for his needs and well-being; that the local church cannot surrender this authority and responsibility to any organization and remain faithful to Scripture.  We totally reject the false doctrine of the universal invisible church.

Scriptural evidence:  Mat. 16:18,19; 18:15-18; 26:19,20; 28:19,20; Mark 3:13,14; Luke 6:12,13; Jn. 14:16,17,26; Acts 1:8; 2:41,42; 13:1-4; I Cor. 1:1-3; II Cor. 5:8; I Tim. 3:15.

(1)    Church Administration: We believe that the local Baptist church and the State should be kept completely separate; that civil officers should be prayed for, conscientiously honored and obeyed; that diligence should be had in seeking the will of God in all church matters; that missionary endeavor should ever be executed from within the local church to without; that pastors and deacons are the only divinely appointed church officers; that the Lord’s Day, the first day of the week, should be honored by all saints; that Bible teaching should be constantly and consistently fostered by local Baptist churches; that members should be voted into the fellowship of the local body by the local body; that unruly church members should be prayerfully and Scripturally disciplined by the local Baptist church; and that letters of membership should be granted to sister local Baptist churches of same faith and practice.

Scriptural evidence:  Mat. 16:19; 18:15-17; 28:19,20; Acts 1:8; 2:42; 6:1-6; 10:47; 13:1-35; 14:23, 15:19-27; 18:27, Rom. 13:1-7; 16:1,2.

(2)    Church Co-operation: We believe that it is the privilege and the right of local Baptist churches to co-operate with each other in carrying out the commission of the Lord; that such cooperation is righteously effected only when the principles of Christ are preserved in the work fostered; and that all associated endeavors of local Baptist Churches should be carried on in such a way as to preserve the sovereign integrity of each local Baptist Church in all matters of faith and practice.

Scriptural evidence:  Mat. 16:18,19; Acts 15:19-27; 2 Cor. 8:1-6, 16-24; 2 Jn. 1-4.

(J)    The Ordinances

We believe that Baptism and the Lord’s Supper are ordinances personally set in the church of the living God by the Lord Jesus Christ.  We believe that Baptism is the burial of a believer in water by the authority and instruction of the local Baptist church; that it symbolizes the death and the burial and the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ; that it also typifies the believer’s death to sin, the burial of his old nature, and his resurrection unto a new life; and that it is administered in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  We believe the Lord’s Supper is a memorial administered by the authority and instruction of the local Baptist church; that participation in the observance of the Lord’s Supper is restricted to a closed communion within the membership of our local Baptist church; that it symbolizes the broken body and the shed blood of the Son of God; that its observance points backward to the crucified Lord on Calvary and forward to the returning Lord in glory; that the elements of the Lord’s Supper are unleavened bread and grape juice, referred to as “The cup” and The fruit of the vine”; we believe that these ordinances are not sacraments, but are sacred symbols, pointing to the world’s only Savior, and bidding the sons of men to look unto an everlasting fellowship with the King of Kings and Lord of Lords when He shall return to take over the reins of all government.

Scriptural evidence:  Lev. 10:9,10; Prov. 20:1; Isa. 28:7, Mat. 16:19; 26:26-29; 28:19; Acts 10:47; Rom. 6:3-5; I Cor. 11:23-26.

(K)    Separation

We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Savior and Lord; that separation from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices and associations is commanded of God.

Scriptural evidence:  Rom. 12:1,2; 14:13; II Cor. 6:14-7:1; II Tim. 3:1-5; I Jn. 2:15-17; II Jn. 9-11.

(L)    The Second Advent of Christ

We believe that Christ Jesus is coming back again; that His return shall be personal, audible, visible, and bodily and that the saved shall be caught up together with Him in the clouds; that this return shall precede the tribulation and millennium; that He shall return to the earth at the end of the tribulation; and He shall at that time turn the tables on Satan, take up the throne of David, put down all His enemies, rule with a rod of iron, triumph over sin, and give the world an example of righteous government during His thousand years of personal reign on earth.

Scriptural evidence:  Job 18:25,26; Ps. 2:9; 72:1-20; Isa. 9:67; Zech. 14:4; Mal. 4:2; Mat. 25:31-34; Luke 1:31-33; Acts 1:11; I Cor. 15:25-27; I Thes. 4:16,17; II Pet. 3:10; I Jn. 3:8; Rev. 1:7; 12:5; 19:11-21; 20:1-6,10.

(M)    The Resurrection

We believe that Christ Jesus arose bodily from the grave on the first day of the week, which day we now observe as the Lord’s Day, a day of worship, Sunday; that His miraculous emergence from the tomb forecasted a like bodily resurrection for every member of the Adamic race; that the dead in Christ, those of the first resurrection, shall be raised, and we which are alive and remain shall be changed and taken out of this world preceding the seven years of tribulation; that those who are of the Bride of Christ will be united to the Bridegroom at the marriage to be witnessed by the friends of the Bridegroom (Jn. 3:29; Rev. 29:9) who will share in the marriage supper of the Lamb after being rewarded at the Judgment Seat of Christ, and await completion of the first resurrection as the dead Tribulation saints are rewarded at the close of the seven years; that all the saved will then rule and reign with Christ in His Millennial Kingdom; that the Bride of Christ is the local Baptist church; that those who are saved and not members of a local Baptist church will be present as “Friends of the Bridegroom”; that the dead in trespasses and sins, or the dead out of Christ, shall rise at the close of the Millennium; and that they shall be brought before the Great White Throne Judgment and there face the Judge of the quick and the dead.

Scriptural evidence:  I Sam. 2:6; Isa. 25:6-8; 26:19; Dan. 12:3; Hosea 13:14; Mat. 28:6; Luke 24:1-12; I Cor. 15:12-22; I Thes 4:13-18; Rev. 11:15; 20:5,6.

(N)    Creation

We believe that the Genesis record of creation is literal, and not allegorical or figurative; that God personally created the heaven and the earth in six literal days; that He miraculously brought forth all original matter out of nothing; that He actually fashioned all organic forms as specific creation subject to limited changes within the specie; that He definitely ordained each specie to bring forth after its kind; that He finally formed man out of the dust of the ground, not by any process of evolution but by instant action, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became immediately a living soul; that He created man in the image and likeness of God; that His every creative act was complete and perfect in itself; and not one of His creations was conditioned upon antecedent changes naturally wrought during interminable periods of time.

Scriptural evidence: Gen. 1:1,21,24-27; 2:7; Jn. 1:1-3; Col. 1:16; Heb. 11:3.

(O)    Civil Government

We believe that God has ordained and created all authority consisting of three basic institutions:  1) the home; 2) the Church; and 3) the state.  Every person is subject to these authorities, but all (including the authorities themselves) are answerable to God and governed by His Word.  God has given each institution specific Biblical responsibilities and balanced those responsibilities with the understanding that no institution has the right to infringe upon the other.  the home, the Church, and the state are equal and sovereign in their respective biblically assigned spheres of responsibility under God.

Scriptural evidence:  Rom. 13:1-7; Eph. 5:22-24; Heb. 13:17; I Pet. 2:13,14.

(P)    Human Sexuality

We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity should be engaged in outside of marriage between a man and a woman.  We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex.

Scriptural evidence:  Gen. 2:24; 19:5,13; 26:8,9; Lev. 18:1-30; Rom. 1:26-29; I Cor. 5:1; 6:9; I Thes. 4:1-8; Heb. 13:4.

(Q)    Divorce and Remarriage

We believe that God hates divorce and intends marriage to last until one of the spouses dies.  Divorce and remarriage is regarded as adultery except on the ground of fornication.  Although divorced and remarried persons or divorced persons may hold positions of service in the Church and be greatly used of God in Christian service, they may not be considered for the office of pastor or deacon.

Scriptural evidence:  Mal. 1:14-17; Matt. 19:2-12; Rom. 7:1-3; I Tim. 3:2,12; Titus 1:6.

(R)    Abortion

We believe that life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living human being.  Abortion constitutes the unjustified, unexcused taking of unborn human life.  Abortion is murder.  We reject any teaching that abortions of pregnancies due to rape, incest, birth defects, gender selection, birth or population control, or the mental well-being of the mother are not acceptable.

Scriptural evidence:  Job 3:16; Ps. 51:5; 139:14-16; Isa. 44:24; 49:1,5; Jer. 1:5; 20:15-18; Lk. 1:44.

(S)    Lawsuits Between Believers

We believe that Christians are prohibited from bringing civil lawsuits against other Christians or the Church to resolve personal disputes.  We believe the Church possesses all the resources necessary to resolve personal disputes between members.  We do believe, however, that a Christian may seek compensation for injuries from another Christian insurance company as long as the claim is pursued without malice or slander.

Scriptural evidence:  I Cor. 6:1-8; Eph. 4:31,32.

(T)    Giving

We believe that every Christian, as a steward of that portion of God’s wealth entrusted to him is obligated to support his local church financially.  We believe that God has established the tithe as a basis for giving, but that every Christian should also give other offerings sacrificially and cheerfully to the support of the Church, the relief of those in need, and the spread of the Gospel.  We believe that a Christian relinquishes all rights to direct the use of the tithe or offering once the gift has been made.

Scriptural evidence:  Gen. 14:20; Prov. 3:9,10; Acts 4:34-37; I Cor. 16:2; II Cor. 9:6,7; Gal. 6:6; Eph. 4:28; I Tim. 5:17,18; I Jn. 3:17.