General baptist statements of faith

•  GOD

We believe that there is only one true, living and eternal God and that the Godhead is revealed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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• THE BIBLE

We believe that the Holy Scriptures are the Old and New Testaments; the inspired and infallible Word of God and therein is found the only reliable guide of Christian faith and conduct. 

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• MAN

We believe that God created man in His own image to bring Him glory through obedience, and that when man disobeyed, he became a fallen and sinful creature, unable to save himself. 

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•  SALVATION

We believe that Salvation (regeneration, sanctification,  justification, and redemption) has been provided for all mankind through the redemptive work (life, death, resurrection, ascension, and intercession) of Jesus Christ, and that this Salvation can be received only through repentance toward God and faith in our Lord.

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• ASSURANCE & ENDURANCE

We believe that those who abide in Christ have the assurance of salvation. Being faith, enduring to the end. 

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•  CHRISTIAN DUTIES

We believe that Christians should live faithfully by serving in ans through the local church, praying diligently, witnessing earnestly, practicing tolerance, showing loving kindness, giving as God prospers, and conducting themselves in such a way as to bring glory to God.

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• THE CHURCH

We believe that the Church Universal is the body of Christ, the fellowship of all believers, and that its members have been called out from the world to come under the dominion and authority of Christ, its head. We believe a local church is a fellowship of Christians, a part of the Body of Christ, voluntarily banded together for worship, nurture and service.

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• ORDINANCES

We believe that baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances instituted by Christ to be observed by Christians only. We also believe that the Biblical mode of baptism is immersion and that participation in the Lord's Supper should be open to all Christians.

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• THE LORD'S DAY

We believe in the sanctity of the Lord's Day, the first day of the week, and that this day ought to be observed by worshiping God, witnessing for Christ, and ministering to the needs of humanity. We believe secular work on Sunday should be limited to cases of necessity or mercy.

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• LAST THINGS

We believe in the personal return of Jesus Christ, and in the bodily resurrection of the dead. We believe that God will judge all mankind by Jesus Christ; that He will reward the righteous with eternal life in heaven, and that He will banish the unrighteous to everlasting punishment in hell.

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• ADDENDUM

We believe that according to the Word of God and the practices of the early church, public worship and prayer should be in a language of the people. It is clear that the Apostle Paul placed the strongest emphasis upon rational and intelligible language in worship. We cannot endorse practices which plainly violate these scriptural principles.