We believe the Bible is verbally inspired, infallible, inerrant, authoritatively written, and the revealed Word of God. This is found for the English speaking people in nothing other than the King James Version.

By the Word of God we mean the collection of 66 books beginning with Genesis and ending in Revelation. This book does not contain the Word of God but IS the very words of God Almighty.

The Word of God was written by men supernaturally inspired. Holy men of old spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. God would move in the lives of these men in such a way that what was written was divinely and verbally inspired without error. These men wrote from their perspectives and personalities; they were not forced by the Holy Ghost but led.

The King James Bible is the preserved Word of God that God has so richly given to the English speaking people. God gave the church the responsibility of protecting and propagating the Word. The translators of the KJV had a high view of God and used formal equivalency as their method. This method reproduces the original text of scripture using modern language to communicate its message. These men took their duties seriously so much that they would scrutinize every passage at least 14 times. They believed the book and were masters in 5-6 languages. No other work was done in such seriousness by such scholarly men. Other men had agendas and desired to make “their bible” fit their belief systems not what God said. Other translators did not believe that we have the Word of God perfectly preserved at all. The King James translators were not inspired but used by God to preserve His Word.

God in His Word said, “heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away.” Through the ages God has chosen to preserve His very words and in the KJV we possess the complete, preserved, and without error Word of God.

We believe in the one, true, living, intelligent, creator, and sovereign ruler of heaven and earth. He is perfect and worthy of all glory and honor. God is eternally existent in three persons: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit- all three are one and distinct. Each person has distinct but equal offices in the great work of salvation.

The Holy Spirit is a divine person, who is equal with God the Father and God the Son. He was active in the work of creation. The duty of the Holy Spirit is to regenerate, indwell, and set believers apart for a holy life. It is to  teach , to convict man of sin, to comfort, and to endue believers with the power for the work of his ministry. He bears us witness to the truth of the Gospel.

The Son of Man, Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Spirit in a miraculous way, conceived in Mary, a virgin. No other man could be born like this. He is the Son of God and is God. Jesus humbled himself by coming to this earth as a man and being born in a lowly manager. Christ was willing to do all of this and even die to show His love for mankind.

We believe in the Genesis account of creation, that man was created in God’s own image and after his likeness. The Creator of the universe was God the Father designing and making everything in 6 days; then on the 7th day rested. All animal-life, plant life, waters, mountains, stars, space, and atmosphere were made directly by God. He established authority by commanding that they should bring forth after their kind as found in Genesis. God spoke everything into existence. What an amazing Creator.

Man was created during the age of innocence under the law of his Creator God the Father. By his own choice, man decided to transgress by disobeying God’s one command of not eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Man and woman were in perfect harmony with God and had the freedom to choose life or death. They went after their own fleshly desires and gave into temptation. The woman was first tempted, gave in and then gave to her husband. When Adam sinned, mankind from that point forward was born sinners, not by constraint, and placed under the condemnation without excuse. We have the same fate and judgment from God if we reject Christ.

Salvation was offered to man through the finishing work of Jesus Christ. God in his great love made a way for us to escape that eternal death through His only Begotten Son, Jesus. Jesus came to this earth, lived amongst men, did miraculous things, and died on a cross for the atonement of sin for all mankind. This death was all apart of God’s amazing plan of redemption. The shed blood of Jesus was our atonement. This was a once and for all sacrificial atonement. The forgiveness of sin could only be given through a sinless, spotless lamb.

Repentance and faith are not the same but are connected in the work of salvation. Repentance is when a person comes to the realization that they are helpless in themselves without God and turn away from their sin towards God. I would call it a 360 degree turnaround. Faith is putting your control aside and putting your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. Hebrews 11 tells us that faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen. Both are essential to the individual that desires to be saved. An individual must repent and believe in faith.

The Gospel is freely given to all that accept it in and through Jesus Christ. Romans 3:23-24 tells that though all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, we all can be justified freely by his grace. Jesus died on Calvary’s cross and rose on the third day, so that even the vilest of sinners in the world could be saved from a life of darkness and sin. You are not saved through works or election but through the finished work of Jesus Christ. Salvation is always referred to as a free gift in the scripture. It will never cost you.

Once a person receives Christ as their Savior, there is no way of losing their salvation. Eternal security is necessary because it gives the believer assurance of their decision to trust Christ. God desires for all of His children to have that peace. John 10:28-29 says that once an individual is saved no man can pluck them out of the Father’s hand. Salvation cannot be lost. No matter how bad you sin after you are saved you cannot lose your salvation. This is not saying you have liberty to do whatever you want. God makes it clear we are to live holy lives and strive to be more like Jesus.

Justification is the act by which God will move a person from being in sin to the place of grace. Justification is when God declares a sinner righteous through the work of Jesus Christ. Justification is the solution for God’s wrath. It is concluded that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Jesus Christ physically rose from the dead on the third day. Christ’s resurrection was attested to by many infallible proofs. Forty days following the resurrection he ascended back into glory. Jesus is the first-fruit of the resurrection. We can place our confidence in the fact that we too will one day rise.

Many people are confused about when sin entered into the universe. This did not catch God by surprise. God is not the creator of sin. The origin did not take place in the garden, but rather it began in the heart and mind of Lucifer the anointed cherub of God. The moment Lucifer (Satan) began to express his opposition of God, he became the first sinner. He was the highest and most brilliant of all created beings; however, his pride caused him to think that he could be greater than the God. Lucifer took a third of the angels with him in his rebellion against the Most High. All of this transpired before the creation of man in Genesis 3. He will forever be what God considers the accuser of the brethren, the enemy of God, and the prince of this world. Satan will lose once Jesus Christ comes to judge the world and he will be bound for a thousand years in the bottomless pit. He will eventually be set free for a short time and defeated for good when he is cast into the lake of fire for all of eternity.

The New Testament church is a called out group of believers who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior and have followed in believer’s baptism. They are joined together for the purpose of edification, exhortation, and evangelism as commanded by Christ in the Great Commission.

Jesus established the church during His earthly ministry with the disciples; they were empowered on the Day of Pentecost. The church was not started on the day of Pentecost. There were thousands that trusted Christ, and the disciples were encouraged and empowered to go further with the Gospel. Pentecost was a one time deal for the church; tongues were for a specific purpose. These are not gifts we can continue to use today.

The Baptist church is a congregation of baptized believers associated by the same faith and fellowship. They observe the two ordinances and exercise the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by the Word. The church has two offices - pastor and deacons. The church has the right of self-government, and is free from any authority of people or organization. The church’s only authority is, the head of the church, Jesus Christ.

There are two ordinances in a N.T. church. These ordinances are Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Ordinances are pictures that God put in place to teach us important doctrine. Baptism is not a celebration, but rather a picture of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. This is done to show the believer’s first step of obedience towards a walk with God. Sprinkling is not mentioned in the Bible. Anabaptists stood for the belief that only those that believed were baptized; this was done by immersion only. The other part is the Lord’s Supper. The purpose behind this is to preach the Lord’s sacrifice for sin until he returns. The ordinance is purely done by the local church. It is meant for members of the church. The sacred use of the bread and vine are to commemorate the dying love of Christ. This is done following self-examination.

We are pretribulational. dispensational, and premillenial believers. We have hope of Jesus’ imminent return for us. Jesus is coming back for those saints who have died and for those who are still living in the Rapture. After His physical return, the following events will occur: the Tribulation for seven years (which is only for the unsaved and mainly Israel); the Second Coming of Christ on earth for one thousand years in the Millennium; the Great White Throne Judgment which is the eternal punishment in Hell for the unsaved; then the Judgment Seat of Christ which is the eternal blessings given to those who are saved.

There is a clear difference between the righteous and the wicked. Those that are redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ are considered righteous. These individuals have been washed in the blood and they strive to walk in the way God has called them to. The righteous will separate themselves from the world so they can be more like Christ. Psalm 1 shows us the difference between the two. The ungodly or wicked are as the chaff in the wind. They find their fulfilment not in the law of the Lord but rather in selfish gain and pleasure. The wicked are blinded by sin. Because of their unbelief and their seeing no need for a Savior, they will die eternally separated from God in Hell. The righteous and the wicked have their clear distinctions both in life and death.

Giving is a reminder of all that we have received in the Lord Jesus Christ. Giving is a promise from God. Luke 6:38 says, if we give, it will be given unto us. Paul told the church of Philippi that God will supply all their needs; thus, if God will take care of us, should we not be willing to give it all back to Him? God owns the cattle on a thousand hills. What we have is already His. Giving is vitally important to the work of the local church. For without faithful givers and tithers, the ministry would not survive. Jesus’ finishing work on the Cross should be a model for the church that we should give sacrificially. Giving pleases God, and He is deserving of it all.

God has given us governmental authority. He is the one who allows these leaders to be put in place. We are responsible, according to Romans 13, to submit ourselves to those God puts in places of authority. It is our duty as Christians to pray for them that they may have wisdom to make decisions that honor God. Unless they completely go against our God-given duties as Christians, we are suppose to submit to them. The Bible says that rebelling against this God-given authority is rebelling against God. We must respect those God allows in civil government and walk honestly before God and man.

From the very beginning of time, God created man and woman for the purpose of becoming one flesh in marriage. According to Genesis 3, once marriage takes place, it is God’s desire that the two would reproduce and replenish the earth. God designed sex to be enjoyed by a husband and wife through the marriage relationship. The concept of marriage was never intended for those of the same sex, but rather was strictly meant for a man and a woman. Any sexual activity outside of the bonds of marriage is sinful and against God’s will. The Word of God makes it clear that you must be sexually abstinent until marriage. Any form of fornication, pornography, homosexuality, etc. is a perversion of God’s will.

The main goal of the N.T. independent Baptist Church is to preach the Gospel to every creature. The responsibility doesn’t end with seeing souls saved. It is also their job to disciple these new converts and teach them to follow Christ. Every ministry of the local church ought to be done decently and in order. The Great Commission is to be done through the church. Just as the church in Acts sent out Paul and Barnabas as the first missionaries, we must send out missionaries as well. There ought to be a desire in every pastor’s heart to have their church involved in faith promise missions, supporting the works of missionaries in country and abroad. Missions is so important to the work of the local church.