We are Reformed Baptist.
When I say
Reformed, I mean that we have as our heritage the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. We believe in the
Five Sola’s of the Reformation, the first of them being that the scriptures are our final authority for all saving knowledge, faith and obedience. We are
confessional – we subscribe to the London Baptist Confession of 1689. We are
creedal – we affirm the great creeds of the historic, orthodox church. We are
covenantal – we believe that God interacts with and accomplishes his purposes in his creation by entering into covenant with mankind. We have a high view of
scripture – we believe in it’s necessity, sufficiency, internal consistency, clarity, and our dependence upon it. We have a high view of the
church – we regard preaching, the ordinances, discipline, worship, and evangelism as central to the fulfillment of the churches mission. We believe that a Christian should possess a distinctly Christian worldview that permeates the whole of life. We believe that God is Triune, sovereign over all, and is worthy of all glory, honor and praise.
When I say that we are Reformed
Baptist, I mean that we belong to a very specific tradition within the Protestant Reformation. We believe that baptism is rightly administered to
believers, and not to infants. We also believe that the local church is to remain independent, with authority residing within the local church itself, as she is lead by Elders and Deacons. We believe in belonging to associations of churches, and not denominations or presbyteries. See chapters 26, 28, and 29 of our
confession.
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Joe.