Baptist Faith & Message 2000
The Scriptures
The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man
God
There is one and only one living and true God.
God the Father
God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe,
God the Son
Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.
God the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine.
Man
Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation.
Salvation
Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer.
God’s Purpose of Grace
Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners.
The Church
A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth.
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