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Statement of Faith
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The Bible is the only authoritative guide to knowing and serving the triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer). As the divinely-inspired word of God, the Bible reveals what is necessary for faith and its mandated practice.
We believe that Jesus Christ is Savior and Lord, and that through belief in Him we are guaranteed eternal fellowship with our loving Father in Heaven. Through His death, in which He took upon Himself all the sins of the world, and His Resurrection, which offers glorious proof of His divinity, the truth of His teaching, and His triumph over sin and death.
We affirm the priesthood of all believers and work to empower, strengthen, and develop one another to serve God in all aspects of our life.
We recognize two ordinances exemplifying obedience to our Lord’s commands: believers’ baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
1. We insist that baptism be administered only to those who have the maturity to understand its profound significance: resurrection to new life in Christ. And we follow the biblical example set by Christ when we fully immerse in water, a beautiful symbolic statement of that new life.
2. The Lord’s Supper, or Holy Communion, commemorates the sacrifice of our Lord. The bread and cup that symbolize the broken body and shed blood offered by Christ remind us today of God’s great love for us–just as they did for the disciples 2,000 years ago on the eve of the crucifixion.
We take to heart the Great Commission of Matthew 28:19–the call to evangelism: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” (ESV). The United Baptist Church is committed to mission: to see the glory of God revealed in all the earth; to see Jesus Christ proclaimed as Savior and Lord to all people and nations; to see churches started and growing; to see the renewal of God’s creation; and to see God’s justice and peace reign in all the world.
We take seriously all that Christ did during His brief but momentous years of teaching and nurturing disciples and followers. We accept the ministries Christ modeled as our ministries. In sincere imitation of our Savior’s work, we have attempted to be holistic.
1. Understanding God’s word as revealed in Scripture is of great importance to us, and we emphasize learning and teaching as vital responsibilities.
2. And because Christ ministered to the physical needs of persons and acted as an advocate for those who had been mistreated, we hold that seeking justice is an important component of ministry.
3. We accept the wisdom of the New Testament writer James, who maintained that those who truly have faith in Christ necessarily live out that faith expressing compassion for others for whom He died.
We celebrate the special gifts of all believers, testifying that God can use each of us in the overall outreach of ministry. Paul states that “apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers” all work for “building up the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:11,12).
We believe that Jesus Christ is Savior and Lord, and that through belief in Him we are guaranteed eternal fellowship with our loving Father in Heaven. Through His death, in which He took upon Himself all the sins of the world, and His Resurrection, which offers glorious proof of His divinity, the truth of His teaching, and His triumph over sin and death.
We affirm the priesthood of all believers and work to empower, strengthen, and develop one another to serve God in all aspects of our life.
We recognize two ordinances exemplifying obedience to our Lord’s commands: believers’ baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
1. We insist that baptism be administered only to those who have the maturity to understand its profound significance: resurrection to new life in Christ. And we follow the biblical example set by Christ when we fully immerse in water, a beautiful symbolic statement of that new life.
2. The Lord’s Supper, or Holy Communion, commemorates the sacrifice of our Lord. The bread and cup that symbolize the broken body and shed blood offered by Christ remind us today of God’s great love for us–just as they did for the disciples 2,000 years ago on the eve of the crucifixion.
We take to heart the Great Commission of Matthew 28:19–the call to evangelism: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” (ESV). The United Baptist Church is committed to mission: to see the glory of God revealed in all the earth; to see Jesus Christ proclaimed as Savior and Lord to all people and nations; to see churches started and growing; to see the renewal of God’s creation; and to see God’s justice and peace reign in all the world.
We take seriously all that Christ did during His brief but momentous years of teaching and nurturing disciples and followers. We accept the ministries Christ modeled as our ministries. In sincere imitation of our Savior’s work, we have attempted to be holistic.
1. Understanding God’s word as revealed in Scripture is of great importance to us, and we emphasize learning and teaching as vital responsibilities.
2. And because Christ ministered to the physical needs of persons and acted as an advocate for those who had been mistreated, we hold that seeking justice is an important component of ministry.
3. We accept the wisdom of the New Testament writer James, who maintained that those who truly have faith in Christ necessarily live out that faith expressing compassion for others for whom He died.
We celebrate the special gifts of all believers, testifying that God can use each of us in the overall outreach of ministry. Paul states that “apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers” all work for “building up the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:11,12).
