The members of Faith Baptist Tabernacle having been baptized by immersion in water upon professing faith in Jesus Christ do confess this abbreviated version of our faith:
A. We believe the King James Version of the bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative Word of God. (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; John 3:16.)
B. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6.)
C. We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15.)
D. We believe that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. Furthermore, we believe that God will reward the righteous with eternal life in heaven, and that He will banish the unrighteous to everlasting punishment in hell. (Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7.)
E. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15.)
F. We believe in the total depravity of the human race. (Rom 3:10-19; Ps 14:2,3)
G. We believe that baptism by immersion in water in the name of the Trinity, as the only Gospel baptism. Baptism is not to obtain the remission of sins, but to publicly declare the believer has already been saved by the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (Matt 28:19; Acts 8:36-39)
H. We believe that Christians are to live a holy and separated life (2 Cor 6:17, 1 Thess 5:22)
I. We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in, outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, fornication, adultery, pornography, and all other uncleanness are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex. We believe that God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s gender by surgery or appearance. (Gen 2:24; 19:5: 13; 26:8,9; 1 Cor S:1: 6:9: 1 Thess 4:1-8; Heb 13:4)
J. We believe that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman. (Gen 2:24; Rom 7:2; 1 Cor 7:10; Eph 5:22,23)
K. We believe that human life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living human being. Abortion constitutes the unjustified, unexcused taking of unborn human life. Abortion is murder. We reject any teaching that abortions of pregnancies due to rape, incest, birth defects gender selection, birth or population control, of the physical or mental well-being of the mother are acceptable. (Job 3:16; Ps 51:5; 139:14-16; Isa 44:24; 49:1, 5; Gen 21:22-15)
L. We believe that lawsuits between believers of a personal level are forbidden with the exception of recovering compensation covered by insurance policies and wherein no malice or slander is involved.
M. Consistent with the Church’s sincerely held religious beliefs, gender-specific bathroom facilities may only be utilized consistent with the gender assigned at birth and not gender identity or expression. Optional family (non-gender specific) bathrooms may also be made available.
N. We believe that women should not teach or preach in the church, nor have any position of authority in the church. (1 Cor. 14:34-35, 1 Tim 2:12-15)
O. Our ladies practice the use of head coverings voluntarily as described in 1 Cor. 11:2-12. We believe it is an act of humility and worship. Likewise our men believe they should not have long hair nor cover their heads during worship. (1 Cor. 11:2-12.)
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