We believe that the Bible is God’s written revelation to mankind (humanity), and thus the sixty- six books of the Bible given to us by the Holy Spirit constitute the plenary (inspired equally in all parts) Word of God. The Word of God is an objective revelation, inspired in every word, absolutely without error in the original documents, infallible, authoritative and God-breathed. The Bible constitutes the only infallible rule of faith and practice for the Christian.

(Matthew 5:18; 24:35; John 10:35, 16:12-13; 17:17; 1 Corinthians 2:7-14; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 4:12; 2 Peter 1:20-21)

We believe that there is only one living and true God, an infinite, all-knowing Spirit, perfect in all His attributes, One in essence, eternally existing in three Persons (the Trinity)—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—each equally deserving worship and obedience. 

(Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 45:5-7; Matthew 28:19; John 4:24; 1 Corinthians 8:4; 2 Corinthians 13:14)

We believe that God the Father, the first person of the Trinity, is the Creator of all things and the only absolute and omnipotent Ruler. He is holy and sovereign in creation, providence, and redemption.

(Genesis 1:1-31; Psalm 103:19; 145:8-9; John 3:16; Romans 8:14; 11:36; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Corinthians 6:18; Ephesians 3:9; 4:6; 1 Timothy 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9)

We believe that Jesus Christ, the Second Person of the Trinity, possesses all the divine essence and attributes, and in these He is co-equal and co-eternal with the Father. Our Lord Jesus Christ was virgin-born and God incarnate (fully God and fully man) and He is absolutely sinless. He is also the sole “Mediator between God and men,” the head of His body the church, the coming universal King who will reign forever, and the Judge of all mankind.

We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His sacrificial death on the cross and that His death was voluntary, vicarious, substitutionary, propitiatory, and redemptive. This redemptive work frees the believing sinner from the punishment, penalty, power, and ultimately the presence of sin; and it grants justification and eternal life.

We believe that in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave, God confirmed the deity of His Son and gave proof that God has accepted the atoning work of Christ on the cross. Jesus’ bodily resurrection is also the guarantee of a future resurrection life for all believers. Jesus Christ will return in a yet future Second Coming.

(Isaiah 7:14; Micah 5:2; Matthew 1:21-25; Luke 1:26-35; John 1:1, 14, 29; 5:23, 26-29; 8:58; 10:11-18, 30; 14:9-10, 19; 17:9-12; Romans 3:24-25; 4:25; 5:8; 6:5-10; 1 Corinthians 15:20, 23; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-8; Colossians 2:9; 1 Peter 1:18-19; 2:22-24)

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person possessing all the attributes of personality and deity and is co-equal with the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit executes the divine will with relation to all mankind and His sovereign activity is seen in creation, revelation, the incarnation, and the work of salvation. The Holy Spirit is the supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ and granting them spiritual gifts. The Holy Spirit also indwells, sanctifies, instructs, empowers for service, and seals unto the day of redemption all believers.

(Genesis 1:2; Psalm 139:7-10; Isaiah 40:13-14; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Malachi 3:6; Matthew 1:18; 28:19; John 3:3-8; 14:16-17; 16:13; Romans 8:9; 15:13; 1 Corinthians 2:10-13; 12:4-6, 13; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 13:14; Ephesians 1:13; 4:30; Hebrews 9:14; 10:15-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21)

We believe that the first man and woman (Adam and Eve) were directly and immediately created by God in His image and likeness. They were created free of sin, with a rational nature, intelligence, volition, self-determination, and moral responsibility to God. When Adam sinned by disobeying the revealed will and Word of God, the innocence of humanity was lost. Thereby, humans incurred the penalty of spiritual and physical death, became subject to the wrath of God, and became inherently corrupt and unable to rescue themselves from this horribly lost state.

We believe that, though sin distorted the image of God in humans, human life is still precious and sacred in God’s sight, beginning at conception and extending to death. Therefore, we believe that abortion and euthanasia are sinful.

We believe that every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect, and dignity. Hateful and harassing behavior or attitudes directed toward any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with Scripture nor the doctrines of Fellowship Baptist Church.

(Genesis 2:7, 9:5-6, 15-25; 3:1-19; Psalm 8, 139; Jeremiah 1:5; John 3:1-8, 36; Mark 12:28-31; Luke 6:31; Romans 3:23; 6:23;14:23; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Ephesians 2:1-3; 1 Timothy 2:13-14; Titus 3:5; Hebrews 11:6; James 3:9; 1 John 1:8)

We believe that salvation is wholly of God by grace through the work of the Spirit on the basis of the redemption of Jesus Christ, and not on the basis of human merit or works. Everyone is responsible to respond to God as He commands. We respond in faith by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit and thereby gain justification before God.

We believe that justification before God is an act of God by which He declares righteous those who, through faith in Christ, repent of their sins and confess Him as Lord. This righteousness is apart from any virtue or human work and involves (1) the placing of our sins on Christ who paid the punishment for those sins in His death and (2) the imputation of Christ’s righteousness to us.

We believe that all true believers cannot lose their salvation, but by the power of God will be kept in Christ forever. We believe that the result of justification is progressive sanctification, the process by which the believer grows in obedience to the Word of God. Though every believer is involved in a daily conflict against sin, adequate provision is made for victory through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit.

(Isaiah 55:6-7; Luke 13:3; John 1:12; 6:37; 10:27-30; 17:17, 19; Acts 2:38; 3:19; 11:18; 17:30; 20:32; Romans 2:4; 3:20-26; 4:6; 6:1-22; 8:33; 10:9-10; 1 Corinthians 1:2, 30; 6:11; 12:3; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 4:5; 5:21; 7:10; Ephesians 1:7; 2:1-10; Philippians 2:11; Colossians 2:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4; 5:23; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; Titus 3:5; Hebrews 2:11; 3:1; 10:10, 14; 13:12; 1 Peter 1:2, 18-19; 2:24)

We believe that all who trust in Jesus Christ are immediately placed into one united spiritual body, the church, of which Christ is the Head and the One Supreme Authority. Christ’s guidelines for church life are found in the Scriptures. We teach that, as a part of the universal church, each individual believer is responsible to unite with other believers in a local assembly. This manifestation of Christ’s body is the local church, wherein believers organize and associate for the purpose of worship, edification, fellowship and other ministry.

The church is to glorify God by building itself up in the faith, by instruction of the Word, by fellowship and prayer, by keeping the ordinances and by proclaiming the gospel to the entire world. All saints are called to minister according to their gifts.

We believe two ordinances (regular ceremonies) have been committed to the local church: water baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Neither baptism nor the partaking of the Lord’s Supper has any merit in helping a person obtain eternal life.

(Matthew 28:19-20; Luke 22:19; Acts 1:8; 2:1-21; 38-47; 6:1-7; 20:28; 1 Corinthians 11:3, 23-32; 12:12-13; 15:51-52; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 1:22; 3:21; 4:11-16; 5:23-32; Colossians 1:18; 1 Timothy 3:1-13; 5:17-22; 2 Timothy 2:2, 15; 3:16-17; 4:2; Titus 1:5-9; Hebrews 10:24-25; 13:7, 17; 1 Peter 5:1-5; 1 John 1:3; Revelation 22:12)

We believe that physical death involves no loss of our immaterial consciousness and that redeemed souls go into the presence of Christ and lost souls go into punishment. In the future, every soul will be rejoined with a resurrected body to enter the eternal state, which for the saved is eternal life in God’s presence, and for the unsaved is judgment and everlasting punishment. We believe in the personal future return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

(Daniel 12:2; Luke 23:43; John 5:28-29; 6:39; 14:1-3; Romans 8:10-11, 19-23; 1 Corinthians 15:35-44; 50-54; 2 Corinthians 4:14; 5:8; Philippians 1:21-24; 3:21; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11; Titus 2:13; Revelation 6:9-11; 20:13-15)

We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary sexes together reflect the image and nature of God. Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person.

We believe the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture. We believe that marriage between one man and one woman, for life, uniquely reflects Christ’s relationship with His Church. We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. 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 sexual immorality (including adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, bestiality, incest, pedophilia, or use of pornography) is sinful and offensive to God.

We teach that in order to preserve the function and integrity of Fellowship Baptist Church as the local Body of Christ, and to provide a biblical role model to its members and the community, it is imperative that all persons employed by this church in any capacity, or who serve as volunteers, agree to and abide by this Statement on Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality.

We believe that God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ.

(Genesis 1:26-27, 2:18-25; Matthew 5:16, 15:18-20; Acts 3:19-21; Romans 10:9-10; 1 Corinthians 6: 9-11, 18; 7:2-5; Ephesians 5:21-33; Philippians 2:14-16; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; Hebrews 13:4)