Statement of Faith

  • We believe the Bible, Genesis through Revelation, is originally given by God. II Timothy 3:16

    It is without error. Matthew 5:17-19

    We trust it as the supreme authority in all matters to which it speaks. II Timothy 3:14-17

  • We believe the God of the Bible is the true and living God, three Persons in One. He has made Himself known as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Genesis 1: 26; Matthew 28: 19; Romans 1:18-32; 1 John 5: 7

    God is eternal. Deuteronomy 33:27; 1 Timothy 1:17

    God is Creator of all things. Genesis 1: 1; Psalm 24: 1,2

    God is sacred. Leviticus 11: 45

    God is always present. Psalm 139

    God is love. I John 4: 8

    God commands that we love Him and others. Matthew 22:37-39

  • God created man, male and female. Genesis 1: 26-28

    Man was created for God’s pleasure. Psalm 147:11; Psalm 149:4; Ephesians 1:5 & 6

    Man was created with the ability to choose right or wrong. Genesis 2: 9, 15-17; Deuteronomy 30: 15

    The first man, Adam, disobeyed God and through him sin entered the world. Romans 5: 12-14

    Man is separated from God through disobedience, and will spend eternity in hell. John 3: 18; II Thessalonians 1: 59; Revelation 20: 11-15; Revelation 21: 8

  • God has never stopped loving man. Psalm 25: 6; Jeremiah 31: 3

    God sent His Son Jesus Christ to reconcile man to God. John 3: 16

    Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and was born of a virgin; he is fully God and fully man. Matthew 1: 21; John 1: 14

    Jesus Christ is Saviour and Lord. Luke 2: 11; Acts 2: 36

    Jesus walked where we walk. John 1: 14; Hebrews 4: 14 &15

    He lived humbly obeying God’s will. John 4: 34; Philippians 2: 5-11

    He suffered for our sins, died on the cross, and was buried. God raised Him from the dead. He is alive. He is seated at God’s right hand. I Corinthians 15: 14; Colossians 3: 1

    Jesus came to us. Through Him we come to God. Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life. John 14: 6

    Those who trust in Christ through faith are reconciled to God and will spend eternity in heaven. John 3: 16; Luke 23: 43; Romans 5: 10; II Corinthians 5: 18

    The Lord Jesus Christ will return. Philippians 2: 511; I Thessalonians 4: 13-18; Revelation 12: 10; Revelation 22: 7, 12-14, 20

  • The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, is present in the world. John 14: 15-18, 23-29; Acts 2: 1-21

    The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth, changes our lives. John 3: 38

    He draws us to Christ. Romans 8: 24-26

    He calls us while we are yet separated from God to be reconciled to God. He calls us from a life of self-sufficiency to a life of Godsufficiency. Isaiah 59: 2; John 6: 63; John 10:10; Romans 8: 28-30; Revelation 22: 17

  • Faith is the foundation of Christ’s church. Matthew 16: 13-19

    Those who believe in Jesus Christ and follow after Him are His church. Acts 11:26

    Baptism by full immersion and the Lord’s Supper are mandated by Jesus Christ for all believers. Matthew 28:19; Mark 1:5, 9-11; Luke 22:19 & 20

    The church is chosen by Christ to advance the Kingdom of God by obedience to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. Matthew 22:36-40; Matthew 28:18-20; I Peter 2:9

  • Marriage is the joining together for life of one man and one woman in covenant with God. Genesis 1:26-28, Genesis 2:18-25, Ephesians 5:21-33, I Corinthians 7:1,2

  • The Church Covenant binds the members of this church in fellowship.

(Adopted by Gunningsville Baptist Church June 11, 2007)

Church Covenant:

Having been led, by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour, and on the profession of faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now, in the presence of God, angels and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another as one body in Christ.

We engage, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love, to strive for the advancement of this Church, in knowledge, holiness and comfort, to promote its prosperity and spirituality to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrine, to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, and the spread of the Gospel throughout all nations.

We also engage to cultivate the devotional life, to rear our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances, to walk circumspectly in the world, to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary

in our deportment, and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the Kingdom of our Saviour.

We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love, to remember each other in prayer, to aid each other in sickness and distress, to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech, to be slow to take offence, always ready for reconciliation, and mindful of the

rules of our Saviour, to secure it without delay.

We moreover engage that when we remove from this place, we will as soon as possible unite with some other church, where we can carry out the spirit of this COVENANT, and the principles of God’s Word.

POLICY:

This church shall abide by the statement of a Church Policy adopted by the United Baptist Convention in 1906.