Better Life Baptist Church

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1. We believe the Authorized King James Bible is the inspired, inerrant, infallible, and preserved Word of God for the English speaking people, and we use it exclusively. We accept the Bible as the supreme and only authority in faith and life. 

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2. We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 

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3. We believe that the Genesis account of creation is to be accepted literally, not allegorically or figuratively; that man was created directly in God's own image and was not a matter of evolution or evolutionary change of species. 

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4. We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, and born of Mary, a virgin, and is true God and true man. 

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5. We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God and literal eternal judgment in hell and the lake of fire, and that all human beings are sinners in thought, word, and deed.

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6. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified by His shed blood. 

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7. We believe that salvation is by grace through faith without the addition of any works. We believe that repentance is necessary for salvation. We believe that once saved we are kept by the power of God (eternal security).

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8. We believe in believer's baptism only, that baptism is by immersion in water and is the answer of a good conscious toward God. We believe that salvation and scriptural baptism are the requirements for membership in the local new testament church, but that baptism alone has no saving power.

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9. We believe that true churches are a local, visible, self-governing body of believers who have been baptized, and that there are only two ordinances: baptism and the Lord's supper, both of which are administered to only believers. 

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10. We believe that upon salvation the believer is sealed and indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God. We are non-charismatic, and do not believe that speaking in tongues or other apostolic gifts are actively being used by the Holy Spirit today.

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11. We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into heaven, and in His present work there as our High Priest and advocate. We believe that because of His bodily resurrection we will also be raised bodily and given a new glorified body to live with Him forever. 

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12. We are dispensational in theology and believe in the pre-tribulation rapture of the saints and the pre-millennial return of Christ to set up his literal kingdom on this earth for a thousand years. 

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The Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our faith.  The Bible itself is the sole and final source of all that we believe. 

 

Please contact our Pastor if you would like the full Statement of Faith.