The General
Baptists
Statements of Faith
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§We believe there is only
one true, living, and eternal God (1) and that the Godhead
is revealed as Father (A), Son (B), and Holy Spirit (C)
- Scripture to support this:
- A) Genesis 1:1; Matthew 6:9; Ephesians 4:6
- B) Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 16:16; John 1:1, 3:14-16,
14:28; 1Corinthians 15:28; Hebrews 1:8
- C) John 14:16-26; Acts 1:5-8, 2:1-4; Romans
8:16.
§We believe that the Holy
Scriptures are the Old and New Testaments and are the
inspired (1), infallible (2) Word of God. The Bible is
the only reliable guide (3) of Christian faith and conduct.
- Scripture to support this:
- 1) Luke 24:44-46; Romans 16:25-26; 2Timothy
3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2; 2Peter 1:20-21.
- 2) Isaiah 40:8; Luke 21:33; John 17:17; Titus
1:2; 1 Peter 1:25.
- 3) Deuteronomy 6:6-9; Psalm 19:7-10, 119:105,
140; John 5:39; Acts 17:11-12; Romans 10:14-15,
15:4; 2Timothy 3:16-17.
§We believe that God created
man in His own image (1) to bring Him honor through obedience
(2), and that when man disobeyed, he became a fallen and
sinful creature (3), unable to save himself. We believe
that infants are in the Covenant of God's grace and that
all persons become accountable to God (4) when they reach
a state of moral responsibility.
- Scripture to support this:
- 1) Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7; Psalm 8:5.
- 2) Genesis 1:28-31, 2:15-25; Isaiah 43:7.
- 3) Genesis 3:1-24; Psalm 51:5; Jeremiah 13:23;
Romans 1:18-3:23, 5:12-21, 7:1-25
- 4) Matthew 19:13-15; Romans 4:15, 5:13, 6:16;
Hebrews 11:24-26.
§We believe that salvation
(1) (regeneration (2), sanctification (3), justification
(4) and redemption (5)) has been provided for all mankind
through the redemptive work (6) (life (7), death (7),
resurrection (8), ascension (9) and intercession (10))
of Jesus Christ, and that this salvation can only be received
through repentance (11) toward God and faith (12) in our
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
- Scripture to support this:
- 1) Hebrews 5:9, 7:25; 1Thessalonians 5:9; 1Peter
1:9.
- 2) John 1:11-13, 3:3-8; 1Peter 1:23; Ephesians
2:1-10; 2Corinthians 5:17; 2 Peter 1:4; Titus 3:5.
- 3) 1Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 5:26; Hebrews
10:9-10, 13:12; 2Timothy 2:21; Romans 12:1-2; 1Peter
1:2.
- 4) Romans 3:20-24, 5:1-18, 8:30-33; Acts 13:38-39;
1Corinthians 6:11; 2Corinthians5:21.
- 5) Matthew 20:28; Isaiah 53:6; Colossians 1:14;
Titus 2:14; 1Peter 1:18-19; Revelation 5:9.
- 6) John 3:16, 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 5:8,
6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 2:9; Revelation 22:17;
2Peter 3:9;
- 7) Romans 5:10; Hebrews 9:12-15; John 10:11;
1John 3:16.
- 8) Romans 4:25; 1Peter 1:3; 1Corinthians 15:14-17
- 9) Hebrews 4:14-16, 6:19-20, 9:24, 10:11-12.
- 10) Romans 8:34; Hebrews 9:15; Isaiah 53:12;
1Timothy 2:5.
- 11) Isaiah 55:6-7; Luke 13:3-5, 24:47; Acts
2:38; 1Thessalonians 1:9-10.
- 12) John 3:16-18; Hebrews 11:1-6; 1Peter 1:5.
§We believe that those
who abide (1) in Christ have the assurance (2) of salvation.
However, we believe that the Christian retainshis freedom
of choice; therefore, it is possible for him to turn away
(3) from God and be finally lost (4).
- Scripture to support this:
- 1)Matthew 10:22; Luke 9:62; Colossians 1:23;
Revelation 2:10-11, 3:3-5
- 2) Matthew 28:20; 1Corinthians 10:13; Hebrews
5:9.
- 3) John 15:6; Romans 11:20-23; Galatians 5:4;
Hebrews 3:12, 10:26-29; 2Peter 2:20-21.
- 4) John 15:6; 1Corinthians 9:27; Hebrews 6:4-6.
§We believe that Christians
should live faithfully by serving (1) in and through the
local church, praying (2) diligently, witnessing (3) earnestly,
practicing tolerance (4), showing loving kindness (5),
giving (6) as God prospers, and conducting themselves
in such a way as to bring glory to God.
- Scripture to support this:
- 1) 1Chronicles 16:11; Psalm 101:6; Matthew
28:18-20; John 15:7-14; Romans 12:14; 1Corinthians
13; 2Corinthians 8&9; Ephesians 4&6; Hebrews
12:1.
- 2) 2Chronicles 7:14; Daniel 6:10; Matthew 6:1-13,
26:41; Luke 18:1; 1Thessalonians 5:17.
- 3) Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8.
- 4) Matthew 18:15-17; Luke 10:27; Galatians
5:22-23; 2Peter 1:5-9.
- 5) John 13:35; 1John 3:11, 4:7-12.
- 6) Matthew 23:23; 1Corithians 16:2; 2Corinthians
9:6-7
§We believe that the Church
Universal (1) is the Body of Christ, the fellowship of
all believers, and that its members have been called out
from the world to come under the dominion and authority
of Christ, its head. We believe that a local church (2)
is a fellowship of Christians, a part of the body of Christ,
voluntarily banded together for worship (3), nurture (4),
and service (3).
- Scripture to support this:
- 1) Matthew 16:18; John10:10; 1Corinthians 3:16,
12:12-27; Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians 1:18-24;
Hebrews 12:23.
- 2) Matthew 18:17; Acts 2:38-47, 11:19-30; Revelation
1:4, 3:22.
- 3) Romans 12:1; 1Corinthians 14:12-25; Hebrews
10:25; James 1:26-27.
- 4) Ephesians 4; 2Peter 1:2-8, 3:18.
§We believe that baptism
(1) and the Lord's Supper (2) are ordinances instituted
by Christ to be observed by Christians only. We also believe
that the Biblical mode of baptism is immersion and that
participation in the Lord's Supper should be open to all
Christians.
- Scripture to support this:
- 1) Matthew 3:13-15, 28:19; Acts 2:41, 8:12-38,
10:47-48, 16:30-33, 19:5; Romans 6:3-5; Colossians
2:12; 1Peter 3:21.
- 2) Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:19-20;
1Corinthians 11:23-29.
§We believe in the sanctity
(1) of the Lord's Day, the first day of the week (Sunday),
and that this day ought to be observed (2) by worshipping
God, witnessing for Christ, and ministering to the needs
of humanity. We believe that secular work on Sunday should
be limited to cases of necessity or mercy.
- Scripture to support this:
- 1) Exodus 20:8; Isaiah 58:13-14.
- 2) Mark 2:27-28; Luke 4:1-16, 14:1-6; Acts
20:7; 1Corinthians 16:2; Revelation 1:10
§We believe in the personal
return of Jesus Christ (1) and in the bodily resurrection
(2) of the dead. We believe that God will judge (3) all
mankind by Jesus Christ; that He will reward the righteous
with eternal life in Heaven and that He will banish the
unrighteous to everlasting punishment in Hell.
- Scripture to support this:
- 1) Matthew 24&25; Luke 12:40; John 14:3;
Acts 1:11; 1John 3:2; Revelation 1:7.
- 2) John 5:25-29, 6:40, 11:24-25; Romans 8:11;
1Corinthians 15; Philippians 3:21; 1Thessalonians
4:16-17; Revelation 20:4-6.
- 3) Matthew 25:21; Mark 9:43-48; John 5:27;
Acts 17:31; Romans 2:16, 14:12; 2Corinthians 5:1-10;
Colossians 3:24; 2Thessalonians 1:7-10; Hebrews
9:27; 2Peter 3:8-13; Jude 21; Revelation 2:7, 14:13,
20:10-15, 22:12.
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Church
Covenant
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Having given ourselves
to God, we now give ourselves to His church and covenant
with it and with each other, as also with God:
1. That we forsake all unrighteousness, even the appearance
of evil. We will abstain from all questionable pursuits
and pleasures; we will forego all hurtful habits; we will
avoid all evil associations.
2. That we will follow earnestly after righteousness
and true holiness in the fear and love of God. We will seek
first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, trusting
that all needful and helpful things will be added to us;
we will seek entire consecration to God; we will live a
life of prayer; we will seek the constant abiding of the
Divine Life within us; and we will be satisfied only when
we have evidence that we please God and are accepted of
Him.
3. That we faithfully improve all the means of grace.
We will attend and support the services of the church, the
preaching, the social services, the business meetings; we
will contribute freely of our means for the advancement
of the Gospel; we will cooperate with our brethren in every
enterprise having for its end the glory of God and the salvation
of men.
4. That we will be Christ-like in all our deportment.
We will be tender and affectionate toward each other; we
will be careful of each other's reputation, thinking no
evil, and backbiting not with our tongues; we will return
good for evil; we will be just and honest, truthful and
honorable in all our dealings; we will do unto others as
we would be done by; we will be meek, loving and forgiving
as we desire and hope to be forgiven.
5. That we would be faithful Christian workers. We will
do whatsoever Christian work comes to hand, shunning no
cross, shirking no duty; we will even seek opportunities
to do good, glorify God and save souls; we will study to
win our associates, our neighbors, our families, all whom
we may influence, to become Christians; we will count it
more than our meat and drink, more than all things else,
to do the will of the Father in heaven, to lead souls from
sin and death, and lead then to God and heaven.
6. That when we remove from this place we will, as soon
as possible, unite with another church where we can continue
to live by the spirit of this covenant and the principles
of the Bible.
Taken from a printed publication by Stinson Press, Inc.;
400 Stinson Drive, Poplar Bluff, MO. 63901.www.stinsonpress.com
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Contact
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Church
phone: 815-562-5221
Church email: fgbcrochelle@gmail.com
Pastor email: Pastor_ange@live.com
Youth Pastor email: cormel5@juno.com
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Need
a ride to church?
Please contact Angie Mitchell at (815) 762-2433
The church bus picks up for Sunday School at 10:00am and for
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