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AS MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION, OUR CHURCH SUPPORTS THE BAPTIST FAITH AND MESSAGE.  A SUMMARY OF THESE BELIEFS IS AS FOLLOWS:

I. The Scriptures  The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God's revelation of Himself to man. It is a  perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
II. God There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections.
III. Man Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation. The gift of gender is thus part of the goodness of God's creation.
IV. Salvation  Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.
V. God's Purpose of Grace  Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners. It is consistent with the free agency of man, and comprehends all the means in connection with the end.
VI. The Church  A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth.
VII. Baptism and the Lord's Supper  Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer's death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus.
VIII. The Lord's Day  The first day of the week is the Lord's Day. It is a Christian institution for regular observance. I
IX. The Kingdom  The Kingdom of God includes both His general sovereignty over the universe and His particular kingship over men who willfully acknowledge Him as King. Particularly the Kingdom is the realm of salvation into which men enter by trustful, childlike commitment to Jesus Christ. Christians ought to pray and to labor that the Kingdom may come and God's will be done on earth.
X. Last Things  God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end.
XI. Evangelism and Missions  It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations.
XII. Education  Christianity is the faith of enlightenment and intelligence. In Jesus Christ abide all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge
XIII. Stewardship  God is the source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual; all that we have and are we owe to Him
XIV. Cooperation  Christ's people should, as occasion requires, organize such associations and conventions as may best secure cooperation for the great objects of the Kingdom of God. Such organizations have no authority over one another or over the churches.
XV. The Christian and the Social Order  All Christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ supreme in our own lives and in human society
XVI. Peace and War  It is the duty of Christians to seek peace with all men on principles of righteousness
XVII. Religious Liberty  God alone is Lord of the conscience, and He has left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are contrary to His Word or not contained in it. Church and state should be separate.
XVIII. The Family  God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption.