Heritage Baptist Church shall be Biblical in
its theology, Fundamental in its practice, and
Premillennial in its hope.
The following is a condensed
statement of faith from our church
constitution:
1. The Holy Scriptures:
We believe that the Holy Bible, both Old and New
Testaments is the very Word of God; that it is
the full, final, and complete revelation of
God's will to man; and that it is infallible,
verbally inspired, and inerrant.
2. The Godhead:
We believe that there is One and only One true
and living God, and that He is absolute in
nature, perfect in attributes, and holy in
character; that He is the maker and supreme ruler
of heaven and earth; that He is infinite in
wisdom, marvelous in power, and amazing in love;
that He unites in Himself the infinite, the
eternal, and the Almighty Three-God: God the
Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit; and
that the three Persons of the Godhead subsist in
the same divine nature, essence, and being, and
that they co-exist and are co-equal in every
divine attribute, with each One executing
distinct but harmonious offices in the great work
of man's redemption.
3. The Devil:
We believe that Satan is an actual person and not
an imaginary influence or force; that he is the
author of sin and brought about the fall of Adam
and Eve; that he operates today as the god of
this world, the prince of the power of the air;
that he is a diabolical inventor, deceiver, and
the father of all lies, and the greatest enemy,
the mightiest tempter, and the most relentless
accuser of the saints; and that he will meet his
end in the never ending torment of the Lake of
Fire.
4. The Creation:
We believe that the Genesis account of creation
is literal, not allegorical nor figurative, and
that God personally created the heavens and the
earth out of nothing; and reject as false all
forms of evolution, for all of His creative acts,
including man, were perfect in themselves, with
not one of them conditional upon changes wrought
over an indeterminable period of time.
5. The Doctrine of
Salvation:
We believe that the salvation of sinners is
wholly by grace through faith alone in the
finished blood sacrifice, death, and literal and
bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ;
that all who receive Him as their personal Savior
are regenerated by the Holy Spirit, and become
children of God; that no rite, ceremony, work,
sacrament, merit or church can avail for the
sinner's salvation, nor make the
believer's salvation more secure; and that
the Lord Jesus Christ is the only and
all-sufficient Savior.
6. The Security of The
Believer:
We believe that salvation wrought by God's
grace is everlasting; that those begotten of the
Holy Spirit are kept, not by their own power, but
by the power of God; that security is not limited
to salvation alone, but also to the new life in
Christ, manifested by the changes that occur in
those that are redeemed from the marketplace of
sin; and that security is forbidden to be taught
or practiced as a license to any form of sin.
7. The Doctrine of Separation:
A. Personal
We believe that every believer should keep
himself unspotted from the world, and in
so doing, will abstain from worldly practices,
habits, attitudes, and dress; and that every
believer should compliment his abstinence with
separation to the Lord and His will for
their lives.
B. Ecclesiastical
We believe that we must
raise a holy standard against and separate from
groups, organizations, fellowships, churches,
and movements that do not uphold, or who
compromise the historic Christian fundamentals
of the faith as expressed by the Word of God;
and that we have a Biblical mandate to be
obedient to the Word in order to keep the local
church pure from the leaven seeking entrance or
cooperation.
8. The Doctrine of Future Things:
We believe in the literal, bodily, personal,
Premillennial, and imminent Coming of our Lord in
the air, to catch away His children to Himself,
BEFORE the Tribulation period of seven years
starts on the earth; and in the personal,
visible, and glorious return of Christ to the
earth with His saints at the close of the
Tribulation period, at the battle of Armageddon;
to judge the nations and to set up His Millennial
Kingdom upon the earth for 1,000 years.
9. The King James
Version:
We believe that the King James Version of the
Bible to be the most accurate, scholarly,
literal, and true to the faith of any and all
translations or versions. It is to be used in all
services of teaching or preaching. We also
believe that the King James Version needs no
revision, and even if it suffers increasing
apathy by some, and sacrilege by others, it
remains stately, spiritual and reverent as the
infallible Word of God.
10. Doctrine of Stewardship:
We believe that stewardship is the active
recognition of the Lordship of Christ over all
believers, and that it is the believer's
responsibility and privilege to give back to the
Lord tithes and offerings of our finances, our
abilities, and our time; and that this method is
the prescribed plan for financing and carrying on
the work of His churches and spreading the Gospel
to the ends of the earth.
11. Doctrine of Missions:
We believe that all men that are without Christ
are eternally lost. Since man cannot believe in a
Christ in whom he has never heard of,
believer's are debtors to all mankind and
have the responsibility of getting to them and
giving them the saving Gospel of Christ.
Believers therefore, are to support and pray for
those who are called to the mission field under
approved and scripturally sound and separated
mission boards or as independents. Both home and
foreign missions are included.
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