Immanuel Baptist Church
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December 4, 2008



We believe the Old and New Testaments to be the infallible, revealed Word of God as existing in the original writings, and the only authoratative and all-sufficient rule of faith and practice.  Because the Holy Bible is the all-sufficient standard in all matters of faith and conduct until Jesus comes, we look for no additional revelation.  We recognize and embrace the validity and value of the the various modern translations of the Bible.

We believe that there is one true God, subsisting in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the same in essence and equal in power and glory.

We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in his virgin birth, in his sinless life, in his vicarious (substitutionary) death by which we have redemption through his shed blood, in his bodily resurrection and ascension to the right hand of God the Father. 

We believe that man was created innocent and in the image of God.  We believe that man sinned and thereby brought upon himself and his posterity both physical and spiritual death that eternally separated himself from the presence of God the Father.

We believe that eternal salvation of lost, sinful man can only be accomplished through the grace of God, conveyed through the ministry of His Holy Spirit who enables man to accept Jesus Christ, by faith, as his personal savior from sin as a gift of God.

We believe that man's redemption is completely wrought by God, and is thereby sealed forever in heaven at the moment of his acceptance of Jesus Christ as Savior, and that having been so sealed, can never again be spiritually separated from the redeemed family of God.

We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His ascension into heaven where He dwells as the believer's High Priest, Advocate and only Mediator between God and man.

We believe in the imminent, personal, pretribulational return of the Lord Jesus Christ for His church.  We believe in Christ's premillennial return to earth following the Great Tribulation to establish His kingdom in power and righteousness with great glory.

We believe in the personality and present ministry of the Holy Spirit who indwells each believer and enables the believer to live a godly life.

We believe that there are two ordinances commanded by the Lord: Believer's Baptism and the Lord's Supper (also called the Eucharist or Holy Communion).

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust; the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting, conscious punishment of the lost.       

We believe in the sanctity of every human life, including the life of the unborn child.  We believe that God created humans male and female and that sexual relationships are to be held only between one man and one woman within the covenant of marriage.    

  








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