The foundational beliefs that guide Hope Baptist Church in worship, teaching, and community life.
These foundational truths shape everything we believe and how we live out our faith.
We believe the King James Bible to be God's word preserved in the English Language.
We believe the Word of God has been divinely inspired, and is infallible, without contradiction or error.
We believe the bible is the authority for Christian faith and conduct.
We believe in one triune God, eternally existing in three persons – the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – each coeternal in being; co-identical in nature, and coequal in power, glory, attributes, and perfections.
(Dt 6:4-5; Mt 29:19; 2 Cor 13:14; John 14:10,26; 1 John 5:7)
We reject the ecumenical teaching that God is the Father of all, and that all are brothers. We believe that He is the Spiritual Father of those who have been born again.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice, and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our high priest, He fulfills the ministry of Intercessor and advocate.
(Is 7:14; 9:6; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2, 14; Acts 1:9-10; Heb 4:14-16)
We believe the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgement. He is the supernatural agent in the regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them until the day of redemption.
We believe that He is the divine teacher who assists believers to understand and follow the scriptures, and it is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the spirit.
We believe that God bestows spiritual gifts to every believer for the edification of the body and the work of the ministry.
We believe that the sign gifts of speaking in tongues and healing were temporary, and were never a necessary sign of the baptism or filling of the Holy Spirit.
(John 16:8-11; Romans 8:9; 1 Cor 6:19; Eph 1:13-14; Eph 5:18; 1 John 2:20,27)
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin, the human race fell, inherited a sin nature, and became alienated from God. In and of himself, man is utterly unable to remedy his lost condition.
(Gen 1:26-27; Rom 5:12; Rom 3:22-23; Romans 6:23; Eph 2:8-9)
We believe that Satan is a created being, perfect until he fell through pride and ambition to be like the Almighty. He drew after him a host of angels, and is now the prince of the power of the air, the god of this world system. He is the author of sin and the cause of the fall of man, the enemy of God and His people.
We believe that sinners are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus freely took our sin and the punishment we deserved upon Himself, and His death made atonement for our sins. It is a heart belief in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ that saves us, and puts us into the family of God.
We believe that once a person receives Jesus Christ as their personal savior, they are sealed forever by the Holy Spirit, who keeps us through His power until the day of redemption.
These convictions guide how we live, love, and serve as followers of Christ.
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment.
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the Church.
We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ.
We believe God's plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family.
We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism.
We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen.
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