Statement of Faith
At its inception in 1902, the "First Missionary Baptist Church of Fair Plains" adopted these articles of faith:
- We believe in one only true and living God: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. These three are one.
- We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God and the only rule of faith and practice.
- We believe in the doctrine of election by grace.
- We believe in the doctrine of original sin and in man's impotency to recover himself from the fallen state he is in by nature, by his own free will, and or ability.
- We believe that sinners are called, converted, regenerated, and sanctified, by the Holy Spirit and that all who are thus regenerated and born again by the Spirit of God shall never fall finally away.
- We believe that baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances of Jesus Christ, and that true believers are the only subjects of those ordinances. We believe the only true mode of baptism is by immersion.
- We believe in the resurrection of the dead and a general judgment and that the joys of the righteous and the punishment of the wicked will be eternal.
- We believe that no minister has a right to administer the ordinances of the Gospel, except such as are regularly called and come under the imposition of hands by the presbytery.
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We stand today on the foundation of this confession. Much has changed since then, but God's Word never changes. May we carry on the heritage of our founders to confess the Gospel of salvation by grace through faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to the glory of God.
By grace,
Pastor Chris
