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| Why Are We an Independent Baptist Church? |
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Independent
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Because we are not affiliated with
any Convention or Association. We disclaimed such
affiliations because of liberal theology, compromise, and
control, which so constantly accompany them. We are very
dependent upon our Lord Jesus Christ and the Precious Holy
Spirit in doing the Lord's work. We do co-operate
effectively for the common cause of world evangelization through
the combined efforts of a fellowship-relationship of the local
congregations. We feel involvement determined by
"membership" in a Convention often creates a situation in which
the program of that Convention becomes more important than the
local Church that created it, causing the radiance and
importance of the local Church ministry to be obscured.
Fundemental - Because we accept and believe the Bible (Old and New Testaments) to be God's Holy Inspired Written Word to mankind, and as such acknowledge the scriptures to be our sole authority in all manners of faith and practice. We accept the King James Version as the Bible for the English speaking peoples of the world. Baptist - Because we believe and practice the now historical Baptistic stand concerning the scriptures, namely: 1. Salvation by grace through faith, given as a free gift from God. No works of any kind involved, 2. Believer's Baptism by immersion in water. 3. That the truly Born-Again are eternally secure in Christ and can never be lost again. 4. That the Bible is the verbally Inspired, Infallible Word of God from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21. 5. The total separation of Church and State. Church - Because we are a local fellowship of Born-Again, Baptized believers in the Lord Jesus Christ who meet together to worship God and to carry out the commands of our Lord as given in the Great Commission. Mat. 28:18-20 |
Gethsemane Baptist Church - Pastor R.A. Stucke - 1066 Honey Creek Road - Conyers, Georgia - (770) 483-1333
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