Who We Are
We are Missionary Baptists. We believe in missions and that the Lord's true churches must be mission minded. The mission of the church is to execute the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ which can be read in Matthew 28: 18-20. "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.". The 3 Tenets of the Great Commission are: 1) Go and Teach or preach the gospel, 2) Baptize disciples, and 3) Teach disciples to observe all commandments of our Lord Jesus.
We are Landmarkers. We believe that the church founded by Christ is local and visible and that there are certain identifying marks of the Lord's true church. Not all churches that we can see today that claim to be a Christian church is a true church of the Lord Jesus. Many churches that exist today are founded by men. The reason why many men founded their own churches is because they believed that the church founded by Jesus Christ has gone out of existence due to the severe persecutions during the dark ages. However the Lord Jesus made a promised when he founded His church. Jesus said: "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Matthew 16:18)
We are Landmarkers. We believe that the church founded by Christ is local and visible and that there are certain identifying marks of the Lord's true church. Not all churches that we can see today that claim to be a Christian church is a true church of the Lord Jesus. Many churches that exist today are founded by men. The reason why many men founded their own churches is because they believed that the church founded by Jesus Christ has gone out of existence due to the severe persecutions during the dark ages. However the Lord Jesus made a promised when he founded His church. Jesus said: "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Matthew 16:18)
IDENTIFYING MARKS OF THE LORD'S CHURCH
- The right man who prepared the materials -- John the Baptist (John 1:6; Mat. ch.3).
- The right founder -- Jesus Christ (Matthew 16:18).
- The right Head -- Jesus Christ (Col.1:18)
- The right time -- About 30-31 AD (Luke 3:23; Gal. 4.4-5).
- The right place -- Seashore of Galilee (Matt.4: 17-22),
- The two ordinances -- Baptism and Lord's Supper (Matthew 28:18-20; 26:26-30).
- Two scriptural offices -- Pastors and Deacons (I Timothy ch. 3).
- The right church polity - Congregational under God's word (I Pet. 5:1-4; Mat.20:21-28; Acts 6:1-6).
- The right history -- (Matt.16:18; Eph.3:21)
We are Independent and Autonomous. What we mean by independent and autonomous is that the church is self-governing and self-propagating and is not under the control and direction of the pope, man-made organizations, mission boards and conventions. (Eph.1:21-23). It is the church that sends out missionaries (Acts 13:1-3). We are independent but not independent from Christ and His words. Rather, we are dependent upon Him and His words. (John 15).
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