"If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore."

Psalms 132:12

Church Constitution

Preamble

Placing our faith wholly in the Lord Jesus Christ for our salvation, believing in the teachings and practices of Baptists and in those principles for which they have stood, namely:

1. the preeminence of Christ as our Savior and Lord,


2. the supreme authority of the Bible and its sufficiency as our final rule of faith and practice.


3. the right of personal interpretation and the competency of the individual soul in direct approach to God,


4. the separation of Church and State according to the first amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America,


5. a church membership of born again believers,


6. the baptism of believers and the observance of the Lord's Supper as symbolic ordinances,


7. the complete independence of the local church, denominational cooperation, and therefore, affiliation with the American Baptist Churches, USA


8. the solemn obligation of majority rule, guaranteeing equal rights to all and special privilege to none,


9. the spiritual unity of all believers, for which the Master so earnestly prayed,


10. a world-wide program of missions and evangelism in obedience to the final command of Jesus Christ: