STATEMENT OF FAITH

The Trinity
We believe in one God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Genesis 1:2; Matthew 4; Matthew 5:16; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 8-9; Matthew 45; John 14:9; James 1:17

God the Father
We believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of all things visible and invisible.
Genesis 1:1; Acts 17:24-28; Hebrews 11:3

God the Son
We believe in Jesus Christ as the promised Messiah, the only begotten Son of God, and the visible image of the invisible God. We believe that He became man without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man. We believe that He accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross and by His physical resurrection from the dead. We believe that Jesus ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God.
Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2; Romans 3:24; Colossians 1:15; 1 Peter 2:24

God the Holy Spirit
We believe in the Holy Spirit, who is active as God’s presence today and Who indwells every Christian.
John 16: 5-15; Acts 1:7-8; Romans 8:26-27; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19

Scripture
We believe in the Bible, God’s Holy Word. We believe God inspired the original writings of the Scripture, because of that, we accept the Bible as the final authority for all matters of faith and practice.
Mark 12:36; John 14:26; John 16:12-15; Acts 1:16; 1 Corinthians 2:12-13

Walking With Christ
We believe that responding to God’s grace is a life-long journey, in other words, we are continually surrendering more and more to what we are learning about Jesus.
Romans 3:23; Romans 10:11-13; Philippians 2:11; Titus 3:3-7

Salvation
We believe that salvation is a free gift from God given by grace and received through faith in Jesus Christ. Man is saved by undeserved mercy through faith and nothing of man enters into his salvation; it is a free gift. Man’s efforts, regardless of how good or well-intended, before or after salvation, have nothing to do with it. Salvation is by the finished work of Christ and nothing can be added to it.
John 1:12; Romans 3:22; Romans 11:6; Galatians 2:16; Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 2:8-9; Colossians 2:13; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:18-19

Baptism
Baptism is performed out of obedience to Christ, identification with Christ, and symbolic of our repentance and faith in Christ. Baptism is offered to those who have personally come to Christ by faith, repented of unbelief, and received Christ. Therefore, someone must be first saved and then baptized as a symbol of that salvation. Baptism is by immersion, keeping with the symbolism of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection as well as the examples given in the New Testament. Baptism is not required for Salvation.
Matthew 3:2, 6; Matthew 3:16; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:37-41; Acts 8:38-39; Romans 6:4

Man’s Condition
We believe the Bible teaches that man, created by God, willfully sinned against God and is consequently lost and without hope apart from Jesus Christ.
Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23

The Church
We believe the Church of Jesus Christ, the community of believers, serves as a witness to God’s “now” and “coming” kingdom. We believe this witness happens as the community is nurtured and as the community relates to the world in selfless acts of love, justice, and service. We believe the best way to help train God’s people is to teach in an expository fashion. Knowledge of God’s Word is key to growth and the understanding of His will.
Matthew 16:13-18; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:14-47; Acts 2:42-47

WHO WE ARE

DISCIPLES ON JOURNEY TOGETHER
We that believe that it is more important who we invite to heaven than who we invite to church! Here’s what we mean; it’s great when you get a chance to invite a friend to church, but it’s even better when you get a chance to show the love of Christ to a neighbor, co-worker or family member and see them develop a relationship with Jesus, as their Lord and Savior. We want to focus on how to show the love of God to an un-churched world rather than just trying to see how many people we can get to our church.

"GO Therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obSERVE ALL THAT i have commanded you…"
(Matthew 28:19-20a ESV)

"‘AND YOU SHALL Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘yOU SHALL Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no OTHER commandment greater than these.’" (Mark 12:30-31 ESV)

"Do not BE conformED to this world, but be transformed by the renewAL of your mind, ThAT bY testING YOU MAY DISCERN what IS THE WILL OF God, WhAT IS good AND ACCEPTABLE and perfect." (Romans 12:2 ESV)

Out of these verses, comes our goal to love God, love people and be equipped to share God’s love through knowing and loving His Word. Baybrook Baptist Church (BBC) embraces the truth that one cannot be a faithful disciple of Christ without accepting as part of that identity the missio Dei- the sending of God. We desire to demonstrate God’s love to others, where they are; instead of expecting others to come to us. We invite you to be part of this journey.