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Saint Paul Baptist Church,   Inc. of  Greensboro, NC
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STATEMENT OF FAITH
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 What We  Believe:


About the Word

 We believe that the Bible, all sixty-six books in the Old and New Testaments, is the true written message of God to us. We believe the authors of the Bible were inspired by God  and are therefore completely trust-worthy. We believe that the Bible is the  final authority on all matters to which it speaks. (Psalm  19: 7-11, 119; 105; Matthew 5: 18; 2 Timothy 3: 16-17; 2 Peter 1: 20-21) 
 


About God

 We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in  power, glory and nature. (Genesis 1:1,  26, 27; Deut 6:4; 2 Cor. 13:14) We believe the person of Jesus is both one hundred percent God, and one hundred percent man. We believe He is God brought
  to earth, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin. We believe He died  on the cross to pay a debt He did not owe in order to satisfy the debt we could
  not pay (our sin). We believe  that Jesus Christ is seated in heaven at the right hand of God as a  representative, intercessor and advocate for us. We believe He is coming back  again to judge the living and the dead and to establish His kingdom.  We believe that the  Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of  judgment. He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers  into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption.  We further believe His power and gifts are available to believers today. (John 16: 8-11; 2 Corinthians 3: 6; 1  Corinthians 12: 12-14; Romans 8:9 Ephesians 5: 18)

 About Man

 We believe that man is the  spiritual image of God and to be like Him in Character. He is the pinnacle of  God’s Creation, created to fellowship with Him. We believe that through Adam’s  sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God. 
 

About Eternity

 We believe that man was created to exist forever. He will either exist forever in fellowship with God by salvation through Christ, or he will exist forever in opposition to Him and  separated from Him. To exist in His fellowship is heaven; to be separated from  Him is in hell. Both heaven and hell are eternal places. 

About  Salvation

 We believe that  salvation is a gift from God to man. Man can never make up for his sin by self  improvement or good works. Only by trusting in Jesus Christ as God’s offer for forgiveness can man be fully restored or saved from sin’s penalty. Man’s restoration to God’s Kingdom for eternity begins the moment one receives Jesus Christ into his life by faith. There is no other way for man to spend eternity with God except through faith in Christ. (John 14: 6; 1: 12; Romans 6; 23; Ephesians 2: 8-9; Titus 3:5)

 About Evangelism

 We believe that soul-winning is the Great Commission given to the Church. (Matthew  28:16-20;Mark 16:15; 2 Cor. 5: 18 – 21; James 5: 20)

 About Daily Christian Life

 We believe that it  is the will of God that we live a sanctified and holy life, growing constantly in the Faith. (Hebrews 6:1)

 About Water Baptism

 We believe that  baptism by immersion, in water, is an outward sign of the inward work of  salvation. (Matthew 28: 19)

 About the Lord’s Supper

 We believe in the commemoration of the Lord’s Supper by the symbolical use of the bread and the  juice of the vine. (1 Cor. 11: 28)

 About The Baptism of  the Holy Spirit

 We believe that the  Baptism of the Holy Spirit is to endue the believer with power, and that His  empowering is after the same manner as in the Bible days. (Acts 1: 8; 2: 4.)

 About Church Membership

 We believe it is our sacred duty to identify and actively participate with the local and visible  church of Christ. (Acts 16:  5)

 About Civil  Government

 We believe that the  laws of the land should be upheld at all times except in matters opposed to the Word of God. (Romans 13:  1-5)

 About The Final  Judgment

 We believe that all  shall stand one day before God’s final judgment, and there receive eternal reward or eternal judgment. (2 Cor. 5: 10)


About Union of Marriage

 We believe that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of a man and a woman. (Gen. 2:24; Rom. 7:2; 1Cor. 7:1-9; Eph. 5: 22-23)

 About Human Sexuality

 We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex. We believe that God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s gender by surgery or appearances. (Gen. 2:24; Gen. 19: 4-13; Lev. 18: 1-18; Rom. 1: 26-29; 1 Cor. 5:1 & 6:9; 1 Thess. 4:1-8; Heb. 13:4)

 Authority of Statement of Faith

 The statement of faith does not exhaust the extent of our faith. We do believe, however, that the foregoing statement of faith accurately represents the teaching of the Bible and  therefore is binding upon all members. All literature and teaching used in the  church shall be in complete agreement with the statement of faith.   



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1309 Larkin Street Greensboro, NC 27406

(336)275-4680 Email: [email protected]

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