A Loving Church...Serving a Living Savior
1. We believe that love one for another, as Jesus loves the believer,
manifests our discipleship, proves our love for God and symbolizes our
authority as New Testament churches. Love is therefor the great
commandment of the LORD Jesus Christ, upon which all other are
dependent (Matt. 22:35-40; John 13:34, 35; John 15:12; I John 4:7-21; I
John 5:1-3; Rev. 2:4,5).
2. We believe in the infallible, verbal inspiration of the whole Bible, and
that the Bible is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice (Psalm
119:160; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17).
3. We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
equal in divine perfection (Matt. 28:19).
4. We believe in the Genesis account of Creation (Gen. 1:2).
5. We believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and
man, the unholy god of this world, and that his destiny is the eternal
lake of fire (Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:11-19; Matt. 25:41; 2 Cor. 4:4; Eph.
6:10-17; Rev. 20:10).
6. We believe in the virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ
(Matt. 1:18-20; 2 Cor. 5:21; I Peter 2:22).
7. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (John 10:30; John 1:1, 14; 2
Cor. 5:19).
8. We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine Administrator for Jesus
Christ in His churches (Luke 24:49; John 14:16,17; Acts 1:4, 5, 8; Acts
2:1-4).
9. We believe that miraculous spiritual manifestation gifts were done
away when the Bible was completed. Faith, Hope and Love are the vital
abiding Spiritual Gifts (I Cor. Chapters 12-14).
10. We believe that Man was crated in the image of God and lived in
innocency until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state,
the result being that all mankind are sinners (Gen. 1:26; Gen. 3:6-24;
Rom. 5:12-19).
11. We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was
substitutionary for all mankind and is efficacious only to those who
believe (Isa. 53:6; Heb 2:9; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John
2:2).
12. We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the
bodily resurrection of His saints (Matt. 28:1-7; Acts 1:9-11; I Cor.
15:42-58; I Thess. 4:13-18).
13. We believe in the premillennial, personal, bodily return of Christ as
the crowning event of the Gentile age. This event will include the
resurrection of the righteous to eternal heaven, and the Millennium will
be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal
punishment in the lake of fire and that the righteous shall enter into the
heaven age (John 14:1-6; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 19; Rev.
20:4-6; Rev. 20:11-15; Rev. 21:8).
14. We believe that the depraved sinner is saved wholly by grace through
faith in Jesus Christ, and the requisites to regeneration are repentance
toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 13:3-5; John
3:16-18; Acts 20:21; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8, 9), and that the Holy Spirit
convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, and indwells every believer (John 3:6;
John 16:8, 9; Rom. 8:9-11; I Cor. 6:19, 20; Eph. 4:30; Titus 3:5).
15. We believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally
secure in Him and shall not perish (John 3:36; John 5:24; John 10:27-30;
Rom. 8:35-39; Heb. 10:39; I Peter 1:5).
16. We believe that God deals with believers as His children, that He
chastises the disobedient, and that He rewards the obedient (Matt. 16:27;
Matt. 25:14-23; John 1:12; Heb. 12:5-11; 2 John 8; Rev. 22:12).
17. We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His
ministry on earth and that it is always a local, visible assembly of
scripturally baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the
Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ, and each church is an
independent, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may
exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great
Commission to the New Testament churches only, and that He
promised the perpetuity of His churches (Matt. 4:18-22; Matt. 16:18;
Matt. 28:19, 20; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51; Eph. 3:21).
18. We believe that there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord's
churches: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Scriptural baptism is the
immersion of penitent believer in water, administered by the authority of
a New Testament church in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit. The Lord's Supper is a memorial ordinance, restricted to the
member of the church observing the ordinance (Matt. 28:19, 20; Acts
8:12, 38; Rom. 6:4; I Cor. 5:11-13; I Cor. 11:1, 2, 17-20, 26).
19. We believe that there are two divinely appointed offices in a church,
pastors and deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set
forth in Titus and 1 Timothy.
20. We believe that all associations, fellowships, and committees are,
and properly should be, servants of, and under control of the churches
(Matt. 20:25-28).
21. We believe in freedom of worship without interference from the
government and affirm our belief in civil obedience, unless the laws and
regulations of civil government run contrary to the Holy Scriptures
(Rom. 13:1-7; I Peter 2:13-15).
We are affiliated and fellowship with the American Baptist Association
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What We Are:
A group of saved,
scripturally baptized
believers in Christ
covenanted together to
carry out the work of the
Lord Jesus Christ as set
forth in the Bible.
Who We are:
A Bible believing,
fundamental, conservative
Baptist church with
traditional worship services.
Our Mission:
To be faithful to the Lord
Jesus Christ and to carry
out the Biblical priorities
established for us by the
Lord as recorded in the
inspired Word of God.
Our Priorities:
The Biblical priorities
established by Christ for
His church:
1. Evangelism - sharing the
love of God through Christ
Jesus by sharing the Gospel
with those who are lost.
2. Discipleship - learning,
teaching and doing all
things that Christ
commanded.
3. Edification - building
each other up and building
up our church in the grace
and knowledge of the Lord
and encouraging one
another to faithful service
to God.
4. Stewardship -
appropriately managing the
things God has entrusted
to us, including our lives,
finances and our church.
GOALS:
1. Always remain faithful
to Christ in all that we do.
2. Maintain, support and
encourage the current
strengths of our church.
3. Focus on evangelism of
families, beginning with
the adults.
4. Build upon our strengths
in all areas of evangelism
and outreach.
5. Seek God's will and
guidance concerning the
Missionary on the field
that we sponsor.
6. Develop - as a church
body - a Land Usage and
Master Plan for our
property and church
facilities.
First Missionary Baptist Church - Buchanan, Michigan
We are pleased to offer Children's Church on
Sunday mornings at 11:00 a.m. for children ages
5 through 12. Larry and Clara Gardiner lovingly
teach the children basic Biblical principles
using a puppet ministry, Bible lessons and song.