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our Lord.
It is the
immersion in water of a believer to show forth as a solemn and beautiful
testimony of faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Savior, symbolizing our
death to sin and resurrection to a new life; that it is a prerequisite to the
privileges of New Testament church
membership; that the authority was given solely to the New Testament
Church.
Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 2:41; Acts 8:36;
Matt. 28:19; Rom. 6:3-5; Acts 10:47.
2. The Lord’s Supper
We believe
that the Lord’s
Supper is a
memorial observance and is
administered by the authority and instruction of the local church in which the
participants, by the sacred use of unleavened bread and the pure fruit of the
vine, are to commemorate together the undying love of Christ, preceded always by
a solemn self-examination; that it symbolizes the broken body and the shed
blood of the Son of God. We believe that
these ordinances are not sacraments, but are sacred symbols, pointing to the
world’s only Savior, and bidding the sons of men to look unto an everlasting
fellowship with the King of kings and Lord of lords when he shall return to
take over the reins of all government.
Matt. 26:26-29; I Cor. 11:23-26.
B.
Missions
We believe
in both “home”
and “foreign” missions; that missions is biblically the sole
responsibility of the local church; that the mission endeavors are to be
supported prayerfully and financially by the offerings of the members. We believe that all mission works and
missionaries are to be in total agreement with our Articles of Faith and sent
out by a local church of like faith and order; that any mission work sponsored
by missionaries sent out by this local church are to be under the authority of
and accountable to this church as being a member on staff.
Matt. 16:8; Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Mark 16:15; Rom. 10:13-17; Eph.
6:19; I Cor. 16:1-3.