Winslow Baptist Church

Holding out the message of the Cross


        

What We Believe

  • We believe that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant and infallible Word of God in its original language. With the illumination and teaching of the Holy Spirit it is the final authority in all matters of faith and conduct.

  •  We believe that God exists in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. They are co-equal and co-eternal in the One God.

  •  We believe Jesus Christ is God incarnate. That He is fully God and fully man. He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died a substitutionary death on the cross, that His shed blood was our atoning sacrifice for sin, that on the third day He rose again from the dead, that He ascended into heaven to the right hand of the Father where He intercedes for us. We believe He will return again.

  •  We believe the Holy Spirit is God with the Father and Son. That the Holy Spirit’s work is to glorify Jesus and to bring the Word of Christ to remembrance. The Holy Spirit guides us in all truth, shows the things to come and convicts mankind of sin, of judgement and righteousness. He equips believers for service and produces fruit in their lives.

  •  We believe in the fallen nature of mankind that is sinful from birth. A nature that is hostile toward God proceeding from the original sin of Adam.

  •  We believe that it is God’s desire all should be saved. That repentance for sin and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ are essential to salvation. That the repentant sinner by God’s grace is justified by faith alone. The fruits of a holy life evidence this faith.

  •  We believe in the resurrection of all. Those who accept God’s salvation in Christ to eternal blessedness with Him in heaven and the separation to eternal punishment in hell those who have rejected God’s salvation in Christ.

  • We believe in the unity and priesthood of all true believers.