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The Scriptures We believe that the Holy Scriptures are our only authority for the way of salvation, the Christian life, and the practice of the church; that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God. 2 Timothy 3:14-17 |
God We believe in the one true and living God revealed in the Scripture as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Deuteronomy 6:4; John 14:7-9, 15:26; Matthew 28:19 |
Humanity We believe that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God; that the way of salvation is by faith receiving God’s free gift of grace, which is given through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus by His atoning death on the Cross and His victorious Resurrection. Romans 3:23-26, 4:23-25; Ephesians 2:1-10 |
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Salvation and Grace We believe that all true believers, those genuinely born again of the Spirit of God, shall be kept by the power of God through faith; that no power or person shall be able to pluck them out of the Father’s hand or to separate them from the love of God in Christ Jesus; that they have eternal life as a present as well as a future reality; that should children of God fall into sin, God will, in love, chasten them as His children and seek to lead them to repentance, forgiveness, and cleansing of sin through confession of sin to God. John 10:27-29; 1 Peter 1:5; Romans 8:35-39; Hebrews 12:5-11; 1 John 1:9, 5:11 |
The Church We believe that each local church is autonomous as far as human government is concerned; that each church should look to Christ alone as its head and earnestly seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit; that we can please God and promote His work by cooperating together for missions, publications, education, and many other joint efforts. Proverbs 4:1-13; Ephesians 1:22-23; Revelation 3:22 |
Baptism We believe that all who have received Christ as Savior and Lord should be baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit; that baptism is by immersion in likeness of the believer’s union with Christ in death to sin, burial, resurrection to walk in newness of life.. Matthew 28:19; Romans 6:3-11 |
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The Lord's Supper that the Lord’s Supper should be observed in remembrance of Him and to show forth His death for our sins until He comes again I Corinthians 11:15-30 |
The Lord's Day The first day of the week is the Lord’s Day. It is a Christian institution for regular observance. It commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and should include exercises of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and private. Activities on the Lord’s Day should be commensurate with the Christian’s conscience under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Exodus 20:8-11; Matthew 12:1-12; 28:1ff.; Mark 2:27-28; 16:1-7; Luke 24:1-3,33-36; John 4:21-24; 20:1,19-28; Acts 20:7; Romans 14:5-10; I Corinthians 16:1-2; Colossians 2:16; 3:16; Revelation 1:10 |
Family God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption. Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God’s unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation of the human race. The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God’s image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation. Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God’s pattern for marriage. Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them, through consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical truth. Children are to honor and obey their parents. Matthew 5:14-16, 28:18-20; John 20:21-23; Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 6:14-19, 9:6-15; 1 Peter 1:13-21 |
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Missions It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations. The new birth of man’s spirit by God’s Holy Spirit means the birth of love for others. Missionary effort on the part of all rests thus upon a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life, and is expressly and repeatedly commanded in the teachings of Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ has commanded the preaching of the gospel to all nations. It is the duty of every child of God to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal witness undergirded by a Christian lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ. Acts 1:9-11; 1 Corinthians 15; Revelation 20:11-15 |
The Return of Christ We believe in the imminent, personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ; that the righteous dead shall be raised immortal to dwell eternally with the Lord; that the unrighteous dead shall be raised to be sentenced to the second death of the lake of fire. Acts 1:9-11; 1 Corinthians 15; Revelation 20:11-15 |
Faith and Message The statement of faith and message to set forth certain teachings which we believe. Click this link to visit the Baptist Faith and Message webpage
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Our Beliefs
The beliefs listed on this page is a summary of our core beliefs and doctrines. Red Bank recognizes the only complete and perfect statement of faith resides in the Bible alone. These statements serve to clairfy and affirm our positions on major biblical doctine and provide an anchor-point that helps in avoiding theological drift.
