What We Believe

How to become a Christian

• To become a Christian, a person must first realize that he or she is “lost” – totally estranged from God, separated from God by a sinful nature. Get a Bible, the history of God's relationship with humankind, and read Romans 3:23: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (NIV)
• A person alone cannot reconcile the lost relationship between himself or herself and God. To provide a remedy, God sent his only Son, Jesus, to live the perfect life God demands. Romans 6:23: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
• Although humanity through sin has separated itself from God, the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross bridged that gap. Romans 5:8: “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
• All God asks is that a man or woman repent of his or her sins, turn from them and accept the sacrifice Christ made on the cross for those sins. Romans 10:9: “That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
• God promises in the Bible that anyone who accepts Christ as Savior shall be saved. Romans 10:13: Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
• Baptists believe that a person who accepts Christ as Savior should also follow him in believer's baptism by immersion and join the fellowship of a local church of like-minded believers.