ARTICLES OF FAITH

Primitive Baptists claim the scriptures as their sole rule of faith and practice, and therefore, are not bound to creeds of faith. However, most churches have summarized their interpretation of scriptures in various Articles of Faith.  The following articles are those adopted by our congregation.  They are similar to the statements of Primitive Baptists around the world.    

1. We believe in one only true and living God, and Trinity of persons in the God-head, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and yet not three but one God.

2. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired words of God, and the only rule of faith and practice and we prefer the translation made under the authority of King James.

3. We believe that the whole of the human family were created in Adam, their seminal head, and that all alike fell in him by his transgression of the law, and all partake of his sinful nature, and are all born into the world sinners by nature.

4. We believe in a covenant of redemption by the Holy Trinity and that a definite number of the fallen sons and daughters of Adam were chosen in Christ before the world began, that they should be holy and without blame before Him in love.

5. We believe that all chosen in Christ shall be called, regenerated and sanctified by the Holy Spirit and that they will be justified in the sight of God by the righteousness of Christ imputed to them, and will be preserved through grace and never finally fall away.

6. We believe that evangelical faith is the gift of God and good works are the fruit of faith, and justify us in the sight of men and angels, as evidence of our gracious state.

7. We believe that all the Spiritual blessings that are essential for the consummation of the eternal salvation of the elect were given them in Christ before the world began, and in time bestowed upon them by virtue of His atoning for them.

8. We believe that baptism and the Lord's supper are ordinances of Jesus Christ and that true believers are the only subjects of baptism and that immersion is the only Apostolic mode.

9. We believe that washing the saints feet is a duty enjoined by Jesus Christ and ought to be done in church capacity.

10. We believe no minister has any right to administer the ordinances of the gospel but one who is regularly baptised and called of God, and has come under the imposition of the hands of the presbytery.

11. We believe that none but regularly baptised believers have a right to commune at the Lord's table.

12. We believe in the resurrection of the just and the unjust: the just shall be fashioned like the glorious body of Christ; that the felicity of the saints and the punishment of the wicked will be everlasting.

13. We believe it disorder for any member of the Church to affiliate with any secret, oath-bound institution, or any institution other than the Church which contains a form of worship.

14. We believe that Christ set in the Church everything it needs and that aids, and auxiliaries of any nature are unscriptural.