Doctrinal_Statement

Central Baptist Church

Little Rock, Arkansas

Doctrinal Statement

1. THE SCRIPTURES: We believe in the Plenary Verbally Inspired Word of God as the final rule of Faith and Practice. We, also believe that the KJV is the Inerrant Word of God preserved for the English-speaking people.

2. THE TRUE GOD: We believe in the One and Only True Eternal Infinite God manifested in three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. He is the Creator of all things and Sovereign over the same.

3. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST: We believe in the Virgin Birth, the Deity, and Sinlessness of Jesus Christ. His Blood provided a Full and Vicarious Atonement for our Sins. We believe that Christ Arose Bodily "the third day according to the scriptures;" that He ascended "to the right hand of the throne of God;" and that He Alone is our "merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God."

4. THE HOLY SPIRIT: We believe that the Work of the Holy Spirit to be that of Pointing to and Lifting up the Name and Work of Christ Jesus; that He never exalts Himself; that He accomplishes His work by Conviction of Sin, Self-righteousness, and Judgment. He Regenerates, Sanctifies, Indwells, Empowers, Guides, Teaches, and Comforts the Saved.

5. THE DEVIL / SATAN: We believe in the Reality of the person of Satan, a Fallen angel, his Destructive ways, and his eventual Destruction in the Burning Lake of Fire.

6. THE CREATION: We believe in the Literal Genesis account of Creation; that Man was Created in the Image of God after His own Likeness; that man did Not Evolve from another species; that God's established the law that Man and Animals would bring forth only "after their kind."

7. THE CREATION OF MAN: We believe that from the Dust of the ground God Created Man in Innocence, but Man voluntarily chose to Transgress the one Law of God plunging all of Mankind into Sin. All of man's Descendents are now born Sinners.

8. SALVATION: We believe in Salvation by Grace through God-given Faith in Jesus Christ Alone. We believe that in God's Electing Grace that the Blessing of Salvation is made Free to all by the Gospel. Nothing prevents the Salvation of the vilest Sinner on earth but his own Total Depravity and voluntary Rejection of the Saving Gospel.

9. JUSTIFICATION: We believe that Justification comes solely through God-given Faith in the Redeemer's Blood, and thusly His Righteousness is Imputed unto Us.

10. THE RAPTURE: We believe that Jesus Christ is Bodily coming back for His Saints, both those who are Dead in Christ and those who are Alive at that time. We believe the Rapture will happen before the Tribulation Period, and the Saints will Rule with Him a Literal Thousand Years after the Great Tribulation time period.

11. HEAVEN & HELL: We believe that all the Redeemed will be granted Entry into a Literal place called Heaven, and all the Wicked, without Christ Jesus as their Saviour, will be put into a Literal Everlasting place called Hell.

12. THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT: We believe that God Divinely Appointed the Civil Government for the Interest and Order of the Human Society; that Magistrate Authorities are to be Prayed for; that the Laws of the Land are to be Obeyed conscientiously Except when they Oppose the Word and the Will of our Lord Jesus Christ.

13. THE CHURCH: We believe that the Church is a called out assembly of Scripturally Baptized Believers covenanted together to carry out the Great Commission and Evangelize the World. We believe this Commission to be Four-fold: to make Disciples, Baptize them, Train them, and Send them out. We believe that the Church has the absolute Right of Self-government, Free from the Interference of any other Man-made Organizations, and that it is Scriptural for Churches of like Faith and Practice to Cooperate with each other in Contending for the Faith and Furtherance of the Gospel throughout the World. We believe in Separation from Denominationalism, Liberalism, Ecumenicalism, New Evangelicalism, and all Neo Movements such as the so-called "Charismatic Movement."

14. CHURCH ORDINANCES: We believe that True New Testament Churches Alone have the Authority to Administer the only two Ordinances granted to it, Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Scriptural Baptism requires a Scriptural Candidate, a Scriptural Authority, a Scriptural Mode, and a Scriptural Administrator. The Lord's Supper is to be Observed Solemnly by the Members only of each Local Church using the "fruit of the vine" to represent the Blood Christ Jesus shed and "unleavened bread" to represent His Body that He Gave for Us.

15. PERSEVERENCE: We believe that Only True Believers will Endure unto the End proving that the Special Providence of God watches over their Welfare, and that they are Kept by the His Power through Faith unto Eternal Salvation.

16. PRESERVATION: We believe that all True Believers will be Preserved in Christ Jesus Forever, and that Nothing can Separate them from their Eternal Family Relationship with God, for truly they do Possess the Gift of Eternal life in Christ Jesus through the Spiritual New Birth.

17. MISSIONS & EVANGELISM: We believe that the "Great Commission" is clearly given unto the Churches of the Lord Jesus Christ, the organization through which He gets His Glory. (Eph. 3: 21)

18. STEWARDSHIP: We believe that all Scriptural Giving comes under the title of "Grace Giving". The Biblical formula of "tithes" and "offerings" was incorporated before the Mosaic Law, after the Mosaic Law, and during the New Testament time period (Gen. 14: 20; Lev. 27: 30; Mal. 3: 10; Matt. 23: 23). The New Testament Churches are the God-ordained Organizations through which we are to place our Tithes and Offerings (I Cor. 16: 2).