Union St. Baptist Church

What We Believe

We believe;

1) in the full and verbal inspiration of the Old Testament and New Testament Scriptures as
originally given; their being in themselves the Word of God, without error, and fully reliable in
both fact and doctrine; their final authority and perpetual sufficiency in all matters of faith and
practice (2 Tim 3:16).

2) in the unity of the Godhead and the divine co-equality of the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit; the sovereignty of God in creation, providence and redemption (Jn 14:16,17, 26; Gen
1:1).

3) that God created the world and universe out of nothing in six days and rested on the seventh
day. He continues to uphold and direct all events and providentially rules over all creation (Gen
1:1-2:3).

4) that God made man in his image, they being two persons of male and female (Gen 1:26,27).

5) in the total depravity of human nature in consequence of the fall, and the necessity for
regeneration (Rom 3:21-23).

6) in the true and proper Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, being the second person of the trinity,
the Son of God; His being born of a virgin and the Holy Spirit thereby being fully man and fully
God. In the authority of His teaching and the infallibility of all His utterances; His work of
atonement for sinners of mankind by His substitutionary suffering and death; His bodily
resurrection and His ascension into Heaven; and His present priestly intercession for His people
at the right hand of the Father (Phil 2:5-9; Gal 4:4,5).

7) that the justification of the sinner is solely by grace alone through faith alone in our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ (Rom 3:24,25).
8) that the work of the Holy Spirit is essential for the true and spiritual understanding of the
Scriptures; for repentance, regeneration, conversion, sanctification, and for ministry and worship
(Jn 14:15-26; Matt 16:15-17; 1 Cor 2:6-2 Tim 3:16)

9) that the universal Church, the Body, of which Christ is Head, embraces all the redeemed,
called by God through the gospel, born of the Spirit, and justified by faith. The local Church,
composed of such believers, is the expression of the universal Church, and fellowship between
such churches manifests the unity of the body of Christ (Eph 1:22;5:24;Col 1:18; 1 Tim 3:15).

10) that there are only two ordinances, being baptism and the Lord's Supper, as instituted by
our Lord Jesus Christ. Baptism is to be conducted by full immersion (unless this is not physically
possible for the participant) and is an identification with the Lord Jesus Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection, and the only proper subjects for this rite are those who profess repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord's Supper is a commemoration of His death, but is not a sacrifice for sin and does not involve any change in substance of the bread or the wine (Lk 22:14; Matt 28:19,20).

11) in the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ in glory (Acts 1:10,11; Rev 22:7 & 20)

12) in the resurrection of the body; the judgement of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, with the
eternal blessedness of the righteous and eternal punishment of the wicked (Rev 20:11-15; 1 Cor
15).