First Baptist Church of Fairfield, Maine

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Statement of Faith

 

We believe in one God, the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Eternal, Almighty, and perfect in love.

 

Faithful, wise, and just, creator, sustainer, and ruler of all that exists.

 

Worthy of all of our praise.

 

We trust in one Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, The eternal Son of God, sent by the Father to save us from our sins.

 

As God, he also became a man, revealing the Father’s will and love for us, living a sinless human life, dying for our sins, and rising again victorious.

 

He has commissioned his church to make disciples of all nations, and He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

 

He has sent the Holy Spirit to empower the church for its mission to guide us and dwell in our midst.

 

The Spirit has inspired the Scriptures as our trustworthy authority for faith and practice, making known the good news of the gospel: That though every one of us was a sinner, without hope apart from God’s grace,God loved us and was faithful to his promises, offering us forgiveness, a new and eternal life.

 

Salvation is a gift, to be accepted by faith in Jesus Christ.

 

We believe that all who have received this gift by faith have been adopted into God’s family and all are called to bear witness to their faith by believer’s baptism, entering the visible company of Jesus’ disciples in a local church.

 

Worshiping together, being shaped by Scripture, remembering the Lord’s Supper, proclaiming the gospel through faithful witness, serving others in Christ’s name, and looking forward in hope to the day we will see our Savior face to face in heaven, and to the day of our resurrection from the dead, to a full and everlasting life with God and all his people in a creation made new.

 

The basis for our belief is in Scripture:

 

Genesis 1:1, 1:27, Chapters 2&3, 2:18, 22-24, Matthew 19:4-6, 28:19, John 3:16 &17

 

Acts 1:9-11, Romans 3: 12 &26, 10:8-13, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 & 15:3-8

 

2 Timothy 3:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:16 &17, 1 John 1:5, Psalm 139: 13-16