• Our Beliefs

    We, as a congregation, affirm our belief in the essential doctrines of the Christian faith as outlined in the Statement of Faith, which is aligned with the principles of the Baptist tradition. This includes but is not limited to the following core beliefs:


    I. Scripture

    We believe that the Bible, consisting of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, is the inspired, inerrant, infallible, and sufficient Word of God. It is the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and practice. The Bible is God's revelation of Himself to man and is to be interpreted in the light of Jesus Christ and the guidance of the Holy Spirit (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21).


    II. The Triune God

    We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — each equally and fully God, one in essence and glory, yet distinct in person and function.


    III. Jesus Christ

    We believe in the full deity and full humanity of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, sinless life, substitutionary death on the cross for our sins, bodily resurrection, ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His future bodily return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead.


    IV. The Holy Spirit

    We believe in the Holy Spirit, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, regenerates sinners, and indwells, seals, sanctifies, empowers, and guides believers into all truth. The Spirit equips the Church with gifts for service and growth into the image of Christ.


    V. Humanity and Sin

    We believe that all human beings are created in the image of God, yet through Adam's fall all have sinned and are by nature and choice under condemnation and in need of salvation. 

    Our first parents, Adam and Eve, fell from their original state of righteousness and their relationship with God because of their sin. As a result, death came to all people—including all their descendants. Everyone is now spiritually dead and thoroughly corrupted in every part of who we are—both body and soul.
    The guilt of Adam’s sin has been counted against us, and his sinful nature has been passed down to every human being. We are all born in sin and, by nature, are under God’s wrath. We are slaves to sin, subject to death, and destined for all the miseries that come with it—spiritual, physical, and eternal—unless Jesus sets us free.
    This inherited sinfulness leaves us completely unable and unwilling to do good. Instead, we are naturally inclined toward all that is evil. All our actual sins flow out of this deep corruption within us.
    Even after a person is born again through faith in Christ, this sinful nature still remains throughout this life. Though it is forgiven and its power is being put to death through Jesus our Lord, it will not be fully removed until we are glorified—either when we die or when Christ returns.

    VI. Salvation

    We believe that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Regeneration by the Holy Spirit is essential for salvation. Those who repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ are justified by His blood, adopted into God's family, and progressively sanctified by the Spirit. The culmination of salvation is glorification, where in glory, Christ makes us complete. Until that time, the Lord perseveres those who have been regenerated and kept until his coming.


    VII. The Church

    We believe in the one universal Church, composed of all true believers in Jesus Christ, and in the local church as the primary place of fellowship, discipleship, worship, and mission. The ordinances of the local church are believer’s baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper. We affirm the church's autonomy under the Lordship of Christ and its accountability to the Word of God.


    VIII. Gender, Marriage, and Sexuality

    We believe that God created humanity male and female in His image. These distinct and complementary genders are a part of God’s good design. Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman, born as such, in covenant commitment for life.


    IX. Last Things

    We believe in the bodily return of Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the dead, the final judgment, the eternal joy of the redeemed in heaven, and the eternal punishment of the unrepentant in Hell.


    X. Confessional Alignment

    We joyfully affirm the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 as a faithful summary of biblical doctrine. We further confess our unity with the broader Christian tradition by affirming the Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, and Athanasian Creed as accurate expressions of historic, biblical Christianity.

    We also affirm:

    • The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy — for its clarity on the authority and trustworthiness of Scripture.

    • The Danvers Statement — for its faithful witness to biblical complementarity.

    • The Nashville Statement — for its clarity on human identity, sexuality, and the nature of marriage.

    • The Baptist Faith and Message 2000.

    We believe that these confessions and statements are subordinate to Scripture but are valuable in guiding sound doctrine, safeguarding the truth, and uniting the Church in its witness to the world.


  • Statement of Marriage

    We believe in the institution of marriage, as God ordained, to be the union of one man and one woman (Genesis 2.19-24; Leviticus 18.22; Matthew 19.4-6; Romans 1.18-27; Ephesians 5.22-33; Hebrews 13.4).  We believe that this is the only union that God sanctions and therefore, Central Baptist Church will not sanction any marriage of same-sex couples, nor any other unions that are contrary to Biblical teachings.  Neither the pastor nor any other ordained minister who is a member of this church will be allowed to conduct any same-sex marriage.