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Our Beliefs

Here is a brief summary of the key beliefs at our church.  We would like to express our thanks to our brothers and sisters at Sevier Heights Baptist Church for summarizing them so well, and allowing us to use them on our website.

  • We believe that there is one God, who is eternal and reveals Himself as three distinct personalities: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. He is the Creator and sustainer of the universe. (Genesis 1:26-27, Matthew 28:19-20, II Corinthians 13:14, Colossians 1:15-17)
  • We believe that God the Father is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-wise. He reigns with providential care over the universe and flow of human history is according to His purposes and plan. (Isaiah 64:8, Jeremiah 10:10, Hebrews 11:6, I Peter 1:17)
  • We believe that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, was born of a virgin, is wholly God and wholly man, lived a sinless life, died as a substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of mankind, was buried, arose from the grave, and ascended into Heaven. (John 1:14, John 3:16, Matthew 4, Luke 4, Hebrews 4:15, II Corinthians 5:21)
  • We believe the Holy Spirit is God. The Holy Spirit indwells the believer at the moment of spiritual birth, baptizes the believer into the body of Christ, and is God the Father's seal guaranteeing our eternal inheritance. He is the convictor of sin, righteousness, and judgment; the believer's Guide to and Teacher of truth, Counselor and Comforter. (Ephesians 1, John 14-17)
  • We believe in the literal, bodily return of Jesus Christ to earth. (Revelation 19:1-2, 16)
  • We believe that the Bible is the Word of God inspired by the Holy Spirit without any error, the sole authority for life, and the primary tool the Holy Spirit uses to grow people toward Christ-likeness. (II Timothy 3:16-17, II Peter 1:20-21)
  • We believe that human beings are a special creation of God, made in His image with the eternal capacity to know God. (Genesis 1:26-27)
  • We believe that all mankind fell through the sin of the first man, Adam, and that all men are sinners in need of salvation. (Genesis 3:15, Romans 5:12-15)
  • We believe that salvation is a gift of grace from God, received through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. It is available to all through faith in Jesus Christ as the only way to God the Father and ethernal life. (Romans 6:23, Titus 3:5, Ephesians 2:8-10, John 1:12)
  • We believe that ever person who truly is saved is eternally secure in the Lord Jesus Christ. (John 10:27-30, Ephesians 1:13-14, Hebrews 7:25, Hebrews 10:10, 14)
  • We believe that those persons who die without faith in Jesus Christ spend eternity in Hell and those persons who die with their sins forgiven, through faith in Christ, spend eternity in Heaven. (John 3:16, Revelation 20:14-15)
  • We believe that the water baptism is in obedience to the command of Christ, and is by immersion after salvation. (Romans 6:3-10, Acts 8:34-38, Mark 1:9-11)
  • We believe that the local church is the local body of baptized believers with the Lord Jesus Christ as the head. The church is God's only plan to fulfill the Great Commission. (Matthew 28:18-20, Ephesians 4:15-16, I Corinthians 12:27-28)
  • We believe that each believer has direct access to God through the Lord Jesus Christ. (I Timothy 2:5-6, Hebrews 10:19-22)
  • We believe in the separation of church and state, but not in the separation of God and government. While the government does not speak for God, God controls government. Submission to God includes submission to government, except when government places itself between us and God. (Daniel, I Peter 2:13-17, Matthew 22:15-22, Romans 13:1-7)

At Panther Creek we affirm the Baptist Faith & Message, which you can read here.