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What We Believe
Landmark Independent Baptist Church is:
 Independent
 We are a truly independent church, as were all the
churches of the New Testament. We are not affiliated with any
man-made external organization be it a Convention, Association,
Fellowship or Mission Board. Our only Head is the Lord Jesus
Christ and our only headquarters is in heaven. We fellowship
with sister churches of like precious faith and practice, and
support missionaries sent forth by the authority of such
churches.
Fundamental
We affirm without apology the doctrines frequently
identified as the “Fundamentals of the Faith,” which include the
deity, virgin birth, sinless life, substitutionary death, bodily
resurrection, and imminent return of Jesus Christ. We reject,
however, the prevalent concept that other doctrines clearly
taught in God’s Word are “non-essentials.” Christ said:“Whosoever
therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall
teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of
heaven.” (Matt. 5:19)
Separated
We believe that Christians should bring forth the
fruits of salvation in their lives and that their relationships
with Christ should affect every aspect of their lives: the
clothes they wear, the language they use, the activities they
participate in, the places they frequent, and even the jobs they
hold. Christians should seek to separate themselves from evil of
every sort.
Historical
(Landmark)
Only Scriptural Baptist churches can make a
legitimate claim to an unbroken succession back to the time of
Christ and the apostles. Christ only built one kind of church
and that church is described in detail in the New Testament. The
only churches meeting the requirements of that description today
are true Baptist churches. Baptist churches have existed in
every age since their founding by Christ, though they have not
always been known by that name. We do not deny that there are
those in other so-called “churches” that have been born again by
the grace of God. We do deny, however, that these man-made
organizations are true churches of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Sovereign
Grace (Strict & Particular, Old School, Calvinistic)
We believe that God loved his elect with an
everlasting love and that they are redeemed, quickened, and
saved, not by themselves, nor through their own works, but only
and wholly by God, of His own free grace and mercy. We believe
that God will unfailingly call His elect unto Himself and bring
them to belief in the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. We
believe that we are responsible to do our part in ensuring that
the gospel is carried throughout the world. We are opposed to
cheap or high pressure methods of evangelism, and to the
preaching of easy-believism, which neglects the essential of
Biblical repentance. We believe that it is impossible for one to
accept Christ as Savior while rejecting Him as Lord.
King
James Bible Believing (Textus Receptus, Masoretic Texts)
We believe in the verbal plenary inspiration of
the Holy Scriptures. We believe that God has preserved His very
words in the transmission of His Word as found in the Greek
Textus Receptus and the Hebrew Masoretic Text. We believe that
the Bible as we have it today in the King James Version is the
Word of God in the English language in a sense that cannot be
said of any other translation.
See
also:
The 1729 Goat Yard Declaration of
Faith and
What is Sovereign Grace?
God has not changed.
God’s Word has not changed.
If we claim faithfulness to Him and His Word,
we cannot change or compromise!
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