Our Mission

The Doctrinal Statement of Mill Creek Baptist Church

The Scriptures

The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired, and is God’s revelation of Himself to man.  It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction.  It has God as its author, salvation as its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, as its matter.  Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy.  All scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.       (2 Timothy 3:15-17)

God

There is one and only one living and true God.  He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe.  God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections.  God is all-powerful and all-knowing; and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future decisions of His free creatures.  The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being. (Mark 1:9-11)

Mankind

Man is a special creation of God, made in His own image.  He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation.  In the beginning mankind was innocent of sin and endowed by his Creator with freedom of choice.  Only the grace of God can bring mankind into His holy fellowship and enable man to fulfill the creative purpose of God. (Ephesians 2:1-22)

Salvation

Salvation involves the redemption of the whole person, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer.  There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.  Regeneration, or the new birth [being born again], is a work of God’s grace whereby believers become new creatures in Christ Jesus. (John 3:16)

The Church

A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, baptism and the Lord’s Supper.  Each congregation operates under the Lordship of Christ.  In such a congregation each member is responsible and accountable to Christ as Lord.  Its scriptural officers are pastors and deacons. (Matthew 16:15-19)

Baptism and the Lord’s Supper

Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus.

 The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby Christians worship and remember Jesus’ life, death, burial, and resurrection.   The Lord’s Supper is taken until the return of the Lord.  The elements are grape juice (symbolizes Jesus’ shed blood) and unleavened bread (symbolizes His sinless body). (Matthew 26:26-30)

Evangelism and Missions

It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations.  The Lord Jesus Christ has commanded the preaching of the gospel to all nations.  It is the duty of every child of God to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal witness undergirded by a Christian lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ. (Acts 1:8)

Stewardship

God is the source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual; all that we have and are we owe to Him.  The basic beginning of obedient stewardship is the tithing of your income, time, and talent.  According to the scriptures, Christians should contribute of their means cheerfully, regularly, systematically, proportionately, and liberally for the advancement of the redeemer’s cause of earth.              (Malachi 3:8-12)

Taken from the Baptist Faith and Message adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention    June 14, 2000.