INDEPENDENT: The only authority over the church is the Lord Jesus Christ.; so we are separate from all conferences, conventions and associations. We are a self supporting, self governing local New Testament church.
FUNDAMENTAL: We believe all of the fundamental doctrines of the Bible. Here are a few:
· Christ the Saviour
· Salvation by grace through faith
· The Eminent return of Christ
· God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost
· Eternal Security of the believer
Pre-tribulation eminent return of Christ
BIBLE BELIEVING: We believe the Bible is the final authority for governing ourselves and the church. We believe that the power of God is experienced through the preaching of the Gospel as contained in the Word of God.
Phone: (740) 817-2516 www.glbcsunbury.com
FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINES
1. A spiritual Church, Christ its founder, its only head and law giver.
2. Its ordinances, only two, Baptism and the Lord's Supper. They are typical and memorial, not saving.
3. Its officers, only two, bishops or pastors and deacons; they are servants of the church.
4. Its Government, a pure Democracy, and that executive only, never legislative.
5. Its laws and doctrines: The New Testament and that only.
6. Its members. Believers only, they saved by grace, not works, through the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit.
7. Its requirements. Believers on entering the church to be baptized, that by immersion, then obedience and loyalty to all New Testament laws.
8. The various churches--separate and independent in their execution of laws and discipline and in their responsibilities to God--but cooperative in work.
9. Complete separation of Church and State.
10. Absolute Religious liberty for all.
