Ridge Road Baptist Church
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What We Believe
Doctrinal Statement

 

The Holy Scriptures
We believe in the absolute authority of the Holy Scriptures. We believe the 66 books of the Old and New Testament to be the complete and divine revelation of God to man. We believe that God not only inspired His words in the original manuscripts, but that He has also preserved those words. We believe the word of God to be perfectly preserved in the English-language in the Authorized (King James) Version. This Bible is our final authority in all matters (2 Tim 3:16-1, Ps 12:6-7).

The Godhead
We believe in one true God, the creator and sustainer of all things; that he is all powerful, and infinitely holy, eternally existent as the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, each being equal in every divine perfection (Deut 6:4, 1 John 5:7).

The Lord Jesus Christ
We believe the Lord Jesus Christ to be the only begotten Son of God; God manifest in the flesh, born of a virgin, without sin; that He died upon the cross, rose again, and ascended to the Father, seated on the right hand of God, soon to return for His church and ultimately to set up His kingdom upon the earth; we believe Him to be the only Savior of the world (1 Tim 3:16, Isa 7:14, Heb 4:15, 1 Cor 15:3-4, Acts 1:9-11, John 14:6).

The Holy Spirit
We believe the Holy Spirit to be a personal being that convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and is the agency of the new birth, baptizing every saved person in to the body of Christ, indwelling them, comforting them, and sealing them unto the day of redemption (John 3:6, 16:8, 1 Cor 12:13, John 14:16-17, Eph 4:30).

We believe that the Holy Spirit administers spiritual gifts to all saved people for the benefit of the entire body of Christ. We believe that the sign gifts (tongues, miracles, healing) ceased with the completion of the New Testament scriptures (1 Cor 12:4-7).

Salvation
We believe all men are lost apart from Christ, alienated from God in the fallen image of Adam. We believe salvation to be the free gift of God by grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ, apart from all human merit. We believe the saved child of God is eternally secure in Jesus Christ (Rom 3:23-24, Eph 2:8-9, Rom 8:38-39).

We believe every believer is responsible before God to grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; this is a process that begins at conversion and is completed upon the redemption of the body; this process of sanctification requires the diligence of every individual believer (2 Pet 1:5-7, 3:18, Phil 1:6, Rom 8:19-23).

The Church
We believe the church is the body of Christ of which every believer is made a part by a spiritual baptism upon their receiving Christ as Savior. We believe every member of the body of Christ should gather together with a local church for the purpose of Biblical instruction and mutual ministry (1 Cor 12:27, Heb 10:25).

We believe the local church is to be made up solely of those who have been born-again and scripturally baptized. We believe the local church is to be autonomous and free from all external authority.

We believe the ordinances of the local church to be water baptism and the Lord’s Supper. We believe water baptism to be a public testimony picturing a believers association with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ by immersion, and that the Lord’s Supper is a memorial of the sacrificial death of Christ to be observed by believers. We believe there is absolutely no saving virtue to these ordinances (Rom 6:1-4, 1 Cor 11:26).

The Great Commission
We believe it is the responsibility of every believer to proclaim the saving gospel of Jesus Christ to the lost world by all available means, including being a personal witness as well as financially supporting the missionary efforts of the church (Matt 28:19, Mark 16:19).

Separation
We believe every saved person ought to conduct their lives in a manner so as not to bring reproach upon their Savior, therefore believers ought to be separate from the outward and inner ways of the world, being holy in mind and body (2 Cor 6:14-18, 1 Thess 5:23).

The Return of Jesus Christ
We believe in the blessed hope, the return of Jesus Christ for His church prior to the great tribulation, after which Christ will return in power and glory with his saints to establish a literal Messianic kingdom upon planet earth lasting 1000 years. We believe that the nation of Israel will be restored at this time as the head of nations (Titus 2:13, Rev 19:11-16, 20:4, Rom 11:25-26, Deut 28:13).

The Judgment
We believe that the church will stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ following the rapture of the church, not to be judged for salvation, but for reward or loss. We believe that all those rejecting Jesus Christ will be judged at the Great White Throne Judgment following the Millennial reign of Christ and will be consigned finally and eternally to a literal lake of fire (2 Cor 5:10, Rev 20:11-15).

Authority of our Doctrinal Statement
Because we believe the foregoing doctrinal statement to be scripturally accurate, all literature used in the church and all teaching done within the church by its membership shall be in accordance with this statement.
However, this doctrinal statement is simply a guide regarding our basic beliefs and in no way exhausts the doctrinal standards and convictions of this church. The King James Bible is the sole and final authority of all that we believe.

 

 


Ridge Road Baptist Church
3600 Ridge Road
Brewton, AL 36426
(251) 867-6983 - Church Office
(251) 867-9253 - Pastor Lee Cadenhead

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