DOCTRINAL STATEMENT

GOD - At New Hope Baptist Church, we believe there is one God who exists in three persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  Deut. 6:4;  II Cor. 13:14

JESUS - We believe Jesus is the Son of God, was born of a virgin, was wholly God and wholly man, lived a sinless life, died in our place as a sacrifice for the sins of mankind, was buried, arose bodily from the grave, and ascended into Heaven.  John 1:1-4 & 14; John 20:16-20; John 3:16; Luke 1:35; Acts 1:9; Rom. 3:23-24; Eph. 1:7

HOLY SPIRIT - We believe God the Holy Spirit is active in convincing unbelievers of their need for salvation and is the Comforter and Guide who lives in every believer.  John 16:7-11; Rom. 8:9; II Cor. 3:6; Eph. 5:18

BIBLE - We believe the Bible is the Word of God without error, the sole authority for life and faith.  

II Tim. 3:16; Matt. 5:17-18; II Peter 3:15-16

CHRIST'S RETURN - We believe Jesus Christ will literally return to earth. Matt. 24:44; I Thess. 4:16-17; Rev. 1:7; Rev 22:20

MAN - We believe man is a special creation of God, made in His image, but through the sin of the first man, Adam, mankind fell so all men are sinners and need salvation.  Gen. 1:26-27; Rom. 3:23; Rom. 5:12; Eph. 2:1-3

SALVATION - We believe salvation is a gift received through repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  John 1:12; Eph. 1:7-8; Eph. 2:8-10

ASSURANCE - We believe every person who is truly saved is eternally secure in the Lord Jesus Christ.  John 6:37-40; John 10:27-30; Rom. 8:1

ETERNITY - We believe those persons who die in their sins without Christ spend eternity in Hell and those persons who die with their sins forgiven through Christ spend eternity in Heaven.  John 14:2-3; Luke 16:19-31; Rom. 6:23; Rev. 20:11-15

BAPTISM - We believe water baptism is an act of obedience to the command of Christ and is by immersion after salvation.  Eph. 2:8-9; Acts 8:34-38; Rom. 3:22; Gal. 2:16; Phil. 3:9; Matt. 28:19-20

CHURCH - Believers in Christ make up the body of the Church, with the Lord Jesus as the Head.  New Hope Baptist Church is a local body of believers charged with living out the Great Commission to those in our community, state, country, and world.  Eph. 1:22-23; Acts 1:8

PRAYER - We believe each believer has direct access to God through the Lord Jesus Christ.  Her. 29:12; Eph. 2:18; Phil. 4:6; Heb. 10:19-22