It is the Mission of Cross Keys Baptist Church to
provide an active, well-balanced program for every age-group and every need, and
yet be interested in you personally and individually. We want to serve you by
providing opportunities for Christian friendship and spiritual instruction that
will help bring genuine joy and satisfaction to your life.
We invite you to check through our web site. Feel free to call, write, or stop
by with any questions that have not been answered, then give us an opportunity
to get acquainted with you. We're looking forward to your fellowship in the
Gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Southern
Baptists have prepared a statement of generally held convictions called the
Baptist Faith and Message. It serves as a guide to understanding who they are.
For your copy please
click here.
Here
are some highlights:
God
"There is one and only one living and true God... The eternal God reveals
Himself to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes,
but without division of nature, essence or being."
The Scriptures
"The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is the record of God's
revelation of Himself to man... It has God for its author, salvation for its
end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter... The criterion by
which the Bible is to be interpreted is Jesus Christ."
The Church
"A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a local body of baptized
believers who are associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the
gospel...and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth.... This
church is an autonomous body... The New Testament speaks also of the church as
the body of Christ which includes all of the redeemed of all the ages."
Salvation
"Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man 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. In its broadest sense, salvation includes
regeneration, sanctification and glorification."
The Kingdom
"The Kingdom of God includes both His general sovereignty over the universe and
His particular kingship over men who willfully acknowledge Him as King.
Particularly, the Kingdom is the realm of salvation into which men enter by
trustful, childlike commitment to Jesus Christ... The full consummation of the
Kingdom awaits the return of Jesus Christ and the end of this age."
Evangelism & 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. ...to seek
constantly to win the lost to Christ by personal effort..."
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