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New Paradise Baptist Church

 

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What We Believe – 

The Bible is the final authority in all matters of belief and practice because the Bible is inspired by God and bears the absolute authority of God Himself. Whatever the Bible affirms, Baptists accept as true. No human opinion or decree of any church group can override the Bible. Even creeds and confessions of faith, which attempt to articulate the theology of Scripture, do not carry Scripture’s inherent authority.

  “For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually works also in you that believe.”   ~ 1st Thessalonians 2:13

AUTONOMY OF THE LOCAL CHURCH

The local church is an independent body accountable to the Lord Jesus Christ, the head of the church. All human authority for governing the local church resides within the local church it-self. Thus the church is autonomous, or self-governing. No religious hierarchy outside the lo-cal church may dictate a church’s beliefs or practices. Autonomy does not mean isolation. A Baptist church may fellowship with other churches around mutual interests and in an associational tie, but a Baptist church cannot be a “member” of any other body.

   “And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.”    ~ Colossians 1:18



Additional Details

  • Pastor James Moore
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