Fundamentals of Our Faith

Stedfast Baptist Church is an independent, fundamental, King James Only Baptist church. Below is a full statement of what we believe.

Core Beliefs

Word of God

The King James Bible is the preserved word of God in English without any error and is word perfect.

2 Tim 3:16 · Ps 12:6-7 · Isa 59:21 · Matt 4:4 · Matt 24:35

Salvation

Salvation is by grace through faith. The only requirement of salvation is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ with all your heart — to put all your trust in the gospel: the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

John 3:16 · Rom 10:9-10 · Rom 10:13 · Eph 2:8

Hell

Everyone who does not believe on the Lord Jesus Christ alone for salvation will spend eternity in constant torment of flames of Hell with no rest day or night.

John 3:18 · John 3:36 · Matt 10:28 · Rev 14:10 · Rev 20:10 · Rev 21:8

Eternal Security

Anyone who believes on the Lord Jesus Christ and receives salvation will never die and has eternal life. Once Saved Always Saved.

John 3:15-16 · John 3:36 · John 5:24 · John 6:47 · 1 Tim 1:16

Trinity

God created the heaven and the earth and consists of three persons: The Father, Jesus Christ (The Word), and the Holy Ghost — and these three are one God.

Gen 1:1 · 1 John 5:7 · John 1:1 · Eph 3:9

The Father

The Father so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son to die for the sins of the world. No man has seen the Father but he has been declared by his son, Jesus Christ.

John 1:18 · John 3:16 · 1 John 4:9 · 1 John 4:12

The Son

Jesus is the word of God, the son of God and God. He created all things and became flesh, was born of a virgin, and died for the sins of the whole world, was buried, and rose again.

John 1:1 · 1 John 5:7 · Col 1:16 · Isa 7:14 · 1 Cor 15:3-4 · 1 Tim 3:16

The Holy Ghost

The Holy Ghost is the spirit of truth and guides believers into all truth but he does not speak of himself.

John 14:26 · John 15:26 · John 16:13 · 1 John 5:6

Baptism

After putting all your trust and faith in Jesus, believers should be baptized by immersion. Baptism is not a part of salvation, but rather demonstrates the belief in Christ that they now have.

John 3:23 · Mark 1:9-10 · Acts 8:36-39 · Rom 6:3-4 · Col 2:12

Church

The church is a local congregation of believers and is for the edification and exhortation of the saints.

Ps 89:5 · Ps 89:7 · 1 Cor 1:2 · 1 Cor 14:3 · 1 Tim 4:13 · 2 Cor 10:8

Creation

God created the world in 6 literal days (~24 hours) around ~6,300 years ago based on the chronology of the Bible and all science.

Luke 3:23-38 · Matt 1:1-17 · Exo 20:11 · Exo 31:17 · Mark 10:6 · Gen 1

Important Doctrines

Second Coming (Day of the Lord)

Jesus Christ will return again after a falling away, after the son of perdition is revealed, and after the tribulation.

2 Thess 2:3 · 1 Thess 4:15 · Matt 24:29 · Mark 13:24

Rapture (Day of the Lord)

After the tribulation, at the second coming of Christ, Jesus will send his angels to rapture the elect (believers) before his wrath is poured out on the unbelieving world.

1 Thess 4:17 · Matt 24:31 · Mark 13:27 · Luke 17:37 · Rev 7:9

Sin

Sin is defined as a transgression of God's law. This includes the entire Old and New Testament except where the New Testament expressly states that there was a change of the law.

1 John 3:4 · Heb 7:12 · Heb 9:10 · Col 2:16 · Rom 14:20

False Doctrines

The following are false doctrines that we reject:

  • ✕Charismatic movement (glossolalia, false signs and wonders, extra-biblical revelation)
  • ✕Calvinism (all five points are false, or twisted, or perverted)
  • ✕"Repent of your sins" as a requirement of salvation
  • ✕Racism / Zionism — Unconditional Israel Support / Jew Worship
  • ✕Ecumenicalism
  • ✕Pre-Tribulation Rapture
  • ✕Pentecostal Oneness / Modalism / Jesus Only (rejecting the Trinity)