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What We Believe...

I. The Scriptures

We believe the Authorized King James Bible to be the inspired English translation of the Holy Scriptures, and being such no other English translation of the Bible shall be used publicly from which to read, teach, or preach at Gilead Baptist Church. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is completely true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world. We believe it is the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried.

Exodus 24:4;

Deuteronomy 4:1-2; 17:19;

Joshua 8:34;

Psalms 19:7-10; 119:11,89,105,140;

Isaiah 34:16; 40:8;

Jeremiah 15:16; 36:1-32;

Matthew 5:17-18; 22:29;

Luke 21:33; 24:44-46;

John 5:39; 16:13-15; 17:17;

Acts 2:16ff.; 17:11;

Romans 15:4; 16:25-26;

2 Timothy 3:15-17;

Hebrews 1:1-2; 4:12;

1 Peter 1:25;

2 Peter 1:19-21.

II. God

There is one and only one living and true God. He is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, and part of the Holy Trinity (God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit).

1. God the Father

Genesis 1:1; 2:7;

Exodus 3:14; 6:2-3; 15:11ff.; 20:1ff.;

Leviticus 22:2;

Deuteronomy 6:4; 32:6;

1 Chronicles 29:10;

Psalm 19:1-3;

Isaiah 43:3,15; 64:8;

Jeremiah 10:10; 17:13;

Matthew 6:9ff.; 7:11; 23:9; 28:19;

Mark 1:9-11;

John 4:24; 5:26; 14:6-13; 17:1-8;

2. God the Son

Psalms 2:7ff.; 110:1ff.;

Isaiah 7:14;

Isaiah 53:1-12;

Matthew 1:18-23; 3:17; 8:29; 11:27;

14:33; 16:16,27; 17:5; 27; 28:1-6,19;

Mark 1:1; 3:11;

Luke 1:35; 4:41; 22:70; 24:46;

John 1:1-18,29; 10:30,38; 11:25-27; 12:44-50; 14:7-11; 16:15-16,28; 17:1-5, 21-22; 20:1-20,28;

Acts 1:9; 2:22-24; 7:55-56; 9:4-5,20;

Romans 1:3-4; 3:23-26; 5:6-21; 8:1-3,34; 10:4;

1 Corinthians 1:30; 2:2; 8:6; 15:1-8,24-28;

2 Corinthians 5:19-21; 8:9;

Galatians 4:4-5;

Ephesians 1:20; 3:11; 4:7-10;

Philippians 2:5-11;

Colossians 1:13-22; 2:9;

1 Thessalonians 4:14-18;

1 Timothy 2:5-6; 3:16;

Titus 2:13-14;

Hebrews 1:1-3; 4:14-15; 7:14-28; 9:12-15,24-28; 12:2; 13:8; 1 Peter 2:21-25; 3:22;

1 John 1:7-9; 3:2; 4:14-15; 5:9;

2 John 7-9;

Revelation 1:13-16; 5:9-14; 12:10-11; 13:8; 19:16.

3. God the Holy Spirit

Genesis 1:2;

Judges 14:6;

Job 26:13;

Psalms 51:11; 139:7ff.;

Isaiah 61:1-3;

Joel 2:28-32;

Matthew 1:18; 3:16; 4:1; 12:28-32; 28:19;

Mark 1:10,12;

Luke 1:35; 4:1,18-19; 11:13; 12:12; 24:49;

John 4:24; 14:16-17,26; 15:26; 16:7-14;

Acts 1:8; 2:1-4,38; 4:31; 5:3; 6:3; 7:55;

8:17,39; 10:44; 13:2; 15:28; 16:6; 19:1-6;

Romans 8:9-11,14-16,26-27;

1 Corinthians 2:10-14; 3:16; 12:3-11,13;

Galatians 4:6;

Ephesians 1:13-14; 4:30; 5:18;

1 Thessalonians 5:19;

1 Timothy 3:16; 4:1;

2 Timothy 1:14; 3:16;

Hebrews 9:8,14;

2 Peter 1:21;

1 John 4:13; 5:6-7;

Revelation 1:10; 22:17.

III. Man

Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation. The gift of gender is thus part of the goodness of God's creation. In the beginning man was innocent of sin and was endowed by his Creator with freedom of choice. By his free choice, man sinned against God and brought sin to the human race. Through the temptation of Satan, man transgressed the command of God and fell from his original innocence whereby his posterity inherit a nature and an environment inclined toward sin. Therefore, man is forever born a sinner and must be washed in the precious blood of Jesus Christ in order to gain everlasting life.

Genesis 1:26-30; 2:5,7,18-22; 3; 9:6;

Psalms 1; 8:3-6; 32:1-5; 51:5;

Romans 1:19-32; 3:10-18,23; 5:6,12,19; 6:6;

7:14-25; 8:14-18,29;

1 Corinthians 1:21-31; 15:19,21-22;

Ephesians 2:1-22;

Colossians 1:21-22; 3:9-11.

IV. Salvation

Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. There is no salvation apart from the blood of Jesus Christ.

Genesis 3:15;

Exodus 3:14-17; 6:2-8;

Matthew 1:21; 4:17; 16:21-26; 27:22-28:6;

Luke 1:68-69; 2:28-32;

John 1:11-14,29; 3:3-21,36; 5:24; 10:9,28-29; 15:1-16; 17:17;

Acts 2:21; 4:12; 15:11; 16:30-31; 17:30-31; 20:32;

Romans 1:16-18; 2:4; 3:23-25; 4:3ff.; 5:8-10; 6:1-23; 8:1-18,29-39; 10:9-10,13; 13:11-14;

1 Corinthians 1:18,30; 6:19-20; 15:10;

2 Corinthians 5:17-20;

Galatians 2:20; 3:13; 5:22-25; 6:15;

Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-22; 4:11-16;

Philippians 2:12-13;

Colossians 1:9-22; 3:1ff.;

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24;

2 Timothy 1:12;

Titus 2:11-14;

Hebrews 2:1-3; 5:8-9; 9:24-28; 11:1-12:8,14;

James 2:14-26;

1 Peter 1:2-23;

1 John 1:6-2:11;

Revelation 3:20; 21:1-22:5.

V. Baptism and the Lord's Supper

Christian baptism is the full immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer's death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to faith in the final resurrection of the dead and is a church ordinance.

The Lord's Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine (grape juice), memorialize the death of the Redeemer by the partaking of His body and blood. It is an expression of the anticipation of His second coming.

Matthew 3:13-17; 26:26-30; 28:19-20;

Mark 1:9-11; 14:22-26;

Luke 3:21-22; 22:19-20;

John 3:23;

Acts 2:41-42; 8:35-39; 16:30-33; 20:7;

Romans 6:3-5;

1 Corinthians 10:16,21; 11:23-29;

Colossians 2:12.

VI. Evangelism and 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. The new birth of man's spirit by God's Holy Spirit means the birth of love for others. Missionary effort on the part of all rests thus upon a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life, and is expressly and repeatedly commanded in the teachings of Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ has commanded the preaching of the gospel to all nations. It is the duty of every child of God to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal witness undergirded by a Christian lifestyle, and through faith promise giving to Missions in the local church.

VII. Social Issues

All parts of life, whether personal, private, public, moral, ethical, social, etc., must adhere to precepts, judgements, laws, ways, testimonies, and commandments taught within the Authorized King James Version of the Bible.

Planning Your First Visit?

PARKING - Feel free to park in any spot on our campus, however, there are designated visitors parking spots at the front door for the ease of our first time visitors.

ENTRY - You may enter the front doors or the right side basement door before service or during Sunday school.

SUNDAY SCHOOL - Visit our SUNDAY SCHOOL page for more information.

Sunday School

WHERE TO SIT - We will always have a time of fellowship after Sunday school. Please use that time to meet and greet and find a comfortable seat. There is no 'assigned' seating, feel free to sit anywhere you would like.

NURSERY - We have a fully remodeled and updated nursery downstairs (first door on the left) if you need somewhere to care for your child. All services are streamed so you will not miss a thing. We also always have a nursery worker at the ready on our schedule if you want to stay in service yourself.

RESTROOMS - Full restrooms are downstairs at the end of the hall on the left. There is also a shared restroom in the lobby for those who are unable to navigate steps.

INFORMATION - Feel free to stop by the visitors center for more church information, announcements, gifts, sermon notebooks, pens, and other items. One of our Outreach Team members will greet you with a packet of information. Please fill out the connect card so we can pray for you and your visit and stay in touch with future events.

SINGING - During the service we will sing old fashioned church hymns in our choir followed by our VERY talented music department, instrumentalists, youth choir, in-house men's quartet (New River) and women's quartet (The Brown's), and many other talented singers will stir your heart to worship.

PREACHING - Following the song service, Pastor Smelcer, Associate Pastor Whitson, Young Adult Pastor C. Brown, Youth Pastor Hodge, or Asst Pastor J. Brown will bring the message. Pastor Smelcer, as well as all preachers and teachers, will be using the King James Bible as it is the only scripture GBC recognizes as authorized.

YAF - Our Young Adult Fellowship happens every Wednesday evening @ 7pm in newly renovated Ford Hall (see pics on Home page bottom). It is a time for the young adults and young families to focus on sermons, issues, scripture, etc. that relates to the trials they are facing that is unique to their situation that may not affect our older congregation.

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