Find more groups Emmanuel Baptist Distinctives Emmanuel has always had a strong emphasis on Bible teaching. The preaching ministry is expository, meaning that we seek to present the message of the Bible as it was originally intended, deriving clear principles to apply it to our own hearts and lives today. Expository preaching lets the Bible and not individual preference or external pressures, determine the message, allowing us to discover the whole counsel of God over time. Our Bible School is just that, a place where young people develop a complete familiarity with the Word of God from the earliest classes. At Emmanuel we believe that people are saved through the sovereign, gracious working of God.
Scripture teaches that man is hopelessly and helplessly lost in sin.
He can do nothing for himself, in order to be saved. God, before the world began, chose some from among fallen mankind to be saved. He chose them not because they were special or less wicked than other men, but out of the counsel of His own will for His own glory. Christ came to die and rise again so that those the Father had chosen might be saved through His blood. The Holy Spirit, working through God s Word, awakens and convicts the lost so that they will repent and come to Christ.