He has taught us to live in readiness to meet Him. The Holy Spirit is a Person, equal with the Father and the Son in every divine perfection, who convicts of sin, regenerates, enlightens, endues for service, comforts and guides believers. All have sinned and, therefore, are in need of salvation. Salvation is by grace alone and is free to all, who through repentance and faith, surrender to the Lord Jesus Christ. All who have been born again are eternally secure and will persevere to the end.
Salvation precedes scriptural baptism and church membership.
Christ personally instituted the church, which He commissioned to make disciples of all nations, to baptize believers, and to teach them to do all things that He had commanded. We accept the complete statement of the Baptist Faith and Message, revised in 1963.