What We Believe

Statement of Faith

Our doctrinal statement, the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689, can be summarized in five points. We call them “The Five Points of Reformed Baptists.” These points are: Reformed, Calvinistic, Covenantal, Baptist, and Puritan.

• We adhere tenaciously to the five, Latin solas of the Protestant Reformation: sola Scriptura (Scripture alone is our rule for faith and practice); sola fide (justification is through faith alone); sola gratia (salvation is by grace alone); solus Christus (salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone); and soli Deo gloria (to God alone be glory).
• We are Calvinistic in that we uphold the Five Points of Calvinism: total depravity; unconditional election; limited atonement; irresistible grace; and the perseverance of the saints.
• We are Covenantal as opposed to Dispensational.
• We are Baptist in that we believe that baptism is reserved for professed disciples of Christ alone.
• We are Puritan in that we delight in holding the Regulative Principle of Worship and the sanctity of the Lord’s Day as the Christian Sabbath.