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Our Faith
The Statement of Faith of Danwa Chinese Baptist Church subscribes to
the doctrinal statement of the Baptist Faith and Message as adopted by
the Southern Baptist Convention in 1963.
We
believe the Holy Bible is the God's Word,
consisting of the sixty six books of the Old and New Testaments, is the
inspired and infallible Word of God, the complete revelation of His
will for the salvation of man, and the Divine and final authority for
Christian faith and life.
We
believe in the One, true, eternal and living
God, self-existing in three distinct persons: the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit. He is the God of all creation, revelation, salvation
and the final judgement.
We
believe in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son
of God, was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary;
that in Him perfect humanity and deity is found in person, he is the
only mediator between God and man; that He was crucified on the cross
and His blood was shed for the sins of all mankind, He was bodily
raised from the dead on the third day, ascended into heaven and will
return in power and glory to judge the world both the living and the
dead.
We
believe in Holy Spirit. He convicts the world of
sin, and works in lives of believers as a comforter, sanctifier and an
enabler.
We
believe every person without Christ stands
condemned as a sinner. When they die, they will enter into the endless,
conscious punishment of eternal fire. Their only hope is to repent,
turn in faith to Jesus Christ alone for Salvation.
We
believe every Christian has been justified by
grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone. Having been
brought into union with Christ through faith, every sin has been
forgiven and Christ's perfect righteousness has been credited to their
account.
We
believe our church is to be an assembly of
Christians, who honor and obey their heavenly Father, by following the
example of Christ, who gave up His life for the benefit of others and
the salvation of sinners.
We
believe Baptism is God's command for all who
believe to be baptized as a public testimony of faith. The mode of
baptism we practice is immersion. We believe the Lord's Supper
is the Christ-ordained means by which we remember His death for our
salvation. As well as a continuing reminder, it is also a continuing
celebration of our communion (fellowship) with Christ and with other
believers in the unity of His body.
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