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Gateway Baptist Church
Our Beliefs

Gateway Baptist Church Doctrinal Statement

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    1. We believe that love for one another as Jesus loves the believer manifests our discipleship, proves our love for God, and symbolizes our authority as a New Testament Church. Love is, therefore, the great commandment of the Lord Jesus Christ upon which all others are dependent (Matt. 22:35-40; John 13:34,35; John 15:12; I John 4:7-21; I John 5:1-3; Rev. 2:4,5).
    2. We believe that the Bible is the divinely inspired word and work of God, written by holy men of old as they were moved by the Holy Ghost and that it does not merely contain the truth, but is the truth, without error. The Bible (King James Authorized Version) is the all sufficient rule of faith and practice (Ps. 119:160; II Tim. 3:16, 17; II Pet. 1:21; John 17:17; Ps. 100:5 “…his truth endureth to all generations.”).
    3. We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; equal in divine perfection (Matt. 28:19).
    4. We believe in the Genesis account of creation (Gen. 1, 2).
    5. We believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man, the unholy god of this world, and that his destiny is the eternal lake of fire (Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:11-19; Matt. 25:41; II Cor. 4:4; Eph. 6:10-17; Rev. 20:10).
    6. We believe in the virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ (Matt. 1:18-20; II Cor. 5:21; I Pet. 2:22).
    7. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (John 10:30; John 1:1, 14; II Cor. 5:19).
    8. We believe the Holy Ghost is the divine administrator for Jesus Christ in His Church (Luke 24:49; John 14:16, 17; Acts 1:4, 5, 8; Acts 2:1-4).
    9. We believe that the sign gifts were done away with when the Bible was completed. Faith, Hope, and Charity are the vital abiding Spiritual Gifts (I Cor. 12-14).
    10. We believe that man was created in the image of God and lived in innocence until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state, the result being, that all mankind are sinners (Gen. 1:26; Gen. 3:6-24; Rom. 5:12, 19).
    11. We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was substitutionary for all mankind and is efficacious only to those who believe (Isa. 53:6; Heb. 2:9; I Pet. 2:24; I Pet. 3:18; II Pet. 3:9; I John 2:2).
    12. We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the bodily resurrection of His saints (Matt. 28:1-7; Acts 1:9-11; I Cor. 15:42-58; I Thess. 4:13-18).
    13. We believe in the premillennial, personal bodily return of Christ, as the crowning event of the Gentile Age. This event will include the resurrection of the righteous and the Millennium will be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal punishment in the lake of fire and that the righteous shall enter into the heaven age (John 14:1-6; I Thess. 4:13-18; II Thess. 2:8; Rev. 19; Rev. 20:4-6; Rev. 21:8).
    14. We believe that the depraved alien sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and the requisites to regeneration are repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 13:3-5; John 3:16-18; Acts 20:21; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9) and that the Holy Ghost convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer (John 3:6; John 16: 8-9; Rom. 8:9-11; I Cor. 6:19-20; Eph. 4:30; Titus 3:5).
    15. We believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure in Him and shall not perish (John 3:36; John 5:24; John 10:27-30; Rom. 8:35-39; Heb. 10:39; I Pet. 1:5).
    16. We believe that God deals with believers as his children; that He chastises the dis-obedient and that He rewards the obedient (Matt. 16:27; Matt. 25: 14-23; John 1:12;Heb. 12:5-11; II John 1:8; Rev. 22:12).
    17. We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on earth and that it is always a local visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ; and each church is an independent, self-governing body and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament churches only and that He promised the perpetuity of His church (Matt. 4:18-22; Matt. 16:18; Matt. 28:19-20; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51; Eph. 3:21).
    18. We believe that there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord’s church: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of penitent believers in water administered by the authority of the New Testament Church in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The Lord’s Supper is a memorial ordinance consisting of: fruit of the vine (His Blood) and unleavened bread (His body) (Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 8:12, 38; Rom. 6:4; I Cor. 5:11-13; I Cor. 11:1, 2, 17-20, 26).
    19. We believe that there are two divinely appointed offices in the church: pastors and deacons and should be filled by men who qualifications are set forth in Titus and I Timothy.
    20. We believe in complete separation of church and state (Matt. 22:21) and affirm our belief in civil obedience unless the laws and regulations of civil government run contrary to the Holy Scriptures (Rom. 13:1-7; I Pet. 2:13-15).
    21. We believe that all associations, fellowships, and committees are, and properly should be, servants of and under control, of the church (Matt. 20:25-28).

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Guidelines for the Music Ministry of Gateway Baptist Church

 

Gateway Baptist Church is happy to have its members use their talents by participating in the music ministry of the church.  It is our desire to have uplifting, conservative music that brings honor and glory to the Lord.  Therefore, we have a few guidelines for all who participate, so there will be no confusion about the goals of our music ministry.

 

  1. Those who sing and or play must be saved and living separated from the world and things that are considered worldly practices.

Ro 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

 

Col 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

 

I Jo 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.  If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

  1. Those who sing and or play must be faithful in their attendance to the services of the church.

Heb 10:24-25 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

  1. The music used in worship should honor the Lord, therefore should not resemble the world’s music in beat and rhythm. 

Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

  1. In the event background music is desired, the pastor must have adequate time to review the CD or cassette tape before being used in the services.
  2. We appreciate our ladies dressing modestly for all of our services, but especially when participating in a particular ministry or position, we would request that modest dresses or skirts be worn.

    Ro 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.