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Doctrinal Statement

PREAMBLE - THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Olmstead Baptist Church is not ashamed in any way of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. We believe the gospel is His substitutionary death, burial, and resurrection for sinners. We believe His gospel is the power of God unto salvation to every person, regardless of their ethnicity, that personally believes in Him and His gospel for the salvation of their souls. Furthermore, the righteousness of God is revealed when sinners believe His gospel unto the salvation of their souls. As the scripture declares, the justified by God live by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His gospel fulfilled for them.

Romans 1:16-17 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

I Corinthians 15:1-7 - Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

I. OF THE TRUE GOD
We believe that there is one, and only one, living and true God, the God of the Bible, infinite, perfect, holy, the Maker and Supreme Ruler of heaven and earth, and worthy of all possible honor, confidence, and love; that in unity of the Godhead there are three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; equal in every divine perfection, and executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption.
Psalm 147:5; Psalm 83:18; Romans 1:20; Revelation 4:11; Mark 12:26

II. SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD
We believe in the absolute Sovereignty of God. We believe according to the scriptures that nothing comes to pass that is not either ordained or allowed by God.
Daniel 4:35; Proverbs 16:1; Proverbs 16:4; Proverbs 16:9; Proverbs 16:33; Ephesians 1:11; John 1:13; Proverbs 19:21

III. OF THE SCRIPTURES
We believe that the Bible is divinely inspired and infallible Word of God; that it has God for its author, salvation for its end; and truth without any mixture of error or contradictions for its matter.
II Timothy 3:15-17; II Peter 1:21; II Timothy 2:15

IV. OF CREATION OF MAN
We believe in God's creation of earth, the heavens and Man as described in the Scriptures, namely, Genesis Chapters One and Two.

V. THE FALL OF MAN
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God; but by voluntary transgression he fell from that holy and happy estate; in consequence of which all mankind are now sinners, totally depraved, inclined to evil; and therefore under just condemnation to eternal ruin, without excuse.
Genesis 1:27; Genesis 3:6-24; Romans 5:19; Isaiah 53:6; Romans 5:12; Romans 3:23

VI. OF THE VIRGIN BIRTH OF CHRIST
We believe that the conception of Jesus Christ was of the Holy Spirit; that he was born of a Virgin according to the Scriptures.
Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:20

VII. OF THE WAY OF SALVATION
We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly by grace; through the Mediatorial offices of the Son of God; who by divine appointment, freely took upon himself our likeness, yet without sin, and by his voluntary death, burial, and resurrection made eternal satisfaction and atonement to God for our sins; that the Lord Jesus Christ by grace saves even unto the uttermost all who repent toward God and believe; and are thusly regenerated by the Holy Spirit; and that salvation thus wrought is wholly by grace, "The free gift of God," requiring neither culture nor works in any form to secure it or keep it.
Ephesians 2:5,8,9; John 3:16; Philippians 2:6-8; Isaiah 53:4,5; Hebrews 7:25; John 3:3

VIII. ELECTION AND PREDESTINATION
We believe in the Bible doctrine of Election and Predestination, namely that God chose a multitude of people before the foundation of the world to bring salvation and also predestinated the means by which in the fulness of time he would bring about this salvation.
Ephesians 1:1-14; Ephesians 2:8,9,10; Romans 8:28-30; Acts 13:48; II Thessalonians 2:13,14; James 1:18; John 6:44; John 3:27

IX. OF THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
We believe that such only are real believers as endure unto the end, eternally secure, because Christ not only saves but keeps; that salvation by grace is everlasting and the child of God is kept by the power of God; that the believer in Christ shall not be brought into judgement for the penalty of sin.
I John 2:19; Philippians 1:6; John 3:16; John 3:36; John 5:24; Romans 8:1; Jude 24; Romans 11:29; I Peter 1:5; Romans 5:10

X. OF A GOSPEL CHURCH
We believe that a New Testament Church is a visible, local assembly of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel for the purpose of carrying out the Great Commission; observing the ordinances of Christ; that it was personally founded by Christ Jesus during His ministry on earth; that it is a democratic body led by the Holy Spirit with Christ as the Head.
I Corinthians 1:1-13; Acts 2:41-42; Matthew 28:19,20; Mark 16:15

XI. OF THE CHURCH ORDINANCES OF BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER
We believe that Christian baptism is the immersion in water of a believer, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; that it symbolizes the death, burial, and resurrection unto a new life; that it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership; that the Lord's Supper, in which the members of the church, by the use of unleavened bread and wine, are to commemorate together the dying of Christ; that it symbolizes the broken body and shed blood of the Son of God.
Acts 8:36-39; Matthew 28:19; Romans 6:4; Acts 2:41-42; I Corinthians 11:26

XII. OF THE LORD'S RETURN
We believe in the imminent, personal, and pre-millennial return of the Lord Jesus Christ; that His coming is fast approaching; that the dead in Christ shall rise first, then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them to receive glorified bodies like Him. The dead out of Christ shall rise at the close of the millennium; and they shall be brought before the Great White Throne Judgment and cast into eternal condemnation.
Acts 1:11; I Thessalonians 4:16,17; Revelation 20:11-15