Fenton Park Bible Church

FPBC Doctrine

WHAT WE BELIEVE - DOCTRINAL STATEMENT of
FENTON PARK BIBLE CHURCH

1. We believe the Bible is the work of God by inspiration through His Spirit by human writers. Scripture and all its parts, down to the very words of the original were given by Divine inspiration. The whole of Scripture therefore is inerrant being free from all falsehood, fraud or deceit. It is the only Word of God and is the supreme and final authority for Christian beliefs and living.
2 Tim 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20,21; Psa 119:105,160; 12:6.

2. We believe that God is the one and only God who is eternally living in three persons –
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit equal in deity and glory.
Gen 1:1,26,27; 3:22; Psa 90:2; Matt 28:19; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Cor 13:14

3. We believe that Jesus Christ is the only Son of God. In the flesh was both God and man; that He was born of a virgin and that He lived a sinless life, in which He taught and did mighty works, wonders and signs exactly as revealed in the four Gospels; that He was crucified, died as a penalty for our sins, and was raised from the dead bodily on the third day. Later He ascended to the Fathers right hand where He is head of the church and intercedes for believers and from whence He is coming again personally, bodily, and visibly to this earth to reign as King of Kings.
Matt 1:22,23; Isa 9:6; John 1:1-5; Hebrews 4:14-15; Acts 1:9-11.

4. We believe that the Holy Spirit is equal in deity and person with God the Father and God the Son. As the living Holy Spirit, He moved the human authors of the Bible to write God’s Word. He makes people aware of their need for Jesus Christ, performs the miracle of the new birth, and comes to live in every Christian the moment they trust in Jesus Christ. He unites all Christians into one Body of Christ, providing each of them with power for service, understanding of spiritual truth and comfort in life’s trials.
Eph 1:13; Rom 8:9; 1 Cor 12:13; 2 Cor 3:17; John 16:7-13

5. We believe that God, by His sovereign choice and out of love for men, sent Christ into the world to save sinners.
Eph 1:2-3; 1 John 4:14.

6. We believe that all men are created in the image of God, to be like Him in character. However all men are lost sinners and are alienated from God making them liable for His judgement, and ultimately resulting in eternal death, apart from God’s salvation. Therefore all men must turn to Christ in saving faith and repentance for regeneration by the Holy Spirit.
Gen 1:27; Isa 53:6; Rom 3:23; Rev 20:11-15.

7. We believe that Salvation is in the death of Jesus Christ. By His shed blood, the Lord Jesus Christ made a perfect atonement for sin, redeeming us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. Men are saved and justified on the simple and single ground of the shed blood and that eternal life begins the moment one receives Jesus Christ into his life by faith. Such salvation with its forgiveness of sins, the gift of a new nature, and its hope of eternal life, is entirely apart from good works, baptism, church membership-or mans efforts-and is of pure grace.
Eph 2:8,9; Titus 3:5; John 3:16.

8. We believe that a believer is eternally secure, that he cannot lose his salvation, but that sin may interrupt the joy of his fellowship with God and bring the loving discipline of His Heavenly Father.
John 10:27-30; Romans 8:31-38.

9. We believe that all who receive Christ become joint-heirs with Christ, and at death, their spirits depart to be with Christ in a conscious blessedness and at the rapture their bodies will be raised to the likeness of the body of His glory and dwell forever in His divine presence.
1 Thess 4:13-18; 2 Cor. 5:1-6.

10. We believe that it is the goal of every Christian to grow in spiritual maturity through obedience to the Word of God and the indwelling Spirit.
2 Peter 2:2; Eph 4:13-16.


Obviously this is very brief and contains just a few Scripture references.
To be a member of FPBC a person must affirm these truths.