OUR CORE BELIEFS

What we belive about the Bible:
We believe God’s Word is authoritative. It is the perfect and true revelation of God, containing all we need in order to know and walk with Him. It is the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. The criterion by which the Bible is to be interpreted is Jesus Christ.

What we believe about God:

There is one and only one living, true, eternal God. He reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.  He is perfectly holy, sovereign, and good.

What we believe about Jesus Christ:

We believe Jesus is the eternal Son of God, conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly revealed and did God's will, taking upon Himself the demands and necessities of human nature and identifying Himself completely with mankind, yet without sin. He endured death on the cross and was raised from the dead with a glorified body, now exalted at the right hand of God. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His redemptive mission.

What we believe about Salvation:

Salvation involves the redemption of the whole person and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. Salvation from sin is a free gift for all who repent and believe; it is impossible to earn, but it offers complete transformation to the life of a believer.

What we believe about the Church:

We believe Jesus Christ called believers to walk together in Christian love, as one body–His Church. This body, being led by the Holy Spirit, seeks to pursue authentic community together; to strive for the advancement of His church in knowledge and righteous behavior; to promote its spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, doctrines, and disciplines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, and the spread of the gospel throughout this community as well as all nations.

OUR DOCTRINE

Lakeshore Baptist Church subscribes to the doctrinal statement of the Baptist Faith and Message affirmed by the Southern Baptist Convention of 1963. For a full copy of the “Baptist Faith and Message”––

OUR COVENANT

Having been led as we believe by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and, on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do therefore agree to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge and righteous behavior; to promote its spirituality and prosperity; to sustain its worship, ordinances, doctrines, and disciplines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, and the spread of the gospel throughout this community as well as all nations.

We further agree to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember one another in prayer; to aid one another in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and Christian courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense, and always ready for reconciliation and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure that reconciliation without delay. We do, now, in the presence of God and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another as one body in Christ.