Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Inc.
(1) 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.
(2) We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament churches only, and that He promised the perpetuity of His churches (Matthew 4:18-22; Matthew 16:18; Matthew 28:19,20; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51; Ephesians 3:21).
(3) We believe that there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord's churches. Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of penitent believers in water, administered by the authority of a New Testament church in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Lord's Supper is a memorial ordinance, restricted to the members of the church observing the ordinance (Matthew 28:19,20; Acts 8:12,38; Romans 6:4; I Corinthians 5:11-13; I Corinthians 11:1,2,17-20,26).
(4) We believe that there are two divinely appointed offices in a church, pastors and deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set forth in Titus and I Timothy.
(5) We believe that all associations, fellowships, and committees are, and properly should be servants of and under control of the churches (Matthew 20:25-28).