Fundamental Statement of Beliefs

We affirm the Statement of Fundamental Truths approved by The Louisiana Baptist State Convention, as amended from time to time, as found at www.louisianabaptists.org.  
​Mineral Springs Baptist Church safeguards the following essential beliefs:

The Bible is...​

• The divine revelation of God to mankind.
•  Our fixed source of authority for faith and conduct.
• Without error and endurable for all generations and cultures.

God is...

• Eternal, having always existed outside of time and space.
• A single Being consisting of three Persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Jesus is... 

• The eternal Son of God is both fully God and fully man.
• Conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin.
• Without sin.
• The only One who ultimately restores mankind from sin through the shedding of His blood.
• Raised from the dead and seated with the Heavenly Father.
• The healer of the sick.
• Returning again to reign forever in a new heavens and earth.

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The Holy Spirit is...

• Active today to make people aware of their need of salvation.
• Active today to empower every believer to follow Christ more victoriously, offering a baptism that is subsequent to the salvation experience with gifts to confirm the power of the gospel. The gifts of the Holy Spirit shall operate in harmony with the Holy Scriptures and shall never be used in violation of Biblical parameters.

People are...

• Made in the spiritual image of God.
• Fallen from innocence due to a willful choice to do wrong.
• Destined for eternal separation from God.
• Provided an opportunity to be reconciled to God through Christ, not as a result of human effort and good works, but through faith alone.
• Invited to accept Christ, repent of sin, and be regenerated through the power of the Holy Spirit.
• In need of being separated from carnality and set apart unto God in order to become more like the character of Christ.
• Commanded to relinquish the authority over their lives to Christ, making Him the Lord of their lives.

The Church is...

• The body of Christ that consists of all believers.
• Observant of water baptism and holy communion.

The Future is...

• Hopeful for the Christ-follower because of the imminent, physical, and visible return of Christ to establish His Kingdom of a new heaven and new earth at a date that is undisclosed by the Scriptures.
• Dismal and bleak for the unbeliever who has rejected Christ because of eternal judgment and damnation in hell, separated from God.

Sin is...

• A condition of the human heart since birth that causes each and every person to fall short of the standard of perfection established by God.
• Any unrighteous behavior identified in the Holy Scriptures, as interpreted by the pastoral leadership team and the Assemblies of God, therefore requiring appropriate action, including sanctions as necessary, to protect the fellowship of believers and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Matrimony is...

• A holy, monogamous marriage between one man and one woman as long as both shall live.
• A divinely ordained institution of God.
• The basic unit of a healthy society.

"Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind."                            Philippians 2:1-2​