EAST BRIDGEWATER COMMUNITY CHURCH
DOCTRINAL STATEMENT
Adopted 9/97
I. We believe that Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, came into this world as prophesied in Scripture to manifest God to men and became the Redeemer of a lost world, and that during His sojourn among men He was absolute God and perfect sinless man.
II. We believe in one God, the Creator of all things, Who eternally exists in three persons: Father,Son and Holy Spirit. We believe in the Virgin birth, substitutionary death, bodily resurrection and
ascension, and the personal return of Jesus Christ to set up His millennial kingdom following a seven-year tribulation period upon the earth.
III. We believe in the person and work of the Holy Spirit in the conviction of sin, which leads to the sinner's repentance and salvation (which includes regenerating, indwelling, baptizing, and
sealing) and the believer's sanctification
IV. We believe that the Holy Scriptures were communicated by the Spirit of God to holy men of oldto the extent that the very words of the original manuscripts are verbally and completely
inspired, infallible, inerrant, supreme and final. (II Tim. 3:16, II Pet. 1:21)
V. We believe that man was originally created in the image and likeness of God but fell through disobedience. Through Adam's act o disobedience, he sinned, causing spiritual death to be passed onto all men. Through Adam's fall all men are born sinners, guilty before God and deserving of judgment, and are in need of salvation through faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross.
VI. We believe that salvation has been provided for all of mankind through the substitutionary and vicarious work of Christ at Calvary. The benefits of Christ's work are available to all, but only those who by faith trust in Christ's finished work as a payment for their sins receive the benefits.The benefits of salvation are regeneration, adoption, justification, redemption, reconciliation, and nearness to God.
VII. We believe at the time of death the believer is kept by God unto eternal life in Heaven. The souls of the lost are kept in conscious misery and eternal punishment in Hell. We believe in the
bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to dwell with God forever in the new heaven and new earth, and the lost to be punished in the lake of fire forever.
VIII. We believe in the existence of spiritual beings spoken of in Scripture as angels, demons and Satan.
IX. We believe that the commission to every believer given us by Christ is to make Christ known to the whole world.
THE EAST BRIDGEWATER COMMUNITY CHURCH
COVENANT
Adopted 1/1 7/94
Having been led by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and having been baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit on our profession of faith, we do now, in the presence of God,angels and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another as one body in Christ.We engage, therefore, by the aid of the holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love, to strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge,holiness and comfort; to promote its spirituality and prosperity; to sustain its worship,ordinances, discipline, and doctrines, to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the
support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the Gospel through all nations.
We also engage to maintain family and private devotions; to educate our children in the Christian faith; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk
circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements,and exemplary in our deportment; to avoid all tattling, backbiting and excessive anger; and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Lord and Savior.We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember one another in prayer; to aid one another in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christi sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense but always ready for reconciliation, and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it without delay.We moreover engage that when we remove from this place we will, if possible,unite with a church where we can carry out the articles of this confession and the spirit of this covenant.
EBCC, a basic church;
Assembling together to worship Jesus,
Building lives on the Word of God,
Connecting together by Christian love.