Our Vision and Philosophy

First Baptist Church is a practitioner of the Baptist Faith. The Baptist faith teaches the principles of the New Testament Church. All Baptist doctrine is Biblical. The church should always be built upon the doctrines of the Bible. The church must be relevant to meet the needs of modern society. This may be accomplished by being flexible in our method. The church must continually strive to fulfill the mandates of Christ. The church must challenge the world to follow Christ and transform society spiritually, educationally, economically, socially and polically.

It is the goal of the ministry for all congregants to be able to worship in a free environment. The people of God should be able to worship in diversity as led by the Holy Spirit. The church must realize that diversity within the kingdom is strength and not a weakness. It takes all types of spiritual gifts to make the church complete. I believe that God blesses both male and female with gifts and callings to edify the body of Christ. We shall strive to be a church that is open to the Holy Spirit in reguards to men and women exercising their gifts to teach , praise or preach the gospel message of Jesus Christ.

We shall fulfill the following vision statement, to help our ministry fulfill the mandates of Christ. The vision statement of the church shall be “stirring up the gift in you.” This is based upon second Timothy 1:5-9.

V.5 Worship should be family oriented.
V.6 Recognize and stir up your gift
V.7 God will empower you.
V.8 Share your testimony.
V.9 God has a purpose for you.