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Our Beliefs

Many people find the doctrinal emphasis of the Free Church attractive, in short, that we major on the majors and minor on the minors.  We stand solidly and unapologitically for the authority of the Scriptures for all Christian faith and life, but we also believe that minor differences on peripheral matters of doctrine should not prevent Christians from working together for the cause of Christ. 

The core beliefs shared by every member of FBF appear below. 

  • We believe the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and the Divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life.
  • We believe in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  • We believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.  He died on the cross a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures.  Further, He rose bodily from the dead, and ascended into heaven, where at the right hand of God the Father He now is our High Priest and Advocate.
  • We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, and during this age to convict men; regenerate the believing sinner; and indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly living and service.
  • We believe that man was created in perfect fellowship with God, but that he fell through sin and therefore lost his spiritual life, becoming alienated from God and subject to physical death, and that only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained.
  • We believe that the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and thus become children of God.
  • We believe that water baptism and the Lord’s supper are ordinances to be observed by the Church during the present age.  They are, however, not to be regarded as means of salvation.
  • We believe that the True Church is composed of all such persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united together in the Body of Christ of which He is the Head.  We believe that only those who are thus members of the True Church shall be eligible for membership in the local church.
  • We believe in the personal and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and that this “blessed hope” has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer.
  • We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead; of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord, and of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting punishment.