The Unofficial (Rescued*) Domain of

Liberty Baptist Temple

Old Fashioned
Bible Believing
Unaffiliated Independent Baptists

Standing For: The King James Bible as God's preserved, infallible, inerrant, inspired Word, the Deity of Christ, His blood atonement, salvation by faith, Biblical soul winning and the pre-millennial, pre-tribulation return of Christ.

Opposing: Modernism, New Evangelicalism, Pseudo-fundamentalism, the Charismatic movement, worldliness and formalism.

What is an Historic Baptist Church?

By John A Kohler

An historic Baptist church is an assembly or congregation of Scripturally saved, Scripturally baptized individuals who have voluntarily banded themselves together in a corporate capacity to carry out the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ. While faithfully fulfilling this Great Commission, an historic Baptist church earnestly contends for the beliefs and practices represented in the following acrostic:

H - eadship of the Lord Jesus Christ over the church

I - ndependence of the church from all man-made organizations

S - eparation of the church from the world, the flesh and the devil

T - he Great Commission as the marching orders of the church

O - ne Lord, one faith, and one baptism in the church

R - epentance and faith as the condition for salvation

I - ndependence of the church from heresy and apostasy

C - ontinuity of true Baptist churches since the time of Christ

B - iblical authority and sufficiency

A - utonomy of the church under Christ's Headship

P - riesthood of the believer

T - wo officers in the church - pastors and deacons

I - ndividual soul liberty for all

S - cripturally saved, Scripturally baptized church membership

T - wo church ordinances: believers baptism and Lord's Supper

S - eparation of church and state

Is your church an historic Baptist church? If it is not, it ought to be. An historic Baptist church is conservative, evangelical, and fundamental. However, it is more - much more - than just these things. An historic Baptist church is one that believes God's every Word and seeks to obey His every command. It is not Baptist in name only, but in all of its doctrines and practices as well. In truth, there is no such thing as a Baptist church if it is not an historic Baptist church.