Fairview Primitive
Baptist Church
Paducah, TX
Articles of Faith
1. We believe in only one true and living God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
2. We believe that the scriptures of Old and New Testaments are the inspired word of God and the only rule of faith and practice, and we prefer the King James version.
3. We believe that all the human race is hereditarily depraved and they are totally unable to extricate themselves from this condition of their own free will and ability.
4. We believe in the eternal, unconditional election of all saints unto glory.
5. We believe that the atonement and redemption of Jesus Christ are for the elect only and that they are justified in the sight of God by the imputed righteousness of the Son alone.
6. We believe in the sovereign, irresistible, direct, immediate, and ever-effectual work of the Holy Spirit in calling, regenerating, and sanctifying the elect of God at His own appointed time.
7. We believe there are those of the elect in every nation, kindred, tongue, and people and family on earth.
8. We believe in the final preservation of all the children of God, and they will live with God in eternal glory.
9. We believe in the resurrection of the dead: the just to eternal joy and happiness; the wicked to shame and everlasting contempt.
10. We believe that baptism by immersion and the Lord’s supper and washing of feet are ordinances in the church, and true believers are the only fit subjects.
11. We believe that the children of God, who are born again, are under law to Christ and it is an obligation upon them to obey this law, that in so doing they receive the blessings promised, but in disobedience they suffer for the penalty while here in this world.
12. We believe that Christ set in the church everything necessary for its happiness and well-being, and all the modern-day additions and auxiliaries are unscriptural and should not be tolerated.
13. We believe that no minister has a right to administration of the ordinances only such as are regularly called and come under the imposition of hands of the presbytery.
