Mount Carmel Baptist Church

Mount Carmel Baptist Church prayerfully seeks to follow God’s will and ministers to the community and the world through Christian worship, education and service.

We are a community of those who believe in God as revealed in the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus is the Lord of our lives. We believe in the Bible leads us in understanding God’s will. We believe that we are called to be a priesthood of believers who are all equal in the sight of God. Through the discipline of prayer, study and service we experience fellowship with the Holy Spirit. We believe that we are called to follow the way of Jesus Christ, and to share the Good News through worship, education, ministry and mission.

To be Baptist can mean many different things, because Baptists have honored diversity through the centuries. Mount Carmel is an autonomous Baptist church. We value our heritage of freedom to know and to serve God through faithful discipleship. We are grateful for all who have gone before us faithfully worshiping God, and sharing the Good News from generation to generation, and we intend to continue to seek to know God and to be faithful to God through the long years ahead.

The document known as the Baptist Faith and Message, written in 1925, and revised in 1963, has been a guide for our congregation.

We intend to be…
• BIBLICAL - We believe the Bible is true and that its teaching is the catalyst for life-change in an individual's life and in the church. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; James 1:22-25; Hebrews 4:12; Acts 20:32)
• LOVING - We believe loving relationships should permeate every aspect of church life. (1 Corinthians 13)
• EVANGELISTIC - We believe every person is important to God, and therefore is very important to the church. (Luke 5:30-32; Luke 15; Matthew 18:14)
• RELEVANT - We believe the church should be culturally relevant while remaining doctrinally sound. (1 Corinthians 9:19-23)
• TRANSFORMATIONAL - We believe followers of Jesus should live authentic Christian lives and strive for continuous spiritual growth. (Ephesians 4:25-26 & 32; Philippians 1:6; Hebrews 12:1)
• PURPOSEFUL - We believe the church is a unified community of servants, each one exercising their unique spiritual gifts, and structured according to the nature and mission of the church. (Romans 12; Ephesians 4; 1 Corinthians 12 & 14; I Peter 4:10, I Peter 5; Acts 6:2-5)
• RELATIONAL - We believe life-change happens best through relationships which exist in the spirit of the love of God. (Acts 2:44-47)
• EXCELLENT - We believe excellence honors God and inspires people. (Philippians 3:12-16; Colossians 3:17; Proverbs 27:17)
• SPIRITUAL - We believe the pursuit of full devotion to Christ and His cause is expected of every believer. (Philippians 2:1-11)
• FREE – We believe in religious liberty for all people, the separation of church and state, and the autonomy of the local church. (Galatians 5:1; Matthew 22:21)