Our Beliefs

Lighthouse Baptist Fellowship is an independent Baptist church that believes that the Bible is our sole authority for life and practice. We hold to the Fundamentals of the Faith and are excited to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Bible, God's holy word.

As such, we hold to the traditional, Biblical Baptist distinctives and are Statement of Faith provides greater details regarding specific beliefs, including specific verses that support those beliefs.

Baptist Distinctives

Years ago someone recognized that the traditional Baptist distinctives could be easily understood and memorized by connecting them to an acrostic that spell out "BAPTISTS". Those distinctives in summary form are below.

B - Bible is our sole authority for life and doctrine
A - Autonomy of the local church
P - Priesthood of every believer
T - Two ordinances of the church - baptism by immersion for those who are truly born again and the celebration of the Lord's Table as a memorial.
I - Individual Soul Liberty
S - Saved church membership
T - Two offices of the local church - Pastor and deacons.
S - Separation of church and state

Statement of Faith

The Bible is a final authority for life and practice. We believe the following Statement of Faith accurately reflects the Bible's teaching on the Bible, God, Man, Sin, Salvation, the the Church and many other topics. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.

Statement of Faith of LBF.pdf