Vision Statement
Connecting our world to Christ and His people through intentional evangelism, dynamic worship, loving fellowship, personal discipleship, and caring ministry.”
Mission Statement
Love God, Love People, Share Jesus, Make Disciples!”
Statement of Faith
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We believe in the verbal inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible.
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We believe the Bible reveals God, the fall of man, the way of salvation, and God’s plan and purpose for the ages to come.
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We believe God is revealed in three persons – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, each being God. We believe that Adam and Eve were created by a special act of God, and in the image of God. By their free choice they sinned, and thus brought sin into the human race. Man is a sinner by nature and by choice.
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We believe that Jesus Christ, the virgin-born Son of God, purchased salvation by His blood. The conditions of salvation are repentance and faith. Salvation is by grace through faith, not by works.
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We believe the saved are kept eternally by the power of God.
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We believe that the church is a local body of baptized believers banded together in the faith and fellowship of the Gospel. The church is an autonomous body, not being controlled by any other ecclesiastical or political organization, but making its own decisions by the leadership of the Holy Spirit.
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We believe the two church ordinances are baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper. The church’s duty is to make Disciples of Christ, and teach them to grow spiritually and minister to one another.
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We believe in the personal, visible, and premillennial return of Jesus Christ to earth. We believe that heaven is the blessed eternal home of the saved and that hell is the eternal place of torment for the lost.
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We agree with the Southern Baptist Faith and Message adopted in June of 2000.
Church Covenant
Having been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, we do now, in the presence of God, angels, and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another, as one body in Christ. We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this Church, in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the Church, the relief of the poor, and the spreading of the gospel through all nations. We also engage to maintain family and personal devotions; to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment; to avoid all tattling, backbiting, and excessive anger; to abstain from the sale and use of drugs abusively or intoxicating drinks as a beverage, and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Savior. We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember each other in prayer; to aid each other in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation, and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it without delay.
Becoming a Member
How to become a member of the fellowship at Wall Highway:
- By publicly professing faith in Jesus Christ and following Him in baptism.
- By transferring your membership from another church of “like faith” (a church that believes and practices that salvation is by grace alone, through personal faith in the death, burial, and physical resurrection of Jesus Christ as the sacrifice for our sins). Such a church also believes salvation is eternal and practices baptism by immersion as an act of obedience, symbolizing the believer’s faith in Christ.
- By a “statement of faith.” If church records are not available from a church that is of “like faith,” we will gladly accept you upon statement.
- If you wish to join our fellowship come to the front of the church, while the invitation hymn is being sung, and discuss with a pastor your purpose on coming forward.