Who we are

We are a committed body of believers meeting regularly in Little, Oklahoma. We love to serve our community and seek to provide for the needs of those the Lord sends our way. We welcome all who want to serve the Lord with gladness in spirit and in truth – in all we do we seek to bring glory to His name.

What We Believe

Below is a summary of our beliefs, for a more in depth look please reference the Baptist Faith and Message (2000) found here: https://bfm.sbc.net/bfm2000/

The Bible
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, fully inspired and without error in the original
manuscripts, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and that it has supreme authority in all
matters of faith and conduct.  All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.

God

We believe that there is one living and true God, eternally existing in three persons; that these are
equal in every divine perfection, and that they execute distinct but harmonious offices in the work
of creation, providence and redemption.

God The Father
We believe in God the Father, an infinite, personal spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power and
love. We believe that He infallibly foreknows all that shall come to pass, that He concerns Himself
mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayer, and that He saves from sin and
death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ.

God The Son
We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in
His eternal existence, virgin birth (incarnation), sinless life, miracles, and teachings. We believe in
His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, perpetual intercession
for His people, and personal visible return to earth.

God The Holy Spirit
We believe in the Holy Spirit who came forth from the Father and Son to convict the world of sin,
righteousness, and judgment, and to regenerate, sanctify, and empower all who believe in Jesus
Christ. We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Christ, and that He is an abiding
helper, teacher and guide.

The Church
We believe in the universal church, a living spiritual body of which Christ is the head and all
regenerated persons are members. We believe in the local church, consisting of a company of
believers in Jesus Christ, baptized on a credible profession of faith, and associated for worship,
work, and fellowship. We believe that God has laid upon the members of the local church the
primary task of giving the gospel of Jesus Christ to a lost world.

Salvation

Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.

Christian Conduct
We believe that a Christian should live for the glory of God and the well-being of his fellow men;
that his conduct should be blameless before the world; that he should be a faithful steward of his
possessions; and that he should seek to realize for himself and others the full stature of maturity in
Christ.

Baptism and the Lord’s Supper

Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord’s Supper.

The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.

Religious Liberty
We believe that every human being has direct relations with God, and is responsible to God alone
in all matters of faith; that each church is independent and must be free from interference by any
ecclesiastical or political authority.

Cooperation
Christian unity in the New Testament sense is spiritual harmony and voluntary cooperation for common ends by various groups of Christ’s people. Cooperation is desirable between the various Christian denominations, when the end to be attained is itself justified, and when such cooperation involves no violation of conscience or compromise of loyalty to Christ and His Word as revealed in the New Testament.

Last Things
According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth; the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the place of everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord.