What We Believe

"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer

Core Beliefs

The following are the core beliefs of First Baptist Church , Angels Camp based on the foundational truths taught in the Bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines.

God

There is one God who has eternally existed as three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is the creator of all that exists, both visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy of all glory and praise.  God is perfect in love, power, holiness, goodness, knowledge, wisdom,  justice, and mercy. He is unchangeable and therefore is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
(Exodus 20: 2-3, Deuteronomy 10:21, Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8)

Revelation

God has revealed himself to us through holy scripture. We believe the Holy Bible as the inspired and infallible word of God that is the all-sufficient authority for all matters of faith, doctrine, and Christian living. (2 Timothy 3:15-16)
God has also revealed himself through his Son, Jesus Christ, the incarnate Word of God who is the perfect image and representation of an invisible God. (John 1:14, Colossians 1:15)
And God has revealed himself through creation, so that all mankind is without excuse for not recognizing the reality of God. (Romans 1:20)  

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is the eternal Word of God, who existed eternally with the Father and all things are made through him (John 1:1-3).  Jesus Christ is fully both man and God, born of a virgin, lived a perfect life, and died on the cross for our sins. He rose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, is seated at the right hand of the Father, and now serves as our High Priest and Mediator. (Matthew 1:23, 1 Corinthians 15: 3-4, Hebrews 4:14-16, 1 Timothy 2:5)

Mankind

Humans, both male and female, were created in God's image for His glory (Genesis 1:26). The first humans, Adam and Eve, were created without sin and appointed as caretakers of the rest of God's creations.

The Fall

When Adam and Eve chose not to obey God, they ceased to be what they were made to be and became distorted images of God. This caused them to fall out of fellowship with God, and fractured all of creation ever since that time. As a result of this initial fall from grace, we as descendants of Adam and Eve have inherited a sin-nature, a natural bent towards rebellion of a Holy God. And in this state, we are dead in our sins. (Romans 3:23, 5:12)

Salvation

Jesus Christ came to reconcile us with God. He lived a life without sin and willingly died on the cross to pay the penalty for our transgressions. God raised him from the dead and now, by grace, offers as a free gift eternal life to all who follow Christ, by faith, as their Lord and Savior. That is why salvation can be found in Christ alone. (Romans 6:23, John 14:6, Ephesians 2:4-5, 8-9)

The Church

The universal Church is meant to be the visible body of Christ, sent into the world to glorify God and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. (Romans 12:4-5,  1 Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 2:20-22).  The local Church is an extension of the universal, consisting of individual members who covenant with one another to fulfill the purposes of the universal Church and to be the hands and feet of the Lord Jesus at a local level. 

Resurrection

Jesus Christ is returning one day to judge both the living and the dead and to usher in the fullness of God's kingdom on earth. Because Jesus Christ is resurrected from the dead, we too will experience a resurrection of our mortal bodies.  Those found in Christ will experience eternity with him, while those who reject Christ will experience eternal punishment.  
(Matthew 25:46, Acts 24:15, 1 John 5:11)


***We subscribe to the Baptist Faith and Message, adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention in 2000, as our larger Statement of Faith with scriptural references. 

Liberty for all!

The leadership at FBCAC would like to briefly engage and address the current issues surrounding vaccine mandates, and how we as Christians should respond.  Ultimately, we believe the choice to receive a vaccination should be left to the individual, and as Christians, we are to enter into such decisions prayerfully and mindful of how God's word pertains to all aspects of any given decision.

With that said, we don't support or endorse any governmental mandate that forces anyone to do anything that would ultimately violate their conscience, especially when it comes to violating the mandates of Scripture.

Therefore, we'd like to make available a Religious Exemption Letter that can be used to refuse employer-prompted vaccination mandates. As American citizens, we have the right to exercise our faith free from outside influence, particularly from the government. Therefore, it is within our Constitutional rights as American citizens to refuse to do anything that would compromise our sincerely-held beliefs as people of faith.

If interested, please click here to download the letter. The letter can be altered as necessary to reflect the individual's beliefs. Furthermore, because this is an individual choice, a third-party verification of its validity is not necessary nor lawful to require.  

Please remember,  the FBCAC leadership team is not advising to receive or not to receive a vaccination - that is an individual decision. However, we are asking all Christians to prayerfully consider their choices, to consult the word of God in any related matters, and to seek wise counsel if necessary.
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