We Are Baptist
Midweek Bible Study
Two Ordinances
June 10, 2020 • Dr. John Waterloo
B - Bible Authority A - Autonomy of the Local Church P - Priesthood of the Believer T - Two Ordinances I - Individual Soul Liberty S - Saved Church Membership T - Two Offices: Pastor and Deacon Believer's Baptism - Water immersion of a born-again believer by the authority of a New Testament Church, picturing the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, whereby the candidate testifies he is walking in newness of the Christian life. The Lord's Supper - Administered by Local New Testament churches to their members, commemorating (remembering) the broken body and the shed blood of Jesus Christ. (Do this in remembrance of me!)
We Are Baptist
May 6, 2020 • Dr. John Waterloo
We are Baptist… by conviction * Origin - the doctrines of Jesus and His Apostles * Identity - Doctrines we can trace; perpetuity in faith and practice B - Bible Authority A - Autonomy of the local church P - Priesthood of the individual believer T - Two ordinances: Immersion baptism and the Lord's Supper I - Individual soul liberty S - Saved church membership T - Two offices: Pastors and Deacons