What We Believe

  1. We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in divine perfection, distinct but never separate (Matt. 28:19).
  2. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ as being fully God (John 1:1, 14).
  3. We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine guide and empowerment in His churches (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4, 5, 8; Acts 2:1-4).
  4. We believe in the infallible, verbal inspiration of the Bible and that the Bible is sufficient and complete for the doctrines and practice of the Christian faith (Psalm 119:160; II Tim. 3:16, 17). The 1769 edition of the 1611 version of the King James Bible is the English version used for all classroom instruction and public meetings at MBBI. For instruction in the Hebrew language, the Masoretic text is the standard and the Textus Receptus is used for instruction in the Greek language.
  5. We believe in the Genesis account of the literal Creation in six days (Gen. 1; 2).
  6. We believe that Satan is a created angel, fallen away from the will of God and is the arch-enemy of God and man, the god of this world, and that his destiny is the eternal lake of fire (Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:11-19; Matt. 25:41; II Cor. 4:4; Eph. 6:10-17; Rev. 20:10).
  7. We believe in the virgin conception and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ (Matt. 1:18-20; II Cor. 5:21).
  8. We believe in the manifestation of spiritual gifts as service gifts bestowed upon each individual believer for the edification of saints in each local church (II Cor. Chapters 12—14).
  9. We believe that Man was created in the image of God and lived in innocence until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state, the result being, that all mankind are sinners (Gen. 1:26; Gen. 3:6-24; Rom. 5:12, 19).
  10. We believe that in the vicarious death of Jesus Christ, he experienced death for all mankind, but that it is efficacious only to those who believe (Isa. 53:6; Heb. 2:9; 1 Peter 2:24; II Peter 3:18; II Peter 3:9; I John 2:2).
  11. We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ back to the Father and in the bodily resurrection of His saints (Matt. 28:1-7; Acts 1:9-11; I Cor. 15:42-58; I Thess. 4:13-18).
  12. We believe in the pre-millennial, personal, bodily return of Christ seven years after the pre-tribulation rapture of all believers, which includes the resurrection of the righteous to eternal heaven, and the Millennium, followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal damnation in the lake of fire and that the righteous shall enter into the heavenly age (John 14:1-6; I Thess. 4:13-18; II Thess. 2:8; Rev. 19; Rev. 20:4-6; Rev. 20:11-15; Rev. 21:8).
  13. We believe that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners, calls, regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer (John 3:6; John 16:8, 9; Rom. 8:9-11; II Cor. 6:19, 20; Eph. 4:30; Titus 3:5).
  14. We believe that all sinners are saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, followed by repentance resulting in regeneration of the soul (Luke 13:3-5; John 3:16-18; Acts 20:21; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8, 9). We believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure in Him and shall not perish (John 3:36; John 5:24; John 10:27-30; Rom. 8:35-39; Heb. 10:39; II Peter 1:5).
  15. We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on earth and that it always has been a local, visible assembly consisting of scripturally baptized believers covenanted together with God and one another to carry out the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ which He gave only to His churches. We also believe each church is an independent, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it.
  16. We believe in the perpetuity of His churches being existent upon the earth from the time He established His church to the present age (Matt. 4:18-22; Matt. 16:18; Matt. 28:19, 20; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51; Eph. 3:21).
  17. We believe that there are two ordinances for the Lord’s churches: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of believers in water, administered by the authority of a New Testament church in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Lord’s Supper is a memorial ordinance, restricted to the members of each church for observance (Matt. 28:19, 20; Acts 8:12, 38; Rom. 6:4; II Cor. 5:11-13; II Cor. 11:1, 2, 17-20, 26).
  18. We believe that there are two divinely appointed offices in a church: the office of pastor and office of deacon, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set forth in I Timothy and Titus.
  19. We believe that all associations or fellowships of churches are servants of, and under absolute control of the churches (Matt. 20:25-28).
    We believe in freedom of worship without interference from the government and affirm our belief in civil obedience, unless the laws and regulations of civil government run contrary to the Holy Scriptures (Rom. 13:1-7; I Peter 2:13-15).
  20. We believe the Bible definition of marriage is the union between one male and one female (Gen. 2:21-24; Matt. 19:4-6; Mark 10:6-9; I Cor. 7:2-4; Eph. 5:2231).
  21. We believe homosexuality, transgenderism, or any sexual deviancy deemed sinful or inappropriate by Central Missionary Baptist Church or Mississippi Baptist Bible Institute will be addressed and can result in any potential student being denied admittance to the church or institute. (Lev. 18:22, Rom. 1:26-28, Mark 10:6-9, Prov. 6:32, Matt. 5:27-28).