Doctrinal Statement

The preaching and teaching of North Shore Baptist Church is based on the great fundamentals of the Christian faith, all of which center in the Person of Jesus Christ and His death, resurrection, and exaltation.

The Scriptures

We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, the written record of His supernatural revelation of Himself to man, absolute in its authority, complete in its revelation, final in its content, and without error.

God

We believe that the Godhead exits eternally in three Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and these are one God.

Jesus Christ

We believe in the true deity and humanity of Jesus Christ, His miraculous birth, conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, His sinless life, His atonement for the sins of the world by His death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension into Heaven, His perpetual intercession in behalf of the saints, and His personal, bodily, visible return to earth.

Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third Member of the Godhead; that He is a divine Person equal with the Father and the Son; that His ministry is to uplift and glorify Christ, to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment and to regenerate, indwell, enlighten, empower and comfort the saved: that the evidence of His presence in the life of the believer is the fruit of the Spirit.

Satan

Satan is a person, a fallen angel, the author of the fall of man, and the god of this age. He is also a defeated foe and his destiny is eternal punishment.

Salvation

We believe that all men by nature and by choice are sinners and therefore are lost and depraved; that salvation is by grace, a free gift of God, and is only obtained through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; that the reception of salvation is characterized by a godly sorrow for sin and a transformed life.

The Church

We believe that the plan of God for this age is to evangelize the world through the establishing of New Testament local churches; that the ordinances of the local church are two: the Lord's Supper and Baptism by immersion; that the church is to be separated from the state as well as all ecumenical groups and unequal yokes.

The Future

We believe in the imminent return of our Lord Jesus Christ, the pretribulational rapture of the saints, the Judgment Seat of Christ, the great tribulation followed by the millennial reign of Christ, the Great White Throne Judgment, and the creation of the New Heaven and the New Earth.

Eternity

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust; the eternal conscious punishment of the lost in Hell and the eternal joy of the saved in Heaven.

Church Covenant

Having given ourselves to God by faith in Christ, and having been scripturally baptized, and having adopted the Word of God and joyfully enter into covenant with one another as members of North Shore Baptist Church and therefore as One body in Christ. We engage by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love; to follow cheerfully the God-ordained leadership of the church, submitting willingly to its authority; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines; as Christian stewards by contributing
regularly to the support of the ministry with our tithes and offerings, and to give sacrificially when called upon to do so.We also engage to faithfully discharge our obligations in reference to the study of the scriptures, secret prayer, and family devotions; to religiously educate our children; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements and exemplary in our deportment.

We further engage that we will everywhere hold Christian principles sacred and Christian obligations and enterprises supreme; counting it our chief business in life to extend the influence of Christ in society by maintaining a testimony to the glory of God characterized by a life of purity and holiness.

We further engage, by God's grace to love and obey Him in all things, to avoid the appearances of evil, to abstain from all sinful amusements and unholy conformity to the world; to avoid tattling, backbiting and excessive anger; to exempt societies whose teachings and practices are contrary to the Word of God; to abstain from the sale and use of intoxicating drink, tobacco, drugs, and unclean literature-men with appearance and actions becoming Christian manhood and women with appearance and actions becoming Christian ladies.

We moreover engage to except Christian admonition and reproof with meekness; to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember each other in prayer, to aid each other in sickness and distress; to be careful of one's happiness and reputation, seeking to strengthen the weak, encourage the afflicted, admonish the erring, and as far as we are able, promote the advancement of the church and of the Gospel.

We finally engage that, if we remove from this place, we will as soon as possible unite with some other fundamental church whereas we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God's Word.