What We Believe about the Holy Scriptures

The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are verbally and plenary inspire word of God.

The Authorized King James Bible of 1611 is the accurately preserved, uthoritative, and true Word of God in the English language, and shall be the official and only translation used by Dakota Baptist Church of Minot, North Dakota.

(II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:19-21; Psalms 119:89; Hebrews 4:12; Isaiah 8:20; Romans 15:5)

What We Believe on the Issue of Salvation

All mankind is without hope.
(Romans 3:23)

No person can receive eternal life through his own works.
(Titus 3:5; Ephesians 2:8-9)

God alone provides provide salvation in Jesus Christ.
(Hebrews 7:25; Ephesians 1:7; Romans 3:23-26)

God loves every person and desires them to have eternal life.
(II Peter 3:9; Matthew 11:28)

God regenerates and secures all who receive Christ by faith instantly and eternally.
(Romans 10:9-10; Romans 10:13; John 1:12-13)

What We Believe on the Issue Of Theology

The God Head
We believe in one triune God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
(Exodus 20:1-3; Deuteronomy 6:4; Psalms 90:2; Matthew 28:19; II Corinthians 13:14; John 4:24, 14:10, 26; Romans 11:33; Ephesians 4:6; I Timothy 1:7)

The Person and Work of Jesus Christ
That the Lord Jesus Christ (the eternal Son of God) became a man without ceasing to be God.
(Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 7:14, 9:6; Matthew 1:18-25; Mark 1:1; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2, 14; II Corinthians 5:19-21; Galations 4:4-5; Philippians 2:5-8)

That the Lord Jesus Christ accomplishes our redemption through his death on the cross.
(Acts 2:18-36; Romans 3:24-25; I Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7; I Peter 3:5)

That the Lord Jesus Christ bodily ascended to Heaven.
(Mark 16:19)

That His resurrection assures all the redeemed the same bodily resurrection at His second coming.
(Acts 1:9-10; Hebrews 7:25, 9:24; Romans 8:34; I John 2:1-2)

The Second Coming of Christ
It is the "blessed hope," the personal, imminent return of Christ that will remove the saved in a pre-tribulation and pre-millennial rapture.
(John 14:3; Acts 1:11; I Corinthians 15:51-55; Philippians 3:20-21; I Thessalonians 1:10, 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; Revelation 3:10, 19:11-16, 20:1-6)

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
That the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin and righteousness, indwelling and sealing those who receive Jesus Christ as Saviour unto the day of redemption.
(John 14:16-17, 26, 15:26-27, 16:8-11; Romans 8:9-10, 16, 26-27; Ephesians 1:13-14)

That He is the Divine Teacher who assists believers to understand and apply the Scriptures.
(Ephesians 1:17-18, 5:18; I John 2:20, 27)

That God is sovereign in the bestowal of spiritual gifts to every member of his New Testament Baptist Churches.
(Romans 12:3-8; I Corinthians 12:4-11, 28; Ephesians 4:7-12)

That the "signs gifts" of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in tongues and the gift of healing, were temporary as lasted only until the completion of the written New Testament.
(I Corinthians 1:22, 13:8, 14:21-22)

The Total Depravity of Man
Is that man was created in the image and likeness of God.
(Genesis 3:6-24; Romans 1:18-19, 5:12, 19; Ephesians 2:1-3)

Salvation
Is the gift of God, brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious, divine, and absolute sinless blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins.
(Isaiah 53:12; John 1:12, 10:17-18; Hebrews 9:22; I Peter 1:18-19; I John 1:7)

There is no other way to reconcile with God except through personal faith in the blood of Jesus Christ, which He has shed for sin. That this is proceeded by the Holy Spirit teaching the truth of God to the depraved heart, working conviction of man's guilt of sin before God.
(Hosea 11:4; Luke 13:3; John 6:44; Acts 3:19, 20:21)

The Eternal Security and Assurance of God’s Saints
That all the redeemed (once saved) are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ forever.
(John 6:37-40, 10:27-30; Romans 8:1, 38-39; I Corinthians 1:4-8; I Peter 1:4-5)

That the souls of the redeemed are absent from the body and present with the Lord at death.
(Luke 23:43; II Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23, 3:21; I Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 20:4-6)

That the soul of the unregenerate, or unbeliever, remains after death in conscious punishment and torment until the second resurrection, when with soul and body reunited they shall appear at the Great White Throne of Judgment, and shall be cast alive into conscious punishment and torment.
(Matthew 25:41-46; Luke 16:19-26; II Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 20:4-6)

The Personality of Satan
That Satan is a person, the author of sin, and the cause of the fall of man.
(Job 1:6-7; Isaiah 14:12-17; Ezekial 28:11-19; Matthew 4:2-11, 25:41; John 8:43-44; I Peter 5:8; I John 3:8; Jude 6; Revelation 20:10)

Creation
That God created the entire universe in six literal 24 hour days.
(Genesis 1:1-2, 26-27; Exodus 20:11; John 1:1-3; Acts 17:23-26; Romans 1:20; Hebrews 11:3)

What We Believe On The Issues of Theology and Mission of the New Testament Church

Description
That the church, which is the Body of Christ, is fulfilled only as a local assembly. We do not believe in the universal, invisible church theory.
(Matthew 16:18; Acts 2:47, 8:1, 11:22, 16:5; I Corinthians 12:12-14; II Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 1:22-23, 3:21, 5:25-27; Colossians 1:24)

That the continuance and perpetuity of the church is clearly taught in scriptures, and that the establishment and continuance of God’s Baptist Churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures.
(Acts 14:27, 20:17, 28-32; I Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-11)

Ordinances
We recognize water baptism and the Lord’s Supper as the only ordinances of obedience for the church in this age.

Baptism
We recognize only water baptism (total immersion), brought to the New Testament church by John the Baptist, as this scriptural ordinance. To be a scriptural Baptism it must have: 

1. A proper candidate: born again
2. A proper mode: immersion
3. A proper design: show the true gospel (death, burial, and resurrection)
4. A proper motive: placed into the church
5. A proper authority: The New Testament Baptist Church

Lord’s Supper
We recognize the Lord’s Supper as a memorial supper only. It is to only be administered by and to members in good standing of our local New Testament Baptist Church.
(Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42, 18:18; Exodus 12)

Authority
That God’s church should not be under subjection to any ecclesiastical authority, or any other church or organization. Once organized into a church, the members of that church are responsible for the conduct of its affairs, both financial and spiritual.

Missions
That God has given His New Testament Baptist Churches a Great Commission to proclaim the Gospel to all nations in order to redeem a great multitude of people from every nation, tribe, ethnic group, and language group who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
(Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8; II Corinthians 5:20)

That all missionary endeavors should be carried on within the confines of the local church.

That Scriptural evangelists (Missionaries) should operate from within a Local New Testament Baptist Church.

Education
That it is essential to the Biblical beliefs of the church to provide an education program which is based on and consistent with biblical teachings in both content and structure.

That the home and church together are responsible before God for providing a Christian education to its members.
(Deuteronomy 6:6-9; Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:17)

Giving
That every child of God is a steward, and that God’s wealth is entrusted to him and he is obligated to support his local church financially.
(Genesis 4:20; Leviticus 27:28-34; Proverbs 3:9-10; Malachi 3:8-11; Matthew 23:23; Luke 6:38; Acts 4:34-37; I Corinthians 16:1-2; II Corinthians 8:1-8, 9:6-7; Galations 6:6; Ephesians 4:28; I Timothy 5:17-18; I John 3:17)

Issues of Civil Government
Establishment of Authority
That God has ordained and created all authority consisting of three basic institutions: the home, the church, and the civil government.
(Romans 13:1-7; Ephesians 5:22-24; Hebrews 13:17; I Peter 2:13-14)

Establishment of Responsibility
God has given each institution specific Biblical responsibilities and balanced those responsibilities with the understanding that no institution has the right to infringe upon the other.
(Romans 13:1-7; Ephesians 5:22-24; Hebrews 13:17; I Peter 2:13-14)

Issues of Christian Living
Separation
That all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, and that separation from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices, and associations is commanded of God.
(Romans 12:1-2, 14:13; II Corinthians 6:14, 7:1-2; II Timothy 3:1-5; I John 2:15-17; II John 9-11)

Issues of Social Consequence
Human Sexuality
That God has commanded that no intimacy should be engaged in outside of marriage.
(Genesis 2:24, 19:5, 13, 26:8-9; Leviticus 18:1-30; Romans 1:26-29; I Corinthians 5:1, 6:9; I Thessalonians 4:1-8)

Divorce and Remarriage
That God hates divorce and intends marriage to last until one of the spouses dies.
(Malachi 2:14-17; Matthew 19:3-12; Romans 7:1-3; I Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:6)

Abortion
We believe that human life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living human being.
(Job 3:16; Psalms 51:5, 139:14-16; Isaiah 44:24, 49:1, 5; Jeremiah 1:5, 20:15-18; Luke 1:44)

Marriages
This amendment is proposed in order to prevent marriages being performed in this church that do not stand in agreement with the Scriptures as we know them, as found in the King James Bible of 1611.

Biblical marriage shall be known as: 

• One man and one woman for one lifetime. (Genesis 2:21-24)
• Husband and wife to be united for one life time. (Romans 7:1-25)
• Rules for separation and reconciliation. (1 Corinthians 7:1-40)