Ever since 1946 when First Baptist Church Harrogate was founded, people from all backgrounds, ages, and socioeconomic statuses have been coming to worship the Lord. Normally, you wouldn’t find a group this diverse that joyfully gathers together several times each week, but we have one very important thing in common: We have placed our full faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ as He paid the
debt for our sin. We gather together to worship God (Isaiah 25:1), love each other (John 13:35), and follow the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20). Mike Humfleet
Assistant Pastor: Rev. Caleb Davis
Our Beliefs:
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We are a Southern Baptist Church affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. We adhere to the doctrinal statement as published in the Baptist Faith and Message 2000. These doctrinal truths include the following core beliefs:
* The Deity of Jesus Christ
* The Substitutional Death of Jesus
* The Bodily Resurrection of Jesus from the Grave
* Salvation by Faith Alone Through Grace Alone
* Inerrancy and Completeness of Scripture
* The Sinfulness of Man
* The Virgin Birth of Jesus
* The Triune Existence of God
* Eternal Security of the Believer
* God’s Judgement of Man for Sin
* Eternal Damnation for People who Reject Christ
* Imminent Return of Christ to the Earth
Our Core Values:
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REAL LOVE FOR JESUS
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him, all things hold together. He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. COLOSSIANS 1:15-20
TOTAL COMMITMENT TO THE BIBLE
You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. 2 TIMOTHY 3:14-17
GENUINE CARE FOR PEOPLE
Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. For this reason, also, God highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. PHILIPPIANS 2:1-11
SERIOUS JOY IN WORSHIP
But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. MATTHEW 22:34-38
MULTIGENERATIONAL PURSUIT OF GODLINESS
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. EPHESIANS 6:1-4
BOLD PASSION FOR OUR CITY
“Return to your house and describe what great things God has done for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him. LUKE 8:39
RADICAL AMBITION FOR THE NATIONS
And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” MATTHEW 28:18-20
