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Who We Are

We regard ourselves as living. We encourage every
a DISTINCTIVE KIND of Christian to study and apply
Baptists. We cherish our deep scriptural truth to life under
Baptist roots. FBCSSI is dually the leadership of the Holy
aligned with the Cooperative Spirit. Our ministry is geared to
Baptist Fellowship and the Preach, Teach, and Nurture our
Southern Baptist Convention. congregation through balanced
We strive to be inclusive in biblical emphasis. We believe the
recognizing that God’s gifts are Bible is the inspired revelation
bestowed upon male and female of God’s Will, full and complete
without restriction. We hold an in His Son, Jesus Christ.
awareness of the ever-emerging We value local church
diversity of our world and want autonomy with the freedom for
to be servants of extending God’s the people of God to determine
grace through ministry. how our Lord is leading us to
We are a people seeking to extend His Kingdom in our
maintain the best in traditional community. We continue to
worship and striving to find strive to find His path for our
the most effective way to blend missional involvement in our
ourselves meaningfully into a community and beyond to be
contemporary world. faithful in our calling.
We are a body of believers Our mission is to be a part
connected to Jesus as Savior of leading people into a life-
and Lord. We value the central
core of Baptist beliefs: Soul changing relationship with
Competency, Priesthood Jesus Christ, serving Him in a
of Believers, and Local responsible way of carrying out
Church Autonomy. the Great Commission.
We believe in the In this time of transition,
responsibility of every person to we are humbly seeking God’s
relate directly to God without face and guidance, intent on
imposition of creed or any other becoming the church God
entity. We therefore affirm that wants us to be. We yearn to
personal experience with God consistently be a Shining Light
in a saving relationship is the to our community and the world
crucial dynamic to Christian beyond our shores, ensuring
life and indispensable for a that the Gospel is clearly
vital church. communicated, and God’s
We believe the Bible (Holy Kingdom is advanced in the
Scripture) is the vital and hearts and minds of all lives that
authoritative guide to Christian intersect with us.

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