Ministry Distinctives

The Supremacy of God Over All Things

• HIGH VIEW OF GOD: We proclaim a God-exalting theology, God-centered worldview, and God-glorifying  approach to life and ministry.
• GOD-HONORING WORSHIP: We cultivate a transcendent worship which produces the fear of God and great joy.
• GOD-DRIVEN CONVICTIONS: We promote a passion for God’s holy name and a defense of His glorious reputation.

The Sufficiency of Scripture in All of Life

• DIVINE REVELATION: We affirm the full inspiration, complete inerrancy, and total infallibility of Scripture.
• BIBLICAL AUTHORITY:  We uphold that the Scripture alone is ultimately authoritative for the life of the church and for every believer.
• FULL COUNSEL OF GOD: We acknowledge that the Scripture is sufficient for all matters of life and godliness, including equipping the saints for spiritual growth, guidance, counseling, and ministry.
• EXPOSITORY PREACHING: We insist that the Scripture should be preached and taught in the power of the Holy Spirit, giving careful attention to sound doctrine and defense of the faith.

Salvation by Grace through Faith

• JESUS CHRIST: We insist that there is no salvation outside of the person and work of Jesus Christ God's Only Son--God the Son.
• REPENTANCE: We uphold that even in the age of grace God commands all men every where to repent.
• FAITH: We believe that saving faith must be in the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
• WORKS: We affirm that salvific faith produces works which give evidence of authentic faith.
• GRACE:  We believe that man, undeserving of God’s mercy, is saved by His unmerited, favor—sovereign grace—and grace alone.

Spiritual Gifts

• GIFTS: We believe God bestows upon all believers spiritual gifts that are to be used for the spreading of the gospel and the edification of the body of Christ.
• SIGN-GIFTS: We believe that a believer does not need to speak in tongues to have an assurance of their salvation. Moreover, we believe that the primary purpose of the sign-gifts was to authenticate the authority and ministry of the apostles. We insist that one can experience the fullness of the Holy Spirit without the manifestation of the sign-gifts of tongues, prophecy or the gift of healing.

Second Coming

• RAPTURE: We believe Christ will rapture the church before the great and final tribulation but we reject any doctrine that suggests the church is protected from persecution or tribution.
• ISRAEL: We believe God still has a plan for the Nation of Israel that will be fullfilled primarily in a literal millenial kingdom upon this earth with Christ ruling in fullfillment to covenants with both Abraham and David.
• HIS COMING: We affirm the truth that Christ will come again in the same literal sense He left, He will return to rule and judge as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, at a time that is known only by God. 

Believer's Baptism

• BAPTISM: We believe that only those who have been born-again should be baptized, in obedience to our Lord, and the only scriptural baptism is baptism by immersion. Check out www.bbcfnc.org/baptism.php for more on baptism.