A ministry of Shining Light Baptist Church - Monroe, NC

We believe in the verbal inspiration and preservation of the Bible.  We accept the Hebrew Masoretic text (O.T.) and the Textus Receptus text (N.T.) from which the King James Version of the Bible was translated.

We believe that there is one God manifest as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.  His name is Jehovah.  He is the God of creation and the Bible.

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is God incarnate.  He was born of a virgin and lived a sinless life.  He offered up Himself on the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice for the payment of our sins.  He was buried and rose again from the dead, ascended to heaven and is seated at the Father’s right hand interceding on behalf of all who come to God by faith in Him.

We believe in the indwelling and filling of the Holy Spirit for Christian service.

We believe that the local church is ordained by God to carry out the Great Commission of reaching, baptizing, and teaching.

We believe that Jesus Christ is coming again to receive those who have trusted Him as Saviour unto Himself in Heaven.  This is the “catching away” or rapture of the church.  During the next seven years, there will be a time of Great Tribulation upon the earth, and in heaven, a time of accounting for God’s people at the Judgment Seat of Christ followed by the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.  At the end of the Tribulation period, Christ will defeat the nations of the earth and establish a 1,000 year reign.  The Great White Throne Judgment will be held at the end of the millennial reign for all who are outside of faith in Christ.  These will face “the second death,” which is eternal separation from God in Hell while the redeemed will experience eternal joy in the presence of God in the new heaven and new earth.

For a more detailed Statement of Faith with scripture references, email us at: slbc@slbc.net