Church Distinctives

Liberty Fundamental Baptist Church of Whatcom County, Washington is characterized by the following distinctives:

We are:

  1. An independent church--we belong to no denominational organization.
  2. A fundamental church--we will earnestly contend for and defend the faith once delivered to the saints
  3. A Baptist church--we believe in the great Baptist distinctives, including
    • The sole authority of Scripture for faith and practice
    • Believer’s baptism by immersion only
    • The Priesthood of the individual believer
    • The autonomy and independence of the local church in all matters
    • The separation of the government from control over the church
    • A regenerate church membership
  4. A Biblical church--that is, everything we believe, teach and practice is derived solely from the Bible
  5. A Separated church--separated from apostate groups such as the World and National Councils of Churches, and all forms of New Evangelicalism
  6. A Christ-centered church--Jesus Christ alone is the Head of His Church and the only One Who determines its beliefs and behavior
  7. An evangelistic/missionary church--The Great Commission governs and guides us in reaching a lost world with the message of salvation and the winning of lost people to Christ

We therefore band ourselves together as a local body of baptized believers in Jesus Christ and affirm and adopt for our beliefs, government, plan of worship and ministry, the following doctrinal statement and articles, and we hereby rescind all previous such documents prior to this one.