Article4: Confessions
We accept the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 (excepting the assertions regarding the salvation of the mentally incompetent [10:3] and the identity of the antichrist [26:4]), as our primary confession of faith. We also accept the Canons of Dortrecht (excluding Article 17 of the first head of doctrine which includes the children of believing parents in the covenant), the Abstract of Principles (excepting the assertion of Article 15 that participation in the Lord’s Supper without exception requires believer’s baptism) and the Baptist Faith and Message of 2000 as excellent expressions of the teaching of the Word of God. We find them to be an aid in controversy, a confirmation in faith, a means of edification in righteousness and a basis for church unity. We acknowledge, however, the inerrant Scriptures to be the supreme authority in all matters of faith, morals and order.