Our Beliefs
Bethel affirms the following doctrinal statements:
1) The authority of the Bible as the inspired and inerrant Word of God,
2) Every person is lost and separated from God by sin,
3) The virgin birth of Jesus Christ begotten by the Holy Spirit,
4) That Jesus Christ, as God’s Son, shed His blood, died, was resurrected, and will bodily and visibly return to the earth,
5) Personal salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ,
6) The indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of believers at the moment of salvation,
7) Eternal security of the believer,
8) Direct access of each believer to God by prayer through Jesus Christ,
9) Believer’s baptism by immersion,
10) The eternal destiny of believers to be with the Lord in Heaven and of nonbelievers to be separated from God in Hell.
For more details and scriptural references on doctrine, click here to access the Baptist Faith & Message, 2002, to which Bethel subscribes.
Bethel cooperates with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Mid-Maryland Baptist Association.