Established in 1889The First Baptist Church started in 1889 with twenty-two people who had a burden to reach the small town of Mediapolis, Iowa with the gospel. From that time we have stood as a lighthouse in this community for over 130 years.
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We believe that the King James Bible, AV 1611, is the inspired, infallible, perfectly preserved, authoritative Word of God for the English-speaking world. The Book that we hold in our hand is without error and is the absolute authority for all matters of faith and practice.
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We believe that in order to be saved, sinners must be born again; that the New Birth is a miraculous transaction whereby the sinner becomes a new creature in Christ Jesus;
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Baptism |
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We believe that Christian baptism is the complete immersion of a believer in water, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, to show forth in a solemn and beautiful emblem our faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Saviour; that it pictures our death to sin and resurrection to a new life, is the obedient submission of the child of God, and does not constitute in part or in whole salvation or redemption
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The Lord's Supper |
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We believe that the members of the church, by the sacred use of unleavened bread and the unfermented fruit of the vine, are to commemorate together the undying love of Christ, preceded always by solemn self-examination.
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