• We believe the Bible from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21 as the verbally inspired and infallible Word of God.

2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20 - 21

• We believe Jesus Christ was born of Mary the virgin, and is the Son of God, and God the Son.

Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:18 - 25, John 1:14

• We believe that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God. We believe that in order to be saved "ye must be born again." This new birth is experienced by committing one's life to Jesus Christ in an act of faith.

John 3: 1 - 7, 1 Peter 1:23, Romans 10: 9 - 13 John 3:16, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 3:18

• We believe that He arose from the grave the third day according to the Scriptures.

1 Corinthians 15, Matthew 28:1 - 15

• We believe that He, only, is the great High Priest, no other but Christ ever liveth to make intercession for us.

1 Timothy 2:5, Hebrew 7:25

• We believe that Christ will come again in Person, bodily, visibly, to establish His kingdom on the earth.

Matthew 25:31 - 32

• We believe that in order to be saved "ye must be born again." This new birth is experienced by committing one's life to Jesus Christ in an act of faith.

John 3: 1 - 7, 1 Peter 1:23, Romans 10: 9 - 13

• We believe that every truly born-again soul should declare his faith by the act of baptism (immersion in water) setting forth the Lord's death, burial and resurrection.

Matthew 28:19, 1 Peter 3:20 - 21

• We believe that the church is a body of baptized believers whose primary mission to the world is that of preaching and teaching the gospel of salvation to the individual soul.

Matthew 28:16 - 20, Acts 2: 41 - 43

• We believe that the primary mission of the church to believers is to build their faith in order to equip them for service to Christ and victorious Christian living.

  Ephesians 4: 11 - 15

2704 38th Street Rock Island, IL USA * Senior Pastor: Dr. Mel Brown * Church Office: 309.786.7913
Church Fax: 309.786.7934 * E-Mail ebc@edgewoodbaptist.net