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Love God, Love People, Make Disciples.
Our mission is fulfilling the Great Commandments and the Great Commission.
As Jesus taught, our desire is to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and to love our neighbors. We also want to go and make disciples of all nations. This is our mission.

What we Believe

      1. We believe in The Holy Scriptures: accepting fully the writing of the Old and New Testaments as the record of the revelation of God to men, verbally inspired in all parts and therefore wholly without error as originally given of God, altogether sufficient in themselves as our only infallible and authoritative rule of faith and practice.
      2. We believe in The One True God: who is an intelligent, sovereign, and personal being; perfect, infinite, and eternal in His being, holiness and love, wisdom and power; absolutely separate from and above the world as its Creator, yet every where present in the world as the upholder of all things. He is revealed to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three distinct persons but without division of nature, essence, or being, and each having a distinct ministry in God’s relation to his creation and people.
      3. We believe in The Lord Jesus Christ: who is the second person of the Triune God, the eternal Word and Only Begotten Son; that without any change in His divine person, He became man by miracle of the virgin birth, thus to continue forever as both true God and true man; one person with two natures; that as man He was tempted in all points as we are yet without sin; that as the perfect lamb of God He gave Himself in death upon the cross, bearing there the sins of the world, and suffering its full penalty of divine wrath in our stead; that He arose from the grave in a glorified body; that as Great High Priest He ascended into heaven, there to appear before the face of God as our advocate and intercessor.
      4. We believe in The Holy Spirit: who is the third person of the Triune God, and the divine agent in nature, revelation and righteousness and judgement; that He regenerates, indwells, baptizes, seals, and anoints all who become children of God through Christ; that He further empowers, guides, teaches, sanctifies, and fills believers who daily surrender to Him.
      5. We believe All Men Are By Nature And Choice Sinful And Lost; that was the direct creation of God, made in His image and likeness; that by personal disobedience to the revealed will of God, man became a sinful creature, the father of a fallen race which is universally sinful in both nature and practice, thus alienated from the life and family of God under the righteous judgment and worth of God, and has within himself no possible means of salvation. 
      6. We believe in Salvation by Grace Through Faith; that salvation is the free gift of God, neither merited nor secured in part or in whole by any virtue or work of man, but received only by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, in whom all true believers have as a present possession the gift of eternal life, a perfect righteous, sonship in the family of God, deliverance and security from all condemnation, every spiritual resource needed for life and godliness, and the divine guarantee that they shall never perish; that this salvation affects the whole man; that apart from Christ there is no possible salvation. 
      7. We believe in Righteous Living and Godly Works; not as a means of salvation in any sense, but as its proper evidence and Lord, seek the things which are above, walk as He walked, present the gospel to a lost world; remembering that a victorious and fruitful Christian life is possible only for those who in gratitude for the infinite and undeserved mercies of God have presented themselves wholly to Christ.
      8. We believe in The Existence of Satan; who originally was created a holy and perfect being, but through pride and wicked ambition rebelled against God, thus becoming utterly depraved in character, the adversary of God and His people, leader of all other evil angels and wicked spirits, the deceiver and a god of this present world; that his powers are vast, but strictly limited by the permissive will of God who overrules all his wicked devices for good; that he was defeated and judged at the cross, and therefore his final doom is certain; that we are able to resist and overcome him only in armor of God, by the blood of the Lamb through the power of the Holy Spirit. 
      9. We believe That God, in His Own time and His Own Way, Will Bring the World to Its Appropriate End; according to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visible in glory to the Earth; the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge man in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to hell; the resurrected and glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever in heaven with the Lord. 
      10. We believe in Future Life, Bodily Resurrection, and Eternal Judgement; that the spirits of the saved at death go immediately to be with Christ in heaven, and that their works shall be brought before the Judgement Seat of Christ for the determination of rewards which will take place at the time when Christ comes for His own; that the spirits of the unsaved at death descend immediately into Hades where they are kept under punishment until the final day of judgement, at which time their bodies shall be raised from the grave, that they shall be judged and cast into hell, the place of final and everlasting punishment.
      11. We believe in The Separation of Church and State: with each having definite and distinct spheres of responsibility.
      12. We believe in The Priesthood of All Believers: that Christ is our Great High Priest and through Him every born-again person has direct access into God’s presence without the need of a human priest; that the believer has the right and responsibility to personally study and interpret the Scriptures guided by the Holy Spirit.
      13. We believe in The Lordship of Jesus Christ: that He alone is head of the Body of Christ, into which all true believers are immediately baptized by the Holy Spirit; that all members of this one spiritual body should assemble and identify themselves in local churches.
      14. We believe in The Importance of the Local Church: that a New Testament Church is a local assembly of born-again, baptized believers united in organization to practice New Testament ordinances, to meet together for worship, prayer, fellowship, teaching and a united testimony, and to actively engage in carrying out the “Great Commission.”
      15. We believe in The Independence and Autonomy of the Local Church: that each New Testament church is free to govern itself without ecclesiastical interference, and should cooperate with other New Testament churches as the Holy Spirit leads; that it is responsible to follow the pattern of the New Testament church and is directly accountable to God.
      16. We believe The Ordinances Given to the Local Church are To; Baptism and The Lord’s Supper: that Baptism is by immersion of believers, thus portraying the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ; that the Lord’s Supper is the partaking of the broken body and shed blood of Christ. The prerequisite for the observance of the Lord’s Supper by an individual other than a member of this church is that such individual shall have met the requirements for membership in this church.
      17. We believe The First Day of the Week is the Lord’s Day: it is a Christian institution of regular observance. It commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and should be employed in exercise of worship and spiritual devotion. It is to be regarded as God’s day when church attendance, Bible study, and prayer is practiced.
      Mt. Carmel #1 Baptist Church
      6326 County Road 5
      Thorsby, Al. 35171
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