Zion Rest Primitive Baptist Church                                                         

Articles of Faith

Article 1- We believe in one true and living God, the Father, the Word

and the Holy Ghost.

ARTICLE 2- We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are

the written word of God, and the only rule of faith and practice.

ARTICLE 3- We believe in the doctrine of election by grace.

Article 4- We believe in the fall of man and that he is incapable

of recovering himself therefrom.

article 5- We believe that sinners are justified in the sight of God only by the

imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ.

article 6- We believe that God's elect shall be called and

regenerated by the Holy Spirit.

article 7- We believe that the saints shall be preserved in grace and

never fall finally away.

article 8- We believe that baptism, and the Lord's Supper are

ordinances of Jesus Christ; and that true believers are the subjects;

and we believe that the mode of baptism is immersion.

article 9- We believe in the resurrection of the dead and a general judgment;

and the punishment of the wicked is everlasting and the joys of the righteous are eternal.

article 10- We believe that no minister has a right to the administration

of the ordinances only such as are regularly baptized, called and come under

the imposition of hands by a presbytery.

article 11- We believe that none but regularly baptized members have a

right to commune at the Lord's table; and we believe that saints should

wash each other's feet after taking the Lord's Supper.