At South Hill Bible Church, we believe….
- The Bible, as originally given by God, is the complete Word of God, verbally inspired, inerrant, and infallible (in every word) and therefore wholly without error. It is the final authority for Christian faith, worship, and conduct.
- Jesus Christ the only begotten Son, was born of a virgin, died, and raised bodily from the grave.
- All people have sinned, and sin spiritually separates everyone from God.
- God offers redemption and restoration to all who seek His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ who died for our sins as a substitutionary sacrifice.
- Salvation from sin cannot be earned by good works but is the gift of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
- Baptism and the sealing of the Holy Spirit take place at salvation. Through saving faith in Jesus Christ, we are eternally kept by the power of God.
- The saved will be raised bodily into eternal blessedness and the unsaved into everlasting punishment.
- There are two ordinances that are for believers only: baptism by immersion (whenever possible) and the Lord’s Supper.
- The imminent, personal return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- God has established marriage as a lifelong, exclusive relationship between one man and one woman and all intimate sexual activity outside the marriage relationship is immoral and therefore sin.
- God created humans male and female and all conduct with the intent to adopt a gender other than God’s ordained gender established at conception is immoral and therefore sin.
(This is an informal summary of our doctrinal statement found in Article 3 of the SHBC By-Laws.)