What We Believe

The following are the CORE beliefs of Shiloh Baptist Church based on the foundational truths taught in the bible.  All of our teaching and training for ministry and leadership is rooted in and flows from these CORE beliefs as taught in Scripture.

There is one eternally existing God who shows Himself to His Creation in three distinct manifestations: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. God is the creator of all that exists, both visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy of all glory, honor, and praise.  God is perfect in love, power, holiness, goodness, knowledge, wisdom,  justice, and mercy. He is without change and is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Jesus Christ is the Incarnate, Human Expression of the One True and Invisible God through which He has revealed Himself to Mankind and His Creation. Jesus Christ is God the Son and is in perfect union and harmony with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is Immutable (unchanging), Pre-existant, the Propitiatior of our Sin, and Provider of our Salvation through His death on the cross, burial in the tomb, and resurrection from the dead. Jesus Christ is the substitutionary sacrifice who redeems, restores, and reconciles a fallen humanity to a Faithful God. 

God has revealed Himself to us through 1) His Son, Jesus Christ, (who is the visible image of the invisible God), 2) the Holy Scriptures, and 3) through all of creation itself.

Humans (both male and female) were created for God's glory. Adam and Eve were created without Sin and appointed to have dominion and authority over all of God's creation.

When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, they ceased to be what they were created to be and became fallen in the image and likeness of God. As a result of their deception and disobedience, Sin entered the world. Consequently, Sin caused them (and us) to fall out of fellowship with God and severed our relationship with Him.

Salvation is granted through faith in Jesus Christ Who came to reconcile humanity with God. Our faith in Him and His willful death on the cross pays the penalty for our Sin. We are saved by God's Grace through our faith in Christ whom God raised from the dead. That grace offers the free gift of eternal life to all who believe, accept, and receive Christ as Lord and Savior. Salvation is found in Jesus Christ alone.

The Church is meant and commissioned to be the visible body of Christ, sent into the world to preach repentance to the lost, glorify God, and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ rose from the dead and is returning one day to receive those who believe on Him as their Savior, live and have died in Him, and will judge both the living and the dead to usher in the fullness of God's Kingdom on earth.

Baptism is an outward confession of an inner conviction that identifies one with Jesus Christ. Although baptism does not save, it does represent Christ's death, burial, and resurrection.
The Lord's Supper (Communion) is symbolic of Jesus' suffering for our Sins on the cross. The bread is symbolic of Christ's Body that was broken for us and the cup represents His Blood that was shed for us on the cross.