Alpha Baptist Church
Baptist
What We Believe
We believe the Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.
We believe there is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.
It is our belief that God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude toward all men.
Concerning Christ, we believe Him to be the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God, taking upon Himself human nature with its demands and necessities and identifying Himself completely with mankind yet without sin. He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross He made provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared to His disciples as the person who was with them before His crucifixion. He ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where He is the One Mediator, fully God, fully man, in whose Person is effected the reconciliation between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His redemptive mission. He now dwells in all believers as the living and ever present Lord.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine. He inspired holy men of old to write the Scriptures. Through illumination He enables men to understand truth. He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to the Saviour, and effects regeneration. At the moment of regeneration He baptizes every believer into the Body of Christ. He cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God through His church. He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption. His presence in the Christian is the guarantee that God will bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ. He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and service.
The Bible tells us that through the temptation of Satan man transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original innocence whereby his posterity inherit a nature and an environment inclined toward sin. Therefore, as soon as they are capable of moral action, they become transgressors and are under condemnation. Only the grace of God can bring man into His holy fellowship and enable man to fulfill the creative purpose of God.
Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification.
Service Times
Weekly Activities
Sunday
7:00 a.m. Prayer
8:00 a.m. Baptist Men Meeting
9:30 a.m. Church Membership Orientation (ages 15 & older)
9:30 a.m. Basic Bible Class
9:30 a.m. Sunday Bible School (Classes for all ages)
10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service
Lord Supper (1st Sunday following morning service)
1:00 p.m. Usher Board Meeting (2nd Sunday)
1:30 p.m. Trustee Meeting (Last Sunday)
2:00 p.m. Meadow Brook Manor Nursing Home (3rd & 5th Sundays)
5:00 p.m. Hessed House (3rd Sunday)
Lord’s Supper (1st Sunday)
Monday
7:00 p.m. Youth Manager’s Meeting (1st Monday)
7:00 p.m. Singles Ministry Meeting (2nd & 4th Monday)
8:00 p.m. Youth Meeting
Tuesday
6:15 p.m. Sunday Bible School Teacher’s Meeting (4th Tuesday)
Wednesday
12:00 p.m. Noon Prayer
6:30 p.m. Evangelism Outreach
7:00 p.m. Prayer & Bible Study
Thursday
7:00 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal
Friday
7:00 p.m. Girls of Grace
Saturday
9:00 a.m. Discipleship Meeting (4th Saturday)
9:00 a.m. Church Council Meeting 2nd Saturday)
9:30 a.m. WMU Meeting (3rd Saturday)
10:00 a.m. Missions Meeting (1st Saturday)
10:30 a.m. Bible Express
10:30 a.m. Praise Team Rehearsal
10:30 a.m. Children Choir Rehearsal (3rd Saturday)
1:00 p.m. Young Adult Ministry (1st & 3rd Saturday)
1:00 p.m. Banner of Praise (2nd & 4th Saturday)
3:00 p.m. Sign Language Choir Rehearsal
5:00 p.m. Saturday Bible School
Location
240 S Schmidt Rd
Bolingbrook
Illinois
United States
60440-2723
Staff
Rev. Bruce Kirk
Pastor
Contacts
Tel: 6303784659
Web: http://www.alphabaptist.org
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