What We Believe

Our Purpose and Mission


Love God Fervently

Loving God begins in the heart, with a personal relationship with Him. As we gather and participate in our Christ-honoring worship service and respond to the preaching of God’s Word, this love flourishes. Mark 12:30 says, “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.” (KJV)


Growing Together Biblically

We grow together, in Christ, through the study of God’s Word. This occurs in our weekly services and events throughout the week, month, and year. 2nd Timothy 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." (KJV)


Reaching Others Passionately

We reach others as we find a place of ministry in the local body and by sharing the Gospel with those who need the Lord—through witnessing to friends, coworkers, neighbors, and loved ones, as well as in participating in church outreach  and giving to missions. As a church, our mission is to reach the world with the Gospel of Christ. We want to utilize every available biblical means, and we want to disciple and train every member to participate in accomplishing our church’s purpose. Mark 16:15 "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." (KJV)

Landmarks Vision

Our unchanging, long-term vision for Landmark Baptist Church is to develop a thriving community of believers that is passionately serving, in love, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by Reaching the Lost and Discipling the Found.

Landmarks Core Values

1. We desire Christ to be the center of this church. In all things, we seek to give Christ the preeminence.

2. We align with the doctrines of the Word of God. Above all, we want to please God and stay true to His Word. We would rather be Biblical than be popular.

3. We engage and evangelize all people. The eternal truths of God’s Word applies equally to every generation and every background. Sharing the life-changing truth of the gospel is the most compassionate and important endeavor in which we can be involved. Thus our goal is to always be presenting the gospel truth in love.

4. We enjoy church life. Serving God is not simply a duty. It is fun, so we serve together with joy and passion.

5. We encourage balance. In our church and family lives, we seek a sustainable, healthy rhythm of growth, service, and refreshment.

6. We strive for excellence. We believe that God and His work deserve our very best effort and are worthy of generous sacrifice.

7. We believe God will work abundantly through us and for us. We express faith in Him through obedience to His Word regardless of circumstances.

Landmarks Doctrinal Belief

Golden Rule

We believe that love one for another as Jesus loves the believer manifests our discipleship, proves our love for God and symbolizes our authority as New Testament churches. Love is therefore the great commandment of the LORD Jesus Christ upon which all others are dependent. Matthew 7:12 "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you , do ye even so to them: for this is the law and prophets." (KJV) (Matt. 22:35-40; John 13:34, 35; John 15:12; 1 John 4:7-21; 1 John 5:1-3; Rev. 2:4, 5).

The Bible

We believe in the infallible, verbal inspiration of the whole Bible and that the Bible is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice (Psalm 119:160; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17).

The Trinity

We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in divine perfection (Matt. 28:19, John 1, John 10:30, 1 Cor. 8:6, 2 Cor. 13:14, 1 John 5:7-8).

Creation

We believe in the Genesis account of Creation (Gen. 1; 2)

Satan

We believe in the literal Satan and that he is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man, the unholy god of this world, and that his destiny is the eternal lake of fire (Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:11-19; Matt. 25:41; 2 Cor. 4:4; Eph. 6:10-17; Rev. 20:10).

The Birth of Christ

We believe in the virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ (Matt. 1:18-20; 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22).

The Deity of Christ

We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (John 10:30; John 1:1, 14; 2 Cor. 5:19).

The Holy Spirit

We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine Administrator for Jesus Christ in His churches and that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, secures and indwells every believer. (Luke 24:49; John 14:16, 17; Acts 1:4, 5, 8; Acts 2:1-4).

Spiritual Gifts

We believe that miraculous spiritual manifestation gifts were done away when the Bible was completed. Faith, Hope and Love are the vital abiding Spiritual Gifts (1 Cor. chapters 12-14).

Mankind

We believe that Man was created in the image of God and lived in innocency until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state, the result being that all mankind are sinners (Gen. 1:26; Gen. 3:6-24; Rom. 5:12, 19).

Sacrifice of Christ

We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was substitutionary for all mankind and is efficacious only to those who believe (Isa. 53:6; Heb. 2:9; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 2:2).

Resurrection

We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the bodily resurrection of His saints (Matt. 28:1-7; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Cor. 15:42-58; 1 Thess. 4:13-18).

Return of Christ

We believe in the premillennial, personal, bodily return of Christ as the crowning event of the Gentile age. This event will include the resurrection of the righteous to eternal heaven, and the Millennium will be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal punishment in the lake of fire and that the righteous shall enter into the heaven age (John 14:1-6; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 19; Rev. 20:4-6; Rev. 20:11-15; Rev. 21:8).

Salvation

We believe that the depraved sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and the requisites to regeneration are repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 13:3-5; John 3:16-18; Acts 20:21; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8, 9), and that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer (John 3:6; John 16:8, 9; Rom. 8:9-11; 1 Cor. 6:19, 20; Eph. 4:30; Titus 3:5).

Security of the Believer

We believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure in Him and shall not perish (John 3:36; John 5:24; John 10:27-30; Rom. 8:35-39; Heb. 10:39; 1 Peter 1:5).

God The Father

We believe that God deals with believers as His children, that He chastises the disobedient, and that He rewards the obedient (Matt. 16:27; Matt. 25:14-23; John 1:12; Heb. 12:5-11; 2 John 8; Rev. 22:12).

Perpetuity of the Church

We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on earth and that it is always a local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ, and each church is an independent, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament churches only, and that He promised the perpetuity of His churches (Matt. 4:18-22; Matt. 16:18; Matt. 28:19, 20; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51; Eph. 3:21).

Church Ordinances

We believe that there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord's churches: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Scriptural baptism is the full immersion of penitent believers in water, administered by the authority of a New Testament church in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Lord's Supper is a memorial ordinance, restricted to the members of the church observing the ordinance (Matt. 28:19, 20; Acts 8:12, 38; Rom. 6:4; 1 Cor. 5:11-13; 1 Cor. 11:1, 2, 17-20, 26).

Church Offices

We believe that there are two divinely appointed offices in a church, pastors and deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set forth in Titus and 1 Timothy.

Freedom from Control

We believe that all associations, fellowships, and committees are, and properly should be, servants of, and under control of the churches (Matt. 20:25-28).

Freedom of Religion

We believe in freedom of worship without interference from the government and affirm our belief in civil obedience, unless the laws and regulations of civil government run contrary to the Holy Scriptures (Rom. 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-15).

Biblical Marriage

We believe the Bible definition of marriage is the union between a man and a woman (Gen. 2:21-24; Matt. 19:4-6; Mark 10:6-9; 1 Cor. 7:2-4; Eph. 5:22-31).