At Maple Springs we believe that God is real. He is all-powerful, all-knowing, and totally in charge of the direction history is moving. He is a triune God: Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and Holy Spirit. He created everything and everyone, and every person matters deeply to Him. Everyone has sinned, so everyone needs Jesus, who died for our sins, rose again from the dead, and is coming back one day to reign and rule. Salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ, and once you’re saved, you’re always saved.
Nothing you can do can save you, nothing you can do can cause you to lose your salvation.
Heaven and hell are real, as are angels and demons, including Satan. The Holy Spirit lives in every believer and empowers and gifts us to live and serve God and His purposes. The Bible, which is God’s Word, is both true and powerful. We believe baptism is when believers are immersed in water, not for salvation but to tell the world we follow Jesus Christ. The Lord’s Supper (Communion) is a memorial to Jesus’ death and a time to remember Him until He returns for His church. Jesus started the church, protects it through every age, and has commissioned the church to tell the world about Him.
Love God. Love People.
Our beliefs are based on Jesus’ command to “‘love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’” (Matthew 22:37-39 NIV).
If you’d like a more in-depth explanation of our doctrinal beliefs, you may want to read The Baptist Faith & Message.
Love God
We believe that God is the Creator of everything and that He exists eternally in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 64:8; Matthew 3:16-17, 28:19; John 16:7-15; Hebrews 1:2-3
We believe that God created us to worship Him and give Him glory.
Isaiah 43:7, 21; Psalm 96:9; Matthew 4:10
We believe that sin has kept us from knowing God and worshipping Him but that Jesus died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sin, was physically resurrected, and now offers a restored relationship with God to all who believe in him.
John 3:16; Acts 2:22-39; Romans 3:21-24
We believe that salvation is a free gift given at God’s initiative and must be received personally by faith.
John 5:24; Romans 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-9
We believe the Bible to be God’s Word, a true and fully accurate account of God’s love for us. Its purpose is to teach us how to have a relationship with Him, worship Him, and bring Him glory.
Psalm 19:7-10; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21
Love People
We believe that Jesus established his body on Earth in the church and that the church is a community that exists for the purpose of declaring the gospel and glory of Jesus throughout the world.
1 Corinthians 12:12-31; Colossians 1:18-20; 1 Peter 2:9
We believe the church is a family and that every believer should be identified with a local body of believers for the purpose of mutual encouragement, spiritual growth, and accountability.
Ephesians 4:11-16; Colossians 3:12-25; Hebrews 10:24-25
We believe that God cares about every need of every person and that the church, as Christ’s body, is to show His love and care for every person. Every member of the church is called to be a minister of the gospel through acts of loving service and a willingness to share the truth of the gospel with everyone at every opportunity.
John 13:34-35; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 Peter 4:8
We believe that the scope of God’s love is worldwide, and this church is committed to taking the gospel to the farthest and most unreached places of the world.
Isaiah 49:6; Matthew 28:18-20; Romans 10:13-15; 1 Timothy 2:3-4
