ABOUT US

Devoted Followers. Passionate Neighbors. Jesus-Centered Fellowship

EXPERIENCE Florence Baptist Church as we glorify God through worship and fellowship. “Come let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God and we are the sheep of his pasture.” Psalm 95:6-7

CONNECT through a personal relationship with God. Become part of a Bible Study Group and draw close to God through studying His word and prayer. “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well.’ “John 14:6-7

DISCOVER what God has in store for you. Use your talents, spiritual gifts, and what you learn in your daily walk and relationship with God to further his kingdom through discipleship and missions. "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16

OUR SHARED VALUES AND BELIEFS

Here at Florence, our paths are directed by shared values and beliefs. Our these is found in, but not exclusive to these statements.

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We freely confess that we all need help. We serve God and people, not because we have to, but because of love. The love of Jesus has so impacted us that it spills out to those around us. Love cannot truly be measured, we have found no limits when it comes to reaching out in the name of Jesus. We have been empowered by the Holy Spirit and have found great joy as we lift up each other. Nothing is too big or too small when it comes to love. Love is not optional for Jesus’ people; loving is the Jesus way.

As we walk through life, we notice those around us who walk a different path. We believe that there is one right path and that Jesus is that path. All other paths lead to brokenness and separation. We are passionate about a few things, but one thing above all: We want our community, our city, and our world to walk on the Jesus path with us. We want all people to have a real and fruitful relationship. So, we go and share the great story of Jesus Christ.

We believe we are greater together. We put away the things that separate, realizing that Jesus Christ binds us is greater than everything. Our journey is His journey as He transforms us and leads us on mission. We become divided when we follow our own directions, but together as we follow Him, we are stronger and greater. We want this gathering to be unique and marked by Jesus. We all have a special and designed part to play, but that part is all about Him. It is not about me or I, it is all about Him!

We gather for greater impact, but we believe that we are more than a membership. We are a family on a journey. We connect in relationships to carry burdens, celebrate victories, and influence those around us. We are connected by grace and the Spirit that lives within us. We are brothers and sisters of a different kind; special and alive. We are His people.

We have been given the greatest gift: redemption. It costs us nothing, but cost God his only Son. What God has redeemed is therefore eternally secure. Our journey and the destination of that journey has changed because of this redemption. We have been given such a valuable gift, that we in turn want to give freely and lovingly. He gave us life, so when it comes to giving, we sacrificially give.

The gospel is the Good News. Our sin separates us from God and makes us spiritually dead. Jesus came to bring life to the spiritually dead. This is the anchor for our journey.

Worship is our expression of love to the Father who first loved us. We purposefully turn our hearts and minds towards Him to make so much more of Him. Worship is about more than a song, it is the reason for which we were created. Since we were created to worship, worship is central to the journey. Our journey is not only about a destination, but the road we travel on. Worship is doing everything on the journey to glorify and magnify Jesus.

We believe that Jesus, who is the Son of God, took our debt on the cross and rose again that we might live. Jesus did what we could never do to allow us to experience what we could have apart from Him.

Jesus is first and always at the center of our lives and our fellowship. Jesus is God, glorious and deserving of our lives. His name, both now and forever, saves and heals and restores life to the lifeless. We not only want to get people to church, we want all people to meet Jesus. That is why He is our journey. His is the only name we want to go by - Jesus.

THE PURPOSE OF GOD

We affirm our belief in the one-eternal God, Creator and Lord of the world, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who governs all things according to the purpose of his will. He has been calling out from the world a people for himself, and sending his people back into the world to be his servants and his witnesses, for the extension of his kingdom, the building up of Christ's body, and the glory of his name. We confess with shame that we have often denied our calling and failed in our mission, by becoming conformed to the world or by withdrawing from it. Yet we rejoice that even when borne by earthen vessels the gospel is still a precious treasure. To the task of making that treasure known in the power of the Holy Spirit we desire to dedicate ourselves anew.

Isa. 40:28; Matt. 28:19; Eph. 1:11

THE AUTHORITY AND POWER OF THE BIBLE

We affirm the divine inspiration, truthfulness and authority of both Old and New Testament Scriptures in their entirety as the only written word of God, without error in all that it affirms, and the only infallible rule of faith and practice. We also affirm the power of God's word to accomplish his purpose of salvation. The message of the Bible is addressed to all men and women. For God's revelation in Christ and in Scripture is unchangeable. Through it the Holy Spirit still speaks today. He illumines the minds of God's people in every culture to perceive its truth freshly through their own eyes and thus discloses to the whole Church ever more of the many-colored wisdom of God.

II Tim. 3:16; II Pet. 1:21; John 10:35

THE UNIQUENESS AND UNIVERSALITY OF CHRIST

We affirm that there is only one Saviour and only one gospel, although there is a wide diversity of evangelistic approaches. We recognise that everyone has some knowledge of God through his general revelation in nature. But we deny that this can save, for people suppress the truth by their unrighteousness. We also reject as derogatory to Christ and the gospel every kind of syncretism and dialogue which implies that Christ speaks equally through all religions and ideologies. Jesus Christ, being himself the only God-man, who gave himself as the only ransom for sinners, is the only mediator between God and people. There is no other name by which we must be saved. All men and women are perishing because of sin, but God loves everyone, not wishing that any should perish but that all should repent. Yet those who reject Christ repudiate the joy of salvation and condemn themselves to eternal separation from God. To proclaim Jesus as "the Saviour of the world" is not to affirm that all people are either automatically or ultimately saved, still less to affirm that all religions offer salvation in Christ. Rather it is to proclaim God's love for a world of sinners and to invite everyone to respond to him as Saviour and Lord in the wholehearted personal commitment of repentance and faith. Jesus Christ has been exalted above every other name; we long for the day when every knee shall bow to him and every tongue shall confess him Lord.

Gal. 1:6-9;Rom. 1:18-32; I Tim. 2:5,6; Acts 4:12