A Litany of Our Faith
What We Believe and Strive for at First Baptist Church of Highland Park
Congregation: O God, in Your mercy we come now to affirm the beliefs and objectives of our faith.
Pastor: O God, grant us power to serve You we pray.
Congregation: We believe in one God, infinite in power, fully expressing Himself as creator of all things, redeemer of all people, and sustainer of life in the Holy Spirit.
Pastor: O God, grant us power to serve You we pray.
Congregation: We believe in Christ our Savior, and in His Holy Spirit, and in His living church, founded upon His Word, and eternally sustained by His resurrection from the dead.
Pastor: O God, grant us power to serve You we pray.
Congregation: We believe every Christian is called by God, appointed to sacred duty, and as a steward must make his or her report to God.
Pastor: O God, grant us power to serve You we pray.
Congregation: We believe in the divine inspiration of the Bible, the absolute truth of its Word, and the fundamental need to instill this Word in the hearts of all believers.
Pastor: O God, grant us power to serve You we pray.
Congregation: We believe that missions and evangelism are the basic demands of the gospel upon all disciples, and hereby pledge ourselves to teach God’s Word, and through our tithes, talents, testimonies and time spread the Word of God.
Pastor: O God, grant us power to serve You we pray.
Congregation: We believe that through His sinless life and death upon a cross, Christ Jesus our Lord is the final judge of all humanity, and, before whom all must stand.
Pastor: O God, grant us power to serve You we pray.
Congregation: We believe then, that we must day by day, pledge ourselves to love one another, to support the ministry of the Christian church, and to strive to be like Christ.
Pastor: O God, grant us power to serve You we pray
A Prayer for All
We give ourselves to You O God, in praise, in glory, and in honor. Help us to translate Your Word into life and Your teachings into actions. May we find joy in living for You. Mirror our souls in Your presence that we may know where we are, from whence we have come, and the road ahead that we should go. Please accept this day Our Father, the vow we humbly make to serve You, now and forevermore, in the name of Jesus we pray, Amen.