The doctrinal statement of Shield Baptist Institute

I. The Bible

We believe that the Bible is the complete revelation from God and its contents are both verbally and plenarily inspired. Holy men of God, qualified by the leadership of the Holy Spirit, wrote in obedience to the divine command, which prevented them from recording any error. Furthermore, we believe that God promised to preserve His Word, and that He has done so in the King James Version. We therefore hold the KJB to be the perfectly preserved and inspired Words of God with all the authority that entails. The Bible is our source of faith and practice and the final authority.

II. God
We believe that God is supreme in His person, eternal in His being, absolute in His attributes, glorious in His perfection and sovereign in His will. God upholds all things by the word of His power and is the Creator of mankind and the entire universe. We believe in one God that is fully revealed in three distinct persons, (also known as the Trinity). The Father is the fullness of the Godhead invisible, the Son is the fullness of the Godhead revealed and the Holy Spirit is the fullness of the Godhead in His executive agency. God in His person possesses Omniscience, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, and Immutability.

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III. Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus Christ is God manifested in the flesh, eternal in His existence, creative in His might, and life-giving in His power. Born of a virgin, sinless in His life, vicarious in His death, powerful in His resurrection and glorious in His coming. Divine worship is ascribed to Him and divine attributes are possessed by Him. We believe that He is now exercising His high priestly work and will soon return. We believe in the pre-tribulation rapture of the church, which will be followed by 7 years of great tribulation and the return of Jesus Christ to judge the sin of the entire unbelieving world and establish an earthly reign for 1000 literal years.

IV. The Holy Spirit
We believe that Christians receive the Holy Spirit at the moment of salvation and that He remains our constant source of strength and power. The Holy Spirit possesses the attributes and deity of God, so He is God. We believe the Holy Spirit convicts and regenerates the sinner to salvation; He also indwells the believer as the means of assurance, power and wisdom; He guides the believer in his life and anoints him for service. We believe that the Holy Spirit possesses the characteristic of personality, so He is a person and not merely a force or influence.