The Gospel Baptist Church is biblical in its theology, fundamental in its practice, pre-millennial in its hope, and independent in its operation.

Although many more specific points of doctrine could be mentioned, only a few are listed on this website. For more information, come see for yourself, or call Pastor Stafford.

The Holy Scriptures. We believe that the Holy Bible, the Old and New Testaments, is the very Word of God, that it is the full, the final, and the complete revelation of God's will to man, that it has God, the Holy Spirit, for its author, salvation for its end, and inerrant truth for its matter, that it is a verbally inspired and "God-breathed" treasure of holy instruction, and that it is the final authority by which God will judge us, and is therefore, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions shall be tried. The King James version of the Bible is the primary text of all preaching and teaching in the Gospel Baptist Church.

The Godhead. We believe that there is one and only one true and living God, that He is absolute in nature, perfect in attributes, holy in character, the maker and supreme ruler of heaven and earth; that He is infinite in wisdom, marvelous in power, and amazing in love; that He unites in Himself the infinite, the eternal, and the Almighty Three-God: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit; that the three persons of the Godhead subsist in the same Divine nature, essence, and being, and that they co-exist and are coequal in every Divine attribute, each one executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption.

Christ. We believe that God the Son is the second person set forth in the Divine Trinity; that He is Very God; that He is almighty, merciful, and just; that He is holy, righteous, and true; that He is eternally existent, glorious in nature, possessing the attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence; that God the Father, through the Holy Spirit, is actually and eternally His Divine Father, and Mary, the Virgin, is actually and innocently His human mother; and that He, in harmony with His Divine office, mediates, seeks, and saves, thus exercising the mediatorial office of redemption.

The Devil. We believe that Satan is an actual person, and not an imaginary influence, that he once enjoyed high heavenly honors and glorious heavenly privileges; that he through pride, ambition, and self-will attempted to betray the Almighty and brought down upon his head the judgment of God; that he operates today as the god of this world and the prince of the power of the air; that he is a diabolical inventor, arch-deceiver, and the father of all lies; that he is the greatest enemy, the mightiest tempter, and the most relentless accuser of the saints; that he shall one day be incarnated in the person of the Anti-Christ, and in that role will finally meet Christ in the Battle of Armageddon; that there "the seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head;" and that he shall eventually be cast into the lake of fire, the eternal place of punishment, prepared for the devil and his angels.

Salvation by Grace. We believe that grace is God's unmerited favor toward sinful man; that it embraces God the Father, and God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit; that in the interest of perfect righteousness and the salvation of the lost soul it encompasses foreknowledge, for-ordination, and predestination; that it, and it alone, saves even unto the uttermost all who repent of their sin and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ; and that salvation thus wrought is wholly by grace, "the free gift of God," requiring neither culture nor works in any form to secure it or to keep it.