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Core Values

The following Core Values shall serve as guides in formulating and implementing the purpose, mission, and vision of Palestine Baptist Church:

1 - Towards God

· To Glorify God
· To Walk in Obedience With God
· To Carry Out God’s Mission

2 - Towards the Church

· To Minister
    with the Goal of Excellence
· To Be Responsible
    for Spiritual Growth
· To Minister
    with Unity, Integrity,
    and Compassion

3 - Towards Others

· To Express
    a Servant Attitude
    Toward Others
· To Reach and Teach Others
· To Minister
    by Meeting Needs
    and Building Relationships

What We Believe

Palestine Baptist Church subscribes to the doctrinal statement of the Baptist Faith and Message as adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention in the year 2000.

We believe that a Gospel Church is a company of baptized believers, voluntarily associated together to maintain the worship of God, and acknowledging no head but Christ, and no religious authority but the Word of God; nevertheless, experience has abundantly taught necessity of all bodies having some system, rules and regulations for conducting business, that the cause represented may be the better promoted.

Our Covenant

Having been led, as we believe, by the spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now and in the presence of God, and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another as one body in Christ.

We choose, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this Church, in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the Church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the Gospel through all nations.

We also seek to maintain family and personal devotions; to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our family and friends; to walk with care in the world; to be just in our dealings; faithful in our engagements, and commendable in our behavior; to avoid all gossip, unkind remarks, and excessive anger; to avoid the pitfalls and influences of intoxicating substances by choosing to abstain from them so as to not be a stumbling block to our brother; to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Savior.

We further choose to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember one another in prayer; to aid one another in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and Christian courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it without delay.

We moreover commit that when we must end membership with this church, we will as soon as possible, unite with another like-minded church where we can carry out the Spirit of this Covenant and the principles of God’s word.