Baptists are part of the Church of Jesus Christ.  They believe in one God- Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  The highest authority is Jesus Christ who is present in the church through the Holy Spirit.  The primary source and standard of faith and practice of Baptists are the Holy Scriptures, the Old and New Testament.

The basic independent unit is the local church, which is modeled after the teaching and example of the New Testament church.  An individual becomes a member of the Body of Christ-the Church through his confession of belief in Jesus Christ as Savior, possible only under the influence of God’s Word and the Holy Spirit.  In answer to God’s grace, and in obedient faith, they are baptized by immersion.

Baptists believe that the believer’s immersion in water symbolizes a vital reality. When a person believes (their faith is expressed through baptism), he is said to be buried with Christ through baptism, thus dying to his old way of life, and raised to a live new life in Christ; he is subordinate to the Lord and expresses hope for resurrection.  The Holy Spirit makes him sure that he is God’s child, gives him the necessary spiritual gifts, fills and leads him.  Baptism also unites the person to the local church. It is very important to be a member of the local church.  When you are a member of the local church, you are also a member of the whole denomination, but not vice-versa.  Nevertheless, the Christian faith goes wider than the individual church (over the borders of the Baptist church). That is why the Baptists have made widespread Christian contacts. 

Baptists also defend the freedom of conscience of each man.  Everyone is responsible to God for himself.  Baptists also believe in the separation of church and state in all spheres because they know the sovereignty of Christ controls the church.  Freedom of conscience and life by God’s grace, however, should not be used as a pretense for an ungodly lifestyle.  That is why churches discipline their members according to the Scriptures—beginning with a warning face-to-face and if there is no repentance, culminating with expelling the member from the church. However, the member expelled who repents and demonstrates it by a change in their behavior can be accepted back into the church again.  The priority of their mission is, for certain, to carry the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all people.