Covenant Baptist Church is different because:
- of its willingness to take its historical Baptist roots seriously.
- it views sufficiency and authority, in addition to the inspiration and infallibility of the Word of God, as foundational to our essential beliefs (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Timothy 4:2; Isaiah 8:20; Luke 16:29; John 5:39; John 5:46-47; Acts 17:11; Mark 7:7-9).
- of its unshakeable conviction that the church exists for the glory of God (Ephesians 3:21; I Peter 2:5, 9; I Corinthians 10:31).
- of its conviction that the local church is central to the purposes of God on the earth (Revelation 5:10; 1:6; Daniel 7:18, 27; Colossians 1:16-18; Ephesians 1:22). Therefore, Covenant Baptist Church is committed to reform the home, the church, and civil government (I Peter 3:22; . As the “pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:15), we do not view it as the home or the government’s responsibility to be the agents of change in society. It is to be the church who leads the home and civil government as the instructor of the Word of God.
- of its conviction that preaching is foundational to the life of the church. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Jesus said, “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free” (John 8:32). He identified this truth as being the Word of God as He prayed, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth" (John 17:17).
- of its belief that salvation radically alters the life of the convert. We are born again by the Spirit of God being regenerated by the Word to walk in newness of life.
- it is concerned about the individual and their family. Though we see the church in the context of family units, we do not lose the individual in the whole of the church. Though we are one body, we are still many members to whom we seek to minister to the needs of. At Covenant Baptist Church you are not the means to an end, but the end to which we use means to disciple, fellowship with, unite as one, and equipt for service in the Kingdom.
- it believes in the faith once delivered to the saints and, therefore, is orthodox in the mode of historical Baptists such as Charles Spurgeon, J.L. Dagg, Arthur Pink, Jesse Mercer, William Carey, John Broadus and many others.
- it believes the Law of God (as expressed in the Ten Commandments) is regulative in the life of the believer and upon society.
- it upholds male leadership in the church.
- it takes seriously the nature of church membership. Membership is not adding one’s name to a roll but a covenant between God and fellow believers.
- it believes in the complete command of the the Great Commission to disciple the nations. This command is not to see who can get the largest number to repeat the "sinners prayer" but to make the kingdoms of this world, the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ (Revelation 11:15).
- of its love for our reformed heritage.
- of its principled commitment to a free church and a free state.
- of its willingness to defend and preserve our Southern Heritage.
- of its resolve for Georgia sovereignty according to the Constitution.
- it is not seeking the material glory that is destroying the modern American church. We are not a country club or a nice place to elevate your social or economic standing in the community.
Covenant Baptist Church is working to change lives, homes, churches, and our civil society by bringing all men, women, and children under the rule and reign of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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