Our Beliefs
The Bible
We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and are our inerrant, infallible rule of faith and practice.
God
We believe that there is one living and true God, revealed in nature as the Creator, Preserver, and Righteous Governor of the universe; and in the Scriptures as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, yet as one God, infinitely wise and good, whom all intelligent creatures are supremely to love, adore, and obey.
Jesus Christ
We believe that Christ is God manifest in the flesh; in His divine nature truly God, in His human nature truly man. The mediator between God and man, once crucified, He is now risen and glorified, and is our ever-present Savior and Lord. Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Scriptures assign to the Holy Spirit all the attributes of God. He is the Reprover, Comforter, Guide, and Sanctifier of men.
Human Sinfulness
Man was created innocent, but by disobedience fell into a state of sin and condemnation. All people, therefore, inherit a fallen nature of such tendencies that all who come to years of accountability, sin and become guilty before God.
Salvation
We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. We further believe that salvation is a totally free gift from God and cannot be earned by any amount of good deeds or religious activity.
The Terms of Salvation
The conditions of salvation are: (1) Repentance of sin or sincere sorrow for sin and hearty renunciation of it. (2) Faith or the unreserved committal of one’s self to Christ as Savior and Lord with purpose to love and obey Him in all things. Repentance and faith are not to be viewed as two separate actions, but two ways of stating the same decision. In the exercise of saving faith, the soul is renewed by the Holy Spirit, freed from the dominion of sin, and becomes a child of God. (3) Continuance in faith unto death.
Free Will
Under the work and influence of the Holy Spirit, the human will is freed and enabled to choose, having power to yield to the influence of the truth and the Spirit, or to resist them and perish.
Salvation Free
We believe that God desires the salvation of all, the Gospel invites all, the Holy Spirit strives with all, and whosoever will may come and take of the water of life freely.
Perseverance
We believe that all disciples of Christ, who through grace persevere in faith to the end of life, have promise of eternal salvation.
Eternal Future
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of punishment.
The Church
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. Angelville recognizes that we are one gathering of believers who make up just one part of the universal body of Christ, the Church. We share Christian fellowship with all who hold Jesus as their one and only Savior.
Gospel Ordiances
We believe that the New Testament teaches the following perpetual practices in the church: Baptism, or the immersion of believers in water and the Lord’s Supper. Feet Washing, an ordinance teaching humility, is of universal obligation, and is to be ministered to all true believers.
Tithing
We believe that God commanded tithes and offerings in the Old Testament; Jesus endorsed it in the Gospels, and the apostle Paul said, “Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him” (1 Cor. 16:2a).
The Christian Sabbath
We believe that Divine law teaches that one day in seven be set apart from secular employments and amusements for rest, worship, holy works and activities, and for personal communion with God. In the Christian era this is Sunday in celebration of Jesus Christ’s resurrection on that day.
Our Church Covenant
The Church Covenant provides a general summary of the Bible’s spiritual, moral, and ethical teaching and serves as a basic guide for how those who belong to Angelville Church agree to live before God and one another. Our Church Covenant reads as follows:
Having given ourselves to God, by faith in Jesus Christ, and adopted the Word of God as our rule of faith and practice, we now give ourselves to one another by the will of God in this solemn covenant.
We promise by His grace to love and obey Him in all things, to avoid all appearance of evil, to abstain from sinful amusements and unholy conformity to the world, from all sanction of the use and sale of intoxicating beverages, and to provide things honest in the sight of all men.
We agree faithfully to discharge our obligations in reference to study of the Scriptures, secret prayer, family devotions, and social worship, and by self-denial, faith and good works endeavor to grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
We will not forsake the assembling of ourselves together for church conferences, public worship, and the observance of the ordinances of the gospel, nor fail to pay according to our ability for the support of the church, of its poor and all its benevolent work.
We agree to accept Christian admonition and reproof with meekness, and to watch over one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bonds of peace, to be careful of one another’s happiness and reputation, and seek to strengthen the weak, encourage the afflicted, admonish the erring, and as far as we are able, promote the success of the church and of the gospel.
We will everywhere hold Christian principle sacred and Christian obligations and enterprises supreme; counting it our chief business in life to extend the influence of Christ in society; constantly toiling that the Kingdom of God may come, and His will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
To this end we agree to labor for the promotion of educational and denominational enterprises, the support of missions, the success of Sunday schools, and evangelistic efforts for the salvation of the world.
And may the God of peace sanctify us wholly, and preserve us blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Partnerships & Affiliations
The National Association of Free Will Baptists
https://nafwb.org/site/
The Illinois State Association of Free Will Baptists
https://www.ilfwb.org
The South-Central District Association of Free Will Baptists
https://scilfwb.weebly.com
Camp Hope
https://www.ilfwb.org/camp-hope.html
Avant Ministries
https://avantministries.org/missionaries
IM, Inc
https://iminc.org
Welch College
https://welch.edu
Free Will Baptist Theology
https://www.fwbtheology.com
Free Will Baptist History
https://fwbhistory.com