PASTOR BERNARD L. PARSONS SR. OF BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH AT 2224 DENISON AVE.DOWN IN CLEVELAND, OHIO 44109, PHONE NUMBER 216-624-2978

                                     ARTICLES OF FAITH

THE BIBLE; WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE, THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION 1611 IS THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD 2nd TIMOTHY 3:15-17, VERSE 16; ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD, AND IS PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE, FOR REPROOF, FOR CORRECTION, FOR INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTOUSNESS. 1) DOCTRINE; WHAT IS RIGHT 2) REPROOF; WHAT IS NOT RIGHT 3) CORRECTION; HOW TO GET RIGHT 4) INSTRICTION IN RIGHTOUSNESS; HOW TO STAY RIGHT.

THE GODHEAD; WE BELIEVE IN THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE AND LIVING GOD WHO REVEALED HIMSELF AS THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST MATH.28:19

JESUS CHRIST; WE BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST WAS BEGOTTON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY MATH.1:18-23

WE BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST IS BOTH GOD AND SINLESS MAN JOHN 1:2,14

WE BELIEVE JESUS DIED AS A SUBSITUTIONARY SACRAFICE FOR THE SINS OF ALL MEN, AND ALL WHO RECIEVE HIM INTO THEIR HEARTS AS THEIR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOUR ARE JUSTIFIED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR TRUE FAITH IN HIS SHED BLOOD THAT HE SHED FOR THEM AT CALVARY 1st JOHN 2:2; ROM. 3:24-25

WE BELIEVE JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS, WAS BURIED, ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD, AND ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN 1st. COR. 15:3-4; 1st THESS. 4:13-18, ACTS 1: 6-11

HOLY SPIRIRT: WE BELIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT ENTERS, SEALS, AND BAPTIZES YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WITH THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHICH SIMPLY MEANS YOU HAVE A DESIRE IN YOUR HEART TO SERVE GOD, IT IS NOT WATER BAPTISIM BY IMMERSION 1st COR. 6:19; EPH. 1:11

SALVATION: WE BELIEVE THE SALVATION OF SINNERS IS ONLY BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH, AND NOT OF WORKS EPH. 2:8-9

ETERNAL SECURITY: WE BELIEVE THE ETERNAL SECURITY OF ALL BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS, JOHN 3:36,15,16

THE CHURCH: WE BELIEVE THAT THE INVISABLE CHURCH OF CHRIST IS A CONGREGATION OF BLOOD BOUGHT BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS BAPTIZED BY COMPLETE IMMERSION, JESUS SET THE EXAMPLE HIMSELF, MATHEW 3:13-17, MARK 1:7-11, ACTS 8: 36-39

THE ORDINANCES: WE BELIEVE THE ORDINANCES OF THE LOCAL CHURCH ARE BELIEVERS BAPTISIM, ( BY COMPLETE IMMERSION ONLY ) AND THE LORD'S SUPPER, AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, JESUS SET THE EXAMPLE HIMSELF, MATH. 3:13-17, MARK 1:7-11, ACTS 8:36-39 1st. COR. 11. 23-31, ANOTHER PART OF THE ORDINANCE IS SALVATION BEFORE BAPTISIM

SEPERATION: WE BELIEVE IN BIBLICLE SEPERATION FROM UNBELIEVERS, ALL FORMS OF HERESY AND APOSTASY. 2nd THESS. 3:14, WE DO BELIEVE WE ARE TO PRAY FOR THEM AND TRY TO LEAD THEM TO SALVATION

THE GREAT COMMISSION, WE BELIEVE THRELORD JESUS CHRIST HAS COMMISSIONED THE CHURCH TO TAKE THE GOSPEL THAT SAVES INTO ALL THE WORLD. MATH. 28; 18-20