Society Bible Baptist Church of Baliuag

ABOUT US
The Society Bible Baptist Church of Baliwag, Inc. was organized on September 7, 2001 under the authority of the Society Bible Baptist Church of Manila, under the leadership of Rev. Franklin L. Goden. On the eye of her organization, the Charter Members called Rev. Jose F. Sanchez as Pastor who started the mission work since 1997.

OUR FAMILY
The Society Bible Baptist Church of Baliwag Inc. is an organized congregation of born again and baptized believers carrying out the Commission of Jesus Christ as found in Matthew 28:18-20. She has the Lord Jesus Christ as her Founding Head, the Bible, the Word of God, as her Authority and the Pastor, the Undershepherd. Her adherence to Biblical doctrines and practices identifies and traces her roots to the church that Jesus Christ founded during His personal earthly ministry.

OUR BELIEF
As a MEMBER of SBBC Baliuag Family, you should have the basic knowledge of what we believe and why. This is the trademark of Bible Baptists: we know what we believe and why. Because of this, we are ready to give an answer to any man who would ask anything regarding our faith. It is not only the church leaders’ responsibility to feed you God’s Word; it is your responsibility as a member to study and to pray to God for understanding.

* Assurance & Security : No one enters the membership of the SBBC Baliuag without professing salvation. As a member, it is supposed that you have a clear understanding of what salvation is and an assurance that you are saved, born-again and possesses eternal life.

* Baptism : The next step after salvation is baptism because it is the Christian’s first act of obedience to God. After a person recieves Christ as Savior, he cannot really begin to obey God without first being baptized.

* Prayer & Bible Reading:as children of God and enjoying a good relationship with Christ, we are given the privilege to communicate with Him both in prayer and in devotion. These two are vital aspects of the believer’s life because in Bible reading or devotion, God communicates to man through His Word.

* The New Testament Church: The Church must be important to every member because she is also important to the Lord Jesus Christ as can be seen in the following:
o One reason for His coming down as man was to establish the Church (Matt. 16:18);
o He personally gave the Great Commission to the church. To no other entity was the commission given; not to any individual, fellowship or evangelistic organization (Matt. 28:19-20;Acts 1:8)
o He loved the Church enough to die for her (Eph. 5:25);
o He empowered the Church (Acts 1:8a;2:1-3);
o He will come for the Church (John 14:3); (Acts 1:10-11; Eph. 5:27) The Lord Jesus Christ will come like a bridegroom for his bride, The New Testament Baptist Church. She is the closest to Him;
o She is where every believer is instructed to fellowship with other believers in prayer, worship, service; to grow in grace and maturity and to be established in the faith (Acts 2:46-47);
o She is the storehouse of the tithes, offerings, thanksgiving, first fruits, and other gifts (Mal. 3:10);
o Every believer is commanded not to forsake her assembly (Heb. 10:25);
o It is in her that Jesus Christ is glorified throughout all ages (Eph. 3:21).
* The Scriptures : The Bible is the infallible Word of God. It is inspired of God (2 Tim. 3:16;2 Pet.1:19-21) “Inspiration” means “God-breathed” or simply, the influence of the Spirit of God upon the minds of the Scripture writers in writing God’s revelation to man. Irrefutable evidence , such as, the unity of the Scriptures, the fulfillment of prophecies, the scientific accuracy of the Scriptures and the transforming power of the Word of God compel every honest thinker to admit that the Bible is indeed a Book from God. Considering also that the Bible was written by about forty (40) authors in a period of 1,500 years, compiled and published in the early centuries but until now, the most accurate book and bestseller. The Bible does not certain the Word of God. Rather, the Bible IS the VERY Word of God.
* The Balanced Christian Life : The balanced Christians life consists both of hearing and doing; of acknowledging His will and submitting to it; of being willing instruments of Christ so that He is able to work in us and do according to His good pleasure (Phil. 2:13). James 1:22says, “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” It is having a balanced “intake” of God’s Word and “outwork” of His will in our lives.

* The Grace of Giving : The Bible explicitly teaches that we should not only give of ourselves to God but also of our substance. It is commanded by God for the purpose of the support of His works and the furtherance of the Gospel. the early believers also give us examples of how to exercise the same. Along with the command, God also promises to bless those who give.