ABOUT BETHLEHEM CHURCH

Bethlehem Free Will Baptist Church has been part of the Ashland City community for more than 160 years. [read a brief history of the church] But we do not live in the past! Today, Bethlehem Church is a vibrant community of believers in Christ. We learn about the Bible in a way that is both helpful and relevant to you and your family. We’re imperfect people striving daily to become more like Christ in everything we do.

We believe everyone needs a church family, and it is our sincere desire that you become part of ours. Our church is made up of people from all walks of life. You will find Bethlehem to be a place where your relationship with the Lord and other Christians will grow deeper and more meaningful.

Bethlehem Free Will Baptist Church is more than a building with programs and traditions. It is a family where people have committed their lives to Jesus Christ and seek to reach others with His love. Do you know Jesus? If not, please read more »

What We Believe

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, only infallible, authoritative Word of God.

We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.

We believe that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for the salvation of lost and sinful man.

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; those who are saved to the resurrection of life and those who are lost to the resurrection of damnation.

We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

The preceding statement of faith is summarized from The Treatise of the Faith and Practices of Free Will Baptists (the denominational group with whom we are affiliated). To learn more about Free Will Baptists, visit their website: www.nafwb.org.

Bethlehem Church Covenant

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 all 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 Saviour 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 of 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 praying and 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.