Faith Baptist Church

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever Heb 13:8 Faith Baptist Church commenced meeting in February of 2006 with a small group of believers, who were convinced that there was a need for a Bible based Independent Baptist church in the Northern suburbs of Melbourne.... We were determined by the grace of God, to have a church that would hold to the truth from the Word of God found in the Authorized Version and avoid the liberalism and secularism, which has strongly permeated the church in these latter days. Our doctrines would be those only found in the Bible and we believed that it was important that the preaching would also be purely biblical. To avoid the pragmatism, modern psychological and marketing techniques employed by many modern churches, we decided to base our church on the simplicity of the early church found in the book of Acts. Our focus would come from a single verse in the Bible found in Hebrew 13:8 Jesus, the same, yesterday and today and forever to remind us that it is ALL about Him. We then decided to build the churchs foundation on four key elements found in the early church which revolve around this theme. These four elements are found in the book of Acts 2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. These would be the foundational elements of our church. In aid of this we would only use the most trustworthy of all Bible translations, the King James Bible. It alone is based on the majority text found in more than 95% of manuscripts available. We were also acutely aware that most churches in our modern age were now only preaching either feel good messages or self improvement messages, while denying some of the most significant doctrines found in the Word of God because they have become unpalatable in our modern world. Our strong conviction is that the Word of God is relevant and important for people of all ages and in every generation and ...Read More