What We Believe

Historic White Marsh Church is an independent, Bible-believing, teaching, and Christ-loving Church. We are comprised of Christians from diverse backgrounds who are headed to heaven because of Jesus Christ, our Savior.

People have worshiped the Lord on the grounds of Historic White Marsh Church since 1792. "To God be the glory, great things He hath done!" With the help of God and His people, this church will move forward in His work and service.

This church exists to bring glory to God and to minister to the needs of people. If we can be of any assistance to you, please let us know. We hope that you will join us to enjoy the fellowship of the people and the teaching of God's Word.

May God's richest blessings be yours.

We Believe:

1. We believe that the Holy Scriptures, composed of the Old and New Testaments, are of final and supreme authority in faith and life, are inspired by God, and are inerrant in the original writings. (2 Tim. 3:15-17; 1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 1:19-21)

2. We believe in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit; this Trinity being one God, eternally existing in three persons.

(Deut. 6:4; Gen. 1:26, 3:22: 11:7; Isa. 7:14, 9:6, 7; Psalm 2:7, 104:30; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14)

3. We believe that man was created by God as related in the book of Genesis; that he was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred physical and spiritual death.

(Gen. 1:26-28, 2:15-25; James 3:9; Gen. 2:16, 17, 3:1-19; Rom. 3:23, 6:23)

4. We believe that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and are in need of a savior for their reconciliation to God.

(Ps. 14:1-3; Jer. 17:9; Rom. 3:9-18, 23, 5:10-12; James 2:10)

5. We believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ; that he was born of the virgin Mary and begotten of the Holy Spirit, and that He lived a sinless life of perfection.

(Isa. 7:14; Mt. 1:24, 25; Luke 1:26-35)

6. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the only Savior; that He was crucified for our sins, according to the Scriptures, as a voluntary representative and sinless, substitutionary sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood.

(1 Peter 2:24; Rom. 3:25, 5:8)

7. We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of Jesus, in His Ascension into Heaven, in His personal return to receive the saints.

(Matt. 28:6; Luke 24:38-39; Acts 2:30-33; Heb. 7:25, 9:24; 1 Thess. 4:13-18)

8. We believe in the bodily resurrection of all persons, judgment to come, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting punishment of the lost.

(John 11:1-46; Luke 16:19-31; 2 Cor. 5:8)

9. We believe that the universal church is an organism composed of all who have received Christ as Savior and consequently have been baptized by the Holy Spirit into one body; that the local church is an organization composed of believers united for worship, instruction, fellowship, missionary endeavor, and service to God and man.

(2 Cor. 12:12, 13; Eph. 4:1-16, 5:21-33; Col. 1:12-18)

10. We believe that the Lord’s Supper is a symbolic ordinance commemorating Christ’s death and should be open to all regenerated persons who are living in obedience to the Bible.

(Matt. 26:26-30; Luke 22:13-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-32)

11. We believe that water baptism is an ordinance for the believer, symbolic of his identification with Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection.

(Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 2:38-42; Rom. 6:1-11; Acts 8:36-39)

12. We believe that we have been called of God to please Him by seeking to live a holy life according to God's Word and by His grace and help.

(1 Peter 1:16; Lev. 11:44, 45; Matt. 5:48)