We, the membership of Clement Baptist Church believe:

 

1. That there is one Eternal God who is the Author of all creation.

2. That he made man holy, upright and good.

3. That man was invested with sufficient power to perform all that man enjoined, but left to the freedom of his will, to obey or rebel.

4. That man did fall, and become totally depraved and lost the image of God.

5. That according to the scriptures of eternal truth, there are three persons in the God-head: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one.

6. That Salvation is of Grace, proposed by God, the Father, performed by God, the Son, revealed and applied by God, the Holy Ghost.

7. That Salvation is the free gift of God, through Jesus Christ, who gave himself as a propitiation for the sins of the world.

8. That repentance for sin, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ are necessary in order to have Salvation, and that all who have believed will be faithful to exhibit good works brought about by The Father to glorify Him. (Ephesians 2:8-10)

9. That immersion is the true scripture mode of baptism and believers the only proper subjects.

10. That the Saints will finally persevere through Grace unto glory.

11. That there will be a resurrection from the dead, both of the just and the unjust, that the happiness of the just and the misery of the condemned will be eternal.

12. That it is the will of God that all those who have given themselves to the Lord, should give themselves to each other in the Lord by uniting in a church capacity.

13. That a church thus united should organize, by appointing proper officers according to scripture direction by which they have full power and authority to choose their own ministers and adopt their own rules of government.

14. That it is the duty of a church thus organized to contribute of their substance according to their several abilities to the support of the ministry and spread of the Gospel.