WHO WE ARE
Deermeadows Baptist Church exist to help people grow in their relationship with Jesus, build meaningful community, and live out their faith through worship, discipleship, and service. As a church on Jacksonville's Southside, we seek to serve our congregation, our community, and the world around us.
Our Mission
We are a community of faith following Jesus Christ where we live, learn, work and play.
"Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us - to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen."
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Our Core Doctrines
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Our Core Doctrines
The Holy Bible was written by men who were divinely inspired by God. It is a truthful record of God's revelation of Himself to man, an instruction manual and standard for life on earth, and a lifeline of salvation. The teachings of Jesus Christ help us to interpret God's Word.
There is only one true, living God. He is a holy and perfect God who desires a personal relationship with His creation. To Him we owe all love, reverence and obedience. He reveals Himself to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit – all with distinct attributes but without division of nature, essence or being.
The Father
God the Father reigns with care over His creation. He is all powerful, all loving, and all wise. He is the true Father of all who place their faith in Him, and He is fatherly in His attitude towards all of His people.
The Son
Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. He came to earth as a human conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He perfectly revealed and did the will of God, taking upon Himself the demands of human nature and identifying Himself completely with mankind, yet without sin. He honored God’s will with His obedience and in His death on the cross, He made provision for the redemption of man from sin. He was raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared before many, before ascending into heaven as the exalted right hand of God; the reconciliation between God and man. He will return one day to complete His redemptive mission.
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the spirit of God. He enables men to understand truth, He leads men to Christ, and he convicts of sin, righteousness and judgment. He enlightens and empowers the believer in worship, evangelism, and service. His presence in the Christian is the assurance of God to bring the believe into the fullness of Christ.
The redemption of man; offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who obtained eternal redemption for the believer with His blood. Salvation includes regeneration, sanctification (purification), and glorification.
Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water as an act of obedience in faith in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It is a testimony of his faith, and is symbolic of the believer’s death to sin, burial of the old life, and resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus.
We believe that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, fully God and fully man, one Person in two natures. Jesus, Israel’s promised Messiah, was conceived through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father as our High Priest and advocate. ( Lk. 1:35; Jn. 1:1, 14:6; Acts 1:1-10)
Every church and every believer has the duty and privilege to help make disciples of all nations. Born-again Christians who experience the Holy Spirit also experience a love for others. Believers are called to share the message of salvation with others so that they may experience eternity with the Father.