About Us

About Us

We are a dynamic, energetic, ethnically diverse group of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, seeking to do His Will until the Promise of His Return to gather us unto Himself in Glory.

Our History

Welcome to The Old Bridge Baptist Church. The origin of this assembly is traced to the words of our Lord to Peter: "And upon this rock I will build my church." When our Lord said: "I will build my church" He was referring to those sheep that the Father had given Him and whom He would keep by the instrumentality of His Spirit through the means of Calvary. The original members were part of his fold (true church) established upon the rock (Christ as Peter carefully tells us), and demonstrated His life through the Independent Bethel Baptist Church of Washington and Herbertsville. In the year 1840, a group of brethren withdrew from the fellowship of the Baptist Church of Washington and formed the Independent Bethel Baptist Church and Herbertsville. At a later period of time it became known as The Old Bridge Baptist Church and was incorporated in 1952.

Our Purpose Statement

The purpose of The Old Bridge Baptist Church is to exalt God through Congregational worship as we edify one another through the right hand of fellowship, while equipping the saints for the Ministry of the Church. We seek to encourage and evangelize by our example, as a witness to the truth in Jesus Christ by which we have all been brought to salvation and spiritual maturity.

Statement of Faith

Section I: The Scriptures We believe that the Scriptures, both the Old and the New Testaments, are the Word of God; that they are inerrant in the original writings, and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and practice (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21; Luke 24:27; 2 Peter 3:16).

Section II: The Godhead We believe that the Godhead eternally exists in three persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and that these three are one God; having precisely the same nature, attributes, and perfections, and worthy of precisely the same homage, confidence, and obedience (Matt. 28:18,19; Mark 12:29; John 1:14; Acts 5:3,4; Heb. 1:1-3; Rev. 1:4-6; Deut. 6:4).

Section III: The First Adam We believe that man was originally created in the image and after the likeness of God and that he disobeyed God bringing sin (total depravity of man) and its condemnation upon the whole human race. We believe that every child of Adam is born into the world with a nature which not only possesses no spark of divine life, but is essentially and unchangeably bad apart from divine grace (Gen. 1:26; 3:17; Rom. 5:12; Ps. 14:1-3; 51:5; Jer. 17:9; Mark 7:20-23; Rom. 1:24-32; 3:10-19; 6:23; Eph. 2:1-3).

Section IV: The Work of Christ We believe in the sacrificial and atoning death of Christ upon the cross, in His bodily resurrection and ascension to heaven where He sits as the mediator between God and man today, and in His literal future return to earth as the greater son of David who shall sit upon David's throne and establish an everlasting kingdom (Job 19:25; Is. 53; Matt. 28; 1 Cor. 15; Luke 24; Acts 1:10; 2:32-36; Heb. 1:1-3; 1 John 2:1,2).

Section V: The Believer's Relationship to God Sanctification - Past We believe that when an unregenerate person (child of Adam) exercises that kind of faith in Christ which is illustrated and described by Abraham in Romans 4, he passes immediately out of death into spiritual life, and from the old creation into the new; being justified from all things accepted before the Father according as Christ His Son is accepted, loved as Christ is loved, having his place and portion as linked to Him and one with Him forever; therefore, he is in no way required by God to seek a "second work of grace" for justification by his own works of righteousness (John 5:24; 17:23; Acts 13:39; Rom. 5:1; 1 Cor. 3:21-23; Eph. 1:3; Col. 2:10; 1 John 4:17; 5:11-12).

Sanctification - Present We believe that God has already perfected our sanctification because our position toward God is the same as Christ's position. However, we believe that we retain our sin-nature (no eradication in this life) and thus our present state is no more perfect than our experience in daily life (1 Cor. 1:30 cf, Phil. 3:12). We believe that if a person has experienced the assurance of salvation (justification) he shall demonstrate his faith by works; therefore, it is the privilege and responsibility of every believer to "press on" in holiness of life (Rom. 5-8; Phil. 3:10-16). We believe the means of experiencing daily victory over the flesh, world, and devil is through faith in appropriating His death and life, by reading, studying, and meditating upon His Word, by prayer, and by fellowship with other believers (Luke 9:23, 24; John 17:17; Eph. 6:18; 2 Tim. 3:15).

Sanctification - Future We believe that our sanctification is made complete in experience when we partake of bodily resurrection at which time our bodies become like unto His (Rom. 8:18-23 cf; Phil. 3:20, 21).