Frequently Asked Questions
- What Is A Family-Friendly Church?
- Why Don't You Have An Age-segregated Sunday School?
- Do You Support Ecumenical Unity?
- Is Your Church a Ruckmanite Church?
- Is Your Church Charismatic?
- Is It Right To Judge?
- What About CCM?
A church where the families are not separated into different age groups or classes, but rather worship, learn & serve together.
A church that simply incorporates Scriptural principles in the church, and are careful not to fall into family idolatry by allowing family to take precedence over obedience to the word of God.
A church that believes that parents are responsible to train their own children and assists the parents in fulfilling their responsibility, by not doing it for them.
A church where the parents are relieved of the responsibility to train other believers children, and under the direction of the church, given the responsibility and blessing to train their own children.
A church that seeks to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children by giving sound Biblical truth which they can then teach to their children.
A church that fellowships together as families.
A church that believes that as an epistle known and read of all men, the testimonies of our families are a powerful tool in serving others in the body, as well as reaching the lost in our communities.
A church that has cautions about measuring success by attendance and decisions, but rather believes that the fruit of the Spirit of the older youth in church are a better spiritual thermometer of what is going on in the homes of our families.
A church that believes that according to Psalms 68:6 families can be used as a tool to edify and strengthen those in the church that are not in a traditional family.
Psa 68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: ….
Because we are a “Bible-believing” church, we typically get labeled as a “ruckmanite” church. The basis for the label is Dr. Peter S. Ruckman, the pastor of an independent Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida and founder of the Pensacola Bible Instititue. Dr. Ruckman has been one of the leading proponents for the King James Bible in the debate over whether the King James Bible has errors or is in fact the word of God for the English speaking people. Basically, he takes a very strong stand for the King James Bible. So what has happened is that anyone who takes a stand for the King James Bible that is stronger than say, David Cloud's stand, gets labeled a "ruckmanite."
The difference between their positions is basically, I think summed up in the difference between whether the King James Bible is the inspired and preserved word of God for the English speaking people or the King James Bible is the preserved and inspired word of God for the English speaking people, so the argument is over the transmission of the text. As far as I am concerned, the end result is the same either way, that the King James Bible that we profess to believe is inerrant (without error) and without need of correction, but should be believed and taught to the English speaking people and should be the final authority in all matters of faith and practice, thus making any reference to ancient dead languages unnecessary and often mis-leading.
Again, being an "independent" church, we owe no loyalty or allegiance to any Bible preacher or teacher, whether it is Peter Ruckman, David Cloud, Charles Spurgeon, G.B.Vick, J. Frank Norris or D.L. Moody, etc.; that loyalty and allegiance belongs only to the Lord Jesus Christ and His word, the King James Bible. We believe the Apostle Paul’s teaching in this regard. Who are any of these men? “…but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man…” These men may have labored, “but God gave the increase.” Seeing then that it is “God that giveth the increase,” none of these men are “anything” see 1 Corinthians 3:5-7. Because of this where any Bible teacher agrees with that book, we consider them friends; where they disagrees with that book, we disagree with them; where they correct that book, we feel no remorse in correcting them with the book that they attempt to correct.