What We Believe
The Elders and Deacons of Harvest Bible Fellowship teach and substantially subscribe to the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith as the fullest expression of what we believe. It expresses a Calvinistic soteriology as well as a covenantal systematic theology.
Covenant members of our Church either hold to the same standard as the Elders, or substantially subscribe to the 1858 Abstract of Principles. Which is generally a subset of the 1689, and was the confession of faith adopted by the Board of Trustees at the establishment of Southern Seminary.
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Harvest Bible Fellowship affirms the London Baptist Confession of Faith, stating God created man and woman distinctively. We believe marriage is between one man and one woman, and sexual intimacy is reserved for this union. Any form of sexual immorality is considered sinful and offensive to God.
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Harvest Bible Fellowship affirms that personal health choices, including vaccination, are within the jurisdiction of individuals and families, not the government. Any attempt by civil or ecclesiastical authorities to mandate vaccinations is considered tyrannical and sinful. The church will not be forced to violate its conscience regarding unethically sourced vaccinations, especially those sourced from aborted fetal tissue.
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Additional Resources
The Chicago Statements
The International Council on Biblical Inerrancy (ICBI) was founded in 1977 to clarify and rigorously defend the doctrine of biblical inerrancy. The Council sponsored three major “summits,” each producing an important statement.
The most well known of these is the Statement on Biblical Inerrancy produced at Summit I.
More than 300 evangelical leaders contributed to this work. Some of the most prominent of them being; J. I. Packer, Francis Schaefer, R.C. Sproul, John MacArthur, and many others.
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
The “Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy” (CSBI) was produced at an international Summit Conference of evangelical leaders sponsored by the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy (ICBI,) and held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago in the fall of 1978.
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics, drafted at ICBI Summit II (1982,) is a continuation and elaboration of the meaning of the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy (1978.) It is a fuller statement on the relation of inerrancy to hermeneutics, especially of the meaning of the “grammatico-historical exegesis” mentioned in Article XIII of the earlier statement.
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Application
Summit III (1986), drafted the Chicago Statement on Biblical Application. With this statement the proposed scholarly work of ICBI has been completed, for the doctrine of inerrancy has thus been defined, interpreted, and applied by many of the leading evangelical scholars of our day.
The Warrenton Declaration on Medical Mandates, Biblical Ethics, & Authority
Harvest Bible Fellowship is an original signer of the Warrenton Declaration.
The Warrenton Declaration on Medical Mandates, Biblical Ethics, & Authority was created in order to provide doctrinal clarity and coherence on issues of biblical authority and ethics related to medical mandates.