TENNESSEE RIVER BAPTIST ASSN. NOT CALVINIST (N. Carolina)

 The Tennessee River Baptist Assn. was formed in  1830. Some of the churches came from the French Broad Assn. which has proven to be Non Calvinist. For the history of the French Broad Assn. see here. The attached pic is from the History of the Tennessee River Baptist Association by Elder Jno. S. Smiley. 

Articles of Faith (Same as French Broad at their founding) 

  Article 1 . We believe in the only living and true God, and that there are three persons in the Godhead — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and that these three are one in substance, and equal in power and glory.

2. We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the word of God, and the only rule of Faith and practice.

3. We believe in the doctrine of Original Sin.

4. We believe in man's impotency to recover himself from the fallen state he is in, by his own free will and ability.

5. We believe that sinners are justified in the sight of God, only by the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ.

6. We believe the saints shall persevere in grace, and that they never shall fall finally away.

7. We believe that Baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances instituted by Christ and that true believers are the only proper subjects thereof.

8. We believe that the true mode of Baptism is by immersion.

9. We believe that no person has a right to administer the ordinances but such as are regularly called and qualified thereunto.

1 0. We believe that no man should be ordained to the Ministry without the unanimous voice of the Church to which he belongs.

1 1 . We believe in the resurrection of the dead, and a general Judgment; that the punishment of the wicked shall be everlasting; and the joys of the righteous eternal.

12. We, the members of the Tennessee River Baptist Association, agreeing to the above articles of Faith, do for and in behalf of the churches whom we represent, covenant, agree, and give ourselves up to each other, in church and christian fellowship, in order to keep up the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace, and to assist each other in all matters of distress, and to pray for each other's prosperity.

To read the complete history of the Tennessee River Assn. see here. 



 

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