City Baptist Church
North Las Vegas NV

God The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost [The Godhead, God, or Trinity]

We believe in one true triune Godhead of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit being one in essence, yet divided in function [Matt 28:19; Col 2:9]; We believe that the Godhead has certain divine perfections such as holiness, omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience, and sovereignty, among other attributes [Job 42:2]; We believe God created the universe in 7 literal days, sustains it [Col 1:16-17] and will one day make it new [Rev 21:5].

The Bible

We believe that the Bible in all 66 books is God’s inspired, complete revelation to mankind [De 4:2; Pr 30:6; Re 22:18-19] that we have the same words preserved for all ages which God spoke to the human writers via the Masoretic Hebrew Text and the Textus Receptus Greek text [Ps 12:6-7]; that the Bible is mans’ only rule for Christian faith and practice [Le 18:5; Jn 14:15]. We use the Authorized King James Version for all teaching and preaching purposes.

Salvation and Baptism

We believe that the fall of man in Adam necessitates his/her need of eternal salvation [1 Co 15:22]; that this salvation is accomplished by man hearing God’s word and verbalizing faith [belief] in the vicarious bloody sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross and in His resurrection [1 Co 15:1-4; Ro 10:13]. We believe that Christ’s was a once-for–all- time sacrifice, thus requiring man be saved only once, never able to lose his/her salvation [Ro 6:10-11; Jn 6:37; 10:28] that although he cannot lose his salvation, man can lose fellowship and favor with God because of sin, even dying an untimely death for continual, willful sin(s)[1 Jn 5:16-17; Isa 59:2]. Although there is no saving power in water baptism [1 Pet 3:21], We believe it is necessary for the believer to be fully obedient to Christ and to gain membership in a local church [Ac 2:38; 10:47-48].

Angels and Demons

We believe in the literal existence of myriads of eternal, radiant, mighty angels, created by God as spirit beings in various ranks and orders who serve and glorify God and help believing man in various ways [Ezek 1; He 1:14; Mt 26:53]; We believe that Satan, once a mighty Cherub called Lucifer, fell from his exalted position in heaven because of his pride, influencing 1/3rd of the heavenly host to rebel with him, thus becoming demons whose chief aim is to discredit God and to tempt Christians to deny God [Isa 14:4-20; Ezek 28:11-19; Re 12:4]. We believe that those angels who “left their first [holy] estate” are sealed in unrighteousness and everlasting doom, while those who remained true are sealed in righteousness and everlasting blessedness [2 Pe 2:4; Jude 6]. We believe that the final doom of Satan and his angels [demons] will be eternal confinement in the “Lake of fire” [Re 12:9;20:10; Mt 25:41].

The Church

We believe that the church- God’s NT covenant people is to be distinguished from Israel – God’s OT covenant people. As the Jews were a circumcised, called out people with certain privileges and responsibilities, so is the church a called out assembly of Bible believing, water baptized people [Jew and Gentile], meeting together regularly for worship, fellowship, biblical instruction, and Christian service [Heb 8-10]. We believe that the church has only two Biblical officers of pastor and deacon [1 Tim 3] and two commanded ordinances of water baptism [Ac 2:38; 10:47-48] and communion [i.e., The Lord’s supper, 1 Co 11:23-34]; that the church is God’s only vehicle on earth today for carrying out his plan for worldwide disciple-making before Christ returns [Matt 28:18-20; 1 Th 1:8]. We believe that a doctrinally sound church must be involved in planting new churches in all unreached parts of the world [Acts 15:41; 16:5].

Man

We believe that man was instantaneously created by God with a body, soul, and spirit, having the power to procreate [Gen 2:7; 1:28; 1 Th 5:23]; that man was created perfect and immortal, yet fell from that position by free choice and willful disobedience, necessitating God’s plan of salvation to restore him to a place of eternal life [Gen 2:16-17, 2:6-7; Rom 5:12]; and that man can do nothing to please God or save himself apart from knowing Christ as Savior and Lord [Gen 6:5; Ro 7:18; Ti 3:5].

Sin

We believe that sin is man’s willful disobedience against God’s clear commands [1 Jn 5:17]; that there are both temporal and eternal consequences for sin [Ro 6:23; 1 Cor 11:28-30; Jude 13-15] that God forgives confessed sins and punishes man for unconfessed sins [Pr 28:13; 1 Jn 1:9]. We believe that sin entered the universe with the fall of Lucifer who became Satan [Isa 14:4-23; Ezek 28:1-19], and that sin entered the human race with the fall of Adam [Rom 5:12]; that saved man will become completely rid of sin at his glorification [1 Jn 3:2].

The Last Things

We believe in the imminent return of Jesus Christ to “catch away” His believing people to be judged and to receive final rewards [1 Co 15:51; 1 Th 4:13-18] followed by a 7 year Tribulation to try every man remaining on the earth, yet directed primarily as God’s final judgment upon disobedient Israel [Dan 9:27; Rev 6-19]. We believe in Christ’s 2nd coming to the earth with his glorified saints of all ages immediately after the Tribulation, inaugurating His 1000 year Millennial reign upon the earth, at which end Satan will be loosed to deceive nations one final time, only to be swiftly defeated and confined eternally to the lake of Fire [Rev 19:11-20:10]. All unsaved people and nations will be judged and confined eternally to the Lake of Fire [Rev 20:11-15] which is not to be confused with the judgment of believers occurring 1007 years earlier [1 Co 3:11-15; 2 Co 5:10-11; Re 22:12]. We believe that God will destroy the present universe, making a completely new heaven and earth where his saints will live with Him in eternal blessedness [Rev 21:1-5].

 

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Pastor Tony Griffin has served joyfully in ministry for 30 years. After being saved as a teenager in Virginia Beach, VA in 1981, he began Bible college training in 1986 at Tabernacle Baptist College in Virginia Beach, finishing with a Bachelors in Biblical Education in 1991. While in school, Pastor Tony served in all aspects of ministry at a Baptist church in the Norfolk, VA area. In 1991, God directed him to help a fellow Bible college student start a new church in inner city Philadelphia, serving as Youth Director for 4 years before starting his own church in Trenton, NJ. There he pastored Capitol City Baptist Church for 15 years. In the early years of his ministry in New Jersey, God gave him his beautiful wife Cathy, and they married in 1997. In 2008, God led Pastor Tony to Pensacola Theological Seminary in Pensacola, Fl for further Biblical training, earning a Master's in Biblical Exposition in 2011. There he met Dr. David Teis, a successful church planter and native of Las Vegas, NV. God used him to direct Pastor Tony here in 2012. While serving in all aspects of ministry for 3 years at Liberty Baptist Church under Pastor Teis, God burdened Pastor Tony’s heart to start a new church in Las Vegas. City Baptist Church became a reality in January of 2015. After meeting at a middle school for over two years, City Baptist church moved into a beautiful new church building in April of 2017.



Our Vision

"Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it" {Habakkuk 2:3]

Our desire is be a multicultural, Bible-based, disciple-making church, reaching metro Las Vegas with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Our vision statement is fourfold:

Living right lives Doing effective things Fostering loving relationships Teaching sound doctrine