First Baptist Church of Hurricane
Our Mission
​The mission of First Baptist Church of Hurricane is to bring people to Jesus Christ, develop them to Christ-like maturity, and equip them for ministry and their life mission to the glory of God.
Our Vision
The vision of First Baptist Church is of a church that:
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Provides a place where people of all ages can experience love, acceptance, hope, forgiveness, guidance, and encouragement.
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Shares the Good News of Jesus Christ with the people who reside in and around Putnam County.
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Welcomes persons into fellowship where they can experience God exalting worship in His empowering presence.
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Develops people, young and old, into fully devoted disciples of Jesus Christ through a discipleship process that is Biblically relevant.
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Equips every believer for a significant ministry by helping them discover their God given giftedness, and by enlisting them in active ministry (lay ministry) within the community of faith and surrounding area.
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Sends out missionaries and church workers (from the local church) into our community, state and around the world. Every member would be equipped to disciple and reproduce (multiplication).
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Fully supports mission endeavors through giving, mission trips, and personal relationships with missionaries.
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Is a Regional Church with a technologically developed sanctuary, a God exalting worship, a counseling and prayer center, classrooms for Bible study and training lay leaders, and a recreation area for fellowship and ministry – touching people in Putnam and surrounding counties to fulfill for our purpose as seen in Jesus Christ – here in Hurricane, WV.
As a result, the Hurricane area will be different in ten – fifteen years, with a Christian influence being increasingly felt in homes, business, education, and the political arena.
What We Believe
This church affirms the authority of Scripture in the Old and New Testaments and receives the New Testament as the all-sufficient basis of doctrine and practice. As a summary of principles for Christian conduct among its members, it adopts the following covenant commonly accepted by Baptist churches. The Senior Pastor, Council of Shepherds, Diaconate (Deacons and Deaconesses), and the Pastoral Staff shall possess and exemplify those qualifications set forth in Scripture in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.
Having been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior; and, on the profession of our faith, having been baptized by immersion in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now in the presence of God, angels and this assembly most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another, as one body in Christ.
We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge, holiness and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expense of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the Gospel through all nations.
We also engage to maintain family and personal devotions; to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment; to abstain from unjust anger, gossiping, and undue criticism of other members of the church body; to abstain from the unscriptural use of alcohol or any substance, behavior or activity, which would be harmful to the Christian walk and witness and detrimental to the advancement of the Gospel to the lost in our community; and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the Kingdom of our Savior.
We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember each other in prayer; to aid each other in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation, and, mindful of the commands of our Savior, to secure it without delay.
We moreover engage that, when we remove from this place, we will as soon as possible unite with some other church where we can carry out the spirit of this Covenant and the principles of God's Word.
