Genesis 1.26-28
God’s creation order is for man to take dominion of the earth as God’s image bearer.
Matthew 28.18-20
Christ commissions His disciples to call all men to surrender to the
crown rights of Jesus Christ as ruler of all things. We are created to take dominion, and
commissioned to make disciples.
The vision of Legacy Baptist Church is for the church to be a multigenerational, Kingdom-minded,
family of believers, who effect Coolidge and neighboring communities with the culture-changing gospel of Jesus Christ.
Taking Dominion, Making Disciples
Water Baptism
Water baptism as immersion is the only form of baptism revealed and commanded in
the Scriptures and is properly called “believer’s baptism.” It sets forth, in a beautiful and
solemn way, our faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior, with its effects in our lives
of death to sin and resurrection to a new life. Having no saving power, it is performed as
a symbol to identify a believer with Christ. Thus, for those who have consciously
committed themselves to God, through faith in Jesus Christ, it is the necessary first step
of obedience. (Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 2:38; 10:47-48; Rom. 6:3-5).
Communion
The Lord’s Supper is a memorial and proclamation of the death of Christ until He
returns. It was instituted also to confirm saints in the belief that all the benefits stemming
from Christ’s sacrifice belong to them. The Lord’s Supper is to be received by believers
who are in right relationship with God, and with others. (Acts 2:41-42; 20:7; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32.
As a New Testament Church, we realize correct doctrine is the foundation for
correct duty, and the preaching of God’s Word must be matched by the practicing of
God’s Word. Therefore, our message AND methods must be submitted to God’s Word.
We believe that our church practice represents a biblical model for the church and family.
We believe the Bible is the Word of God and the only absolute authority for faith and
practice. The Bible, in its original text, is the sole source of propositional revelation from
God that we have today making its revelation the foundation for all understanding. It is
both verbally and plenarily inspired in the original writings making them completely
inerrant in all matters. The Scriptures shall be interpreted according to their grammaticalhistorical
meaning. (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:2-3, 19-21; Ps. 19:1-3,7)
We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing uncreated in three distinct persons,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each person is co-identical in nature, holiness and
righteousness, power and glory. Equal in every divine perfection in essence, while
executing distinct functions in the great work of redemption, none but He can fully
comprehend His essence. God is self-existing and infinite in His being and perfection. He
is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient in all things and every act of His will is free.
The God of the Bible is the only true God who in his holiness justly judges all sin and in
his love has provided salvation. (Gen. 1:1; Deut.6:4; Isa.6:3, 40:12-17; Matt 28:19, John
10:30; Acts 5:3-4; 2 Cor. 13:14)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man without
ceasing to be God, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary,
in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man. (Is.7:14, 9:6; Matt.1:18-20;
John 1:1,2,14,18; Luke 1:35; Phil.2:5-8)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death
on the cross in His shed blood as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and
that our justification was made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead.
(Acts 2:18-36; Rom. 3:24-26; 4:25; 1 Cor. 15:3-4; 2 Cor. 5:21; Eph. 1:7; 1 Pet. 1:3-5,
2:24)
We believe in His bodily ascension into heaven and that He is now exalted at the right
hand of God, as High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Intercessor, Advocate and Head.
(Acts 1:9-19; Rom. 8:34; 1 Cor. 15:1-4; Eph.5:23; Heb. 9:24; 1 John 2:1-2).
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, equal with the Father and the Son,
and of the same essence (Matt. 28:19; Acts 5:3-4).
We believe that the Holy Spirit
convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and that He is the
Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ at
salvation, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption (John 16:8-11; Rom.
8:9; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; 2 Cor. 3:6; Eph. 1:13-14).
We believe that He is the Divine
Teacher who assists believers to understand and apply the Scriptures and that it is the
privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit (1 Cor.2:9-16; Eph. 1:17-18;
5:18; 1 John 2:20,27).
We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowal of spiritual
gifts to every believer. God uniquely uses pastors and teachers to equip believers to do
the work of the ministry (Rom. 12:3-8; 1 Cor. 12:4-11,28)
We believe that the gifts of
3the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in tongues, the gift of healing, and prophecy in the early
church were given as sign gifts to vindicate the message of the Christian gospel in order
to lay the foundation of the church. While these gifts may still be operative today, they
have clearly been misused, and much confusion has been cast upon their practical
outworking by the contemporary charismatic movement. (Acts 2:6; 1 Cor. 1:22, 13:8,
14:21-22; Eph. 2:20-22)
We believe that God created the physical universe, all spirit beings, man, and lower forms
of life, without the process of evolution, and that the early chapters of Genesis are a
literal and accurate history of a real twenty-four hour, seven-day week. God sustains all
creation, but exists in no necessary relationship to it (Gen.1,2; Col. 1:15-17; John 1:3)
We believe that the only escape from the condemnation of sin is through the atoning
and reconciling work of Jesus Christ, the Sinless One. Only in His life, bloody death on
the cross, and resurrection has full satisfaction to the justice of God been paid for the sin
of men. Thus, salvation for all peoples of the world is exclusively found in the person and
work of the Lord Jesus Christ (John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Rom. 3:22-28; Eph. 1:7; Heb. 9:20-
28).
We believe that salvation is a gift of God received by faith alone in the Lord Jesus.
At conversion, a regenerated sinner is justified, redeemed, forgiven, and reconciled to
God based solely on the merit of Christ. Conversion is a turning from sin in repentance
and to Christ in faith. A sinner is made alive spiritually at conversion being given a new
nature not possessed before which will evidence itself in works however great or small
(Mark 1:15; John 3:16; Rom. 4:5; 4:24-25; 5:10-11; Eph.2:8-9; Titus 3:5; James 2:26).
We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their
salvation. Every believer is secure for all eternity from the moment of regeneration
because of Christ’s completed work and the testimony of God’s Word, which, however,clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion or excuses to sin. (John 10:27-
30; Rom. 6:1-6; 13:13-14; Eph 4:30; Heb.7:25; 1 Peter 1:4-5).
Pastor Rob Hudelson is the founding pastor, starting the church January 8, 2006. He and his wife, Amy, have been married 26 years and have 7 children and 2 grandchildren. Pastor Rob Graduated from Southeastern Theological Seminary in Wake Forest North Carolina. In 2014 he was voted in for a 4 year service as a Coolidge City Councilman.
Since our families meet together for worship, it is common to hear crying babies, and we welcome that.
If you have not visited us before, plan to stay for lunch, that is where the real action is at – getting to know the people. Our “second half” is topical, and informal. We may talk about the sermon, or address issues of the day. Either way, our conversations are filled with Christ’s reign over every area of life!