Mission:

Manor Baptist Church is an independent, Bible-believing local church serving the Lord along the eastern shore of beautiful San Francisco Bay in the city of San Leandro, California. We are fundamentalists with regards to our beliefs, conservatives in our worship, traditionalists when it comes to our music and Baptists in the way we operate our church.

We Believe:

We believe that the Bible is divinely inspired; that it is the supreme, infallible, inerrant authority in all matters of faith and conduct.

We believe that there is one and only one, living and true God, an infinite, intelligent Spirit, whose name is Jehovah, the Maker and Supreme Ruler of Heaven and Earth; inexpressibly glorious in holiness and worthy of all possible honor, confidence and love; that in the unity of the Godhead there are three Persons--the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; equal in every divine perfection and executing distinct but harmonious offices in the work of redemption.

We believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal and only begotten Son of God, conceived of the Holy Spirit, virgin-born, sinless in His life, making atonement for the sins of the world by His death; that He arose bodily from the tomb on the third day; that He ascended into Heaven; that He is now at the right hand of God the Father as our only sufficient Mediator and Advocate; and that His return for the saints will be personal, imminent, pretribulational and premillennial.

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine Person; equal with God the Father and God the Son and of the same nature; that He was active in the creation; that, in His relation to the unbelieving world, He restrains the Evil One until God's purpose is fulfilled; that He convicts of sin, of righteousness and of judgment; that He bears witness to the truth of the Gospel in preaching and testimony; that He guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies and helps the believer in accordance with the Scriptures.

We believe that man was created in holiness, in the image of God, under the law of his Maker; but by voluntary transgression fell from that holy and happy state; in consequence of which all mankind are now sinners, not by constraint, but choice; being by nature utterly void of that holiness required by the law of God, positively inclined to evil; and therefore under just condemnation to eternal ruin, without defense or excuse.

We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly of grace through faith in Christ; that all who are truly saved may be assured of their salvation from the moment they receive Christ as Lord and Savior; and that they are kept eternally by the power of God through faith unto salvation.

We believe, therefore, that those who accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord will rejoice forever in God's presence in Heaven and those who refuse to accept Christ as Savior and Lord will be forever separated from God in an eternal Hell.

We believe that a visible Church of Christ is a congregation of baptized believers who voluntarily associate themselves by covenant for worship, work and fellowship and who seek to carry out the Great Commission of our Lord.

We believe that Christian baptism is the immersion in water of a believer in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit; to show forth in a solemn and beautiful symbol our faith in the crucified, buried and risen Savior, with its effect in our death to sin and resurrection to a new life; that it is prerequisite to the privileges of a Church relation and the Lord's Supper in which the members of the Church, by the use of bread and the cup are to commemorate together the dying love of Christ preceded always by solemn self-examination.

We believe in the reality of Satan who was cast out of Heaven because of pride and rebellion, that he reigns as the prince of the power of the air; that he has already been judged and conquered by the victory wrought by Jesus Christ; and that his final doom is to be cast forever into the Lake of Fire.

We believe that a great company of angels kept their holy estate and are before the throne of God, from whence they are sent forth as ministering spirits to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation.

We believe that every human being is responsible to God alone in all matters of faith and practice; that each Church is independent and autonomous and must be free from interference by any ecclesiastical or political authority and that, Church and State must be kept separate as having different functions, each fulfilling its duties free from the dictations or patronage of the other.

Church Covenant:

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 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 give it a sacred pre-eminence over all institutions of human origin; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the Church, the relief of the poor and the spread of the Gospel through all nations.

We also engage to maintain family and secret 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 avoid all tattling, backbiting and excessive anger; to abstain from the sale and use of intoxicating drink as a beverage, the use of tobacco in any form and drugs other than for medication; and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the cause of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 rules of our Savior, to secure it without delay.

And we moreover engage that, when we remove from this place, we will, as soon as possible, unite with some other Church of like precious faith, where we can continue to carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God’s Word.