Distinctives

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The basic approach of the academic program is a grammatical-historical interpretation of the Scriptures and the application of scriptural principles to the life and work of the individual student preparing for Christian service.

We hold to the visible, local church which has real existence as an organization and executes action as a corporate being.

We teach the Baptist distinctives: The Bible is the only rule for faith and practice; regenerate and immersed church membership; autonomous church government of two offices; priesthood of believers; soul liberty-freedom to interpret the Bible individually; two scriptural ordinances-baptism(immersion), and the Lord's Supper; separation of church and state-separation ethically and ecclesiastically.

As a Christian institution of higher learning, we have no embarrassing entanglements with any convention, council, or group which would keep the faculty or administration from exposing apostasy, heresies, and the "sins of the day". We reudiate liberalism. neo-orthodoxy, new evangelicalism and the modern charismatic movement involving "tongues" and "faith healers", and woman pastors.

The program is intensely practical, emphasizing the spirit of preaching and soulwinning and the preparation for a ministry through the local church.

The attitude of the school toward compromise, worldliness, and pacifism is one which seeks to encourage Christians to take a clear-cut stand. Constant emphasis is placed upon the fundamentals of the faith. Only the King James Version of the Bible in English and the textus receptus in Greek are used and recommended at Tabernacle Baptist Bible College and Seminary.