Doctrinal Distinctives

The following distinctives clarify the historic Baptist Bible College position (given the current nuances of theological thought). It is expected that the graduates will uphold both the doctrinal statements and these distinctives.

1. We are historical fundamentalist rather than neo-evangelical.
2. We are separatists rather than ecumenical.
3. We hold that relavatory and sign gifts have ceased (e.g., apostleship, tongues and the interpreting of tongues).
4. We hold that Christ died for everyone and this atonement is unlimited.
5. We hold to classic dispensationalism as opposed to progressive dispensationalism.
6. We hold to a literal premillennial return to and reign of Christ on the earth and a pretribulational rapture as opposed to post-tribulationism or mid-tribulationism in our eschatology.
7. We are committed to the concept of a literal hell rather than the conditional, metaphorical or purgatorial view of hell.
8. We hold to exclusivism (for someone to be saved, he/she must be exposed to the gospel) rather than inclusivism or pluralism. (Inclusivism holds that one can be saved without hearing the gospel. Pluralism holds that Jesus is one of many saviors).
9. We are committed to a literal-grammatical-historical hermeneutic rather than a reader response hermeneutic.