Intro

The church we are attending in Estonia, Grace Bible Church , that uses the Second London Baptist Confession as their statement of faith.

I really appreciate a church using a historic confession. It keeps you grounded in the historic faith and connects you to a line of believers. In general, I think it is a bad idea for a church to draft their own statement of faith. It tends to be idiosyncratic and too narrow (both in failing to address things that it should and addressing things that it shouldn’t).

However, I have never attended a church does this. I have read the London Baptist Confession in the past, but never so carefully. Reading it with an eye to joining a church changes your perspective.

Cards on the table, I am a Master’s Seminary grad and would generally agree with their statement of faith. This means that I am reforedish: Calvinistic soteriology, progressive dispensationalist, with a high view of the Scriptures.

Notes on my Notes

I’m not trying to be exhaustive here. This are areas where I had thoughts reading through it or have a disagreement/diffulty with the text.

One thing that surprised me reading through this is the thoroughness of the confession. The confession could easily be used as a teaching outline (which is at least part of its purpose.)

The other surprising element was how modern it felt. The LBC addresses many issues that are current today. From the continuation of gifts to marriage issues, a lot of the modern issues can be taught out of the LBC.

Series Posts

Text of the Second London Baptist Confession