Who We Are
We are an ORDINARY CHURCH, but we worship an EXTRAORDINARY GOD.
We want take God and His Word very seriously, and not take ourselves too seriously. We want to lift up the glory of God above all things but we know we are an ordinary church - meaning we are a group of repentant sinners who by God’s grace are striving to know God and make Him known. We cling to the scriptures, we prize relationships, and we want to love our world with the love of Christ.
What We Believe
We joyfully hold a historic, orthodox, evangelical faith, affirming that we are made right with God, by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, to the glory of God alone as proclaimed in the Scriptures alone. As a church we "contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints" (Jude 3).
Below is a very brief summary of what we believe:
- The Scriptures, that the Bible is the inerrant and authoritative Word of God.
- God, that the one true and living God exists coequally and coeternally in three Persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
- Humanity, that we were created in the image of God, male and female, but because of Adam’s sin the entire race has fallen and is in need of redemption.
- Salvation, that God offers salvation by grace through faith in the person and work of Christ.
- God’s Purpose of Grace, that God is the one who initiates and completes the work of salvation.
- The Church, that we gather as a local congregation of baptized believers, and we are members of the Body of Christ.
- Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, that we celebrate the ordinances as symbolic acts of obedience to our Lord.
- The Last Things, that God, in his own time and in his own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end; Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth; the dead will be raised, and Christ will judge all people in righteousness.
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History of TABC
Temple Avenue Baptist Church (TABC) began with a few residents meeting in homes for prayer and bible study in early 1961. In those early years, TABC called several places home, but on September 1, 1968, TABC opened its doors at 1601 Temple Avenue, Camarillo.
Since then, we have been praising God and sharing the good news of the Gospel for over six decades. Today, TABC continues to strive to Make Disciples to the glory of God.