Many Baptist beliefs have been controversial over the years. We believe in Jesus as the only way to heaven, which is a view that is disliked by many churches today, although it is a belief shared by all true evangelical churches.
We accept only baptism by immersion as a true picture of the death and resurrection of Jesus.
We believe in traditional marriage.
We reject the need for a chain of succession based on baptisms, ordinations, or any other man-made device. A church need only be connected to the New Testament by establishing itself according to New Testament principles.