Koinonia is a Reformed Baptist Church.
After the Protestant Reformation in the 1500’s various denominations or groups with various nuances to their faith began to spring up in Europe. Among those were the Baptists who began in London and Amsterdam around 1612. The London Baptists developed a statement of faith in 1689 which was adopted by the first Baptists in the United States. This adopted statement of faith became known as the Philadelphia Confession of Faith of 1742. This is our church’s statement of faith, a link to which is found at the bottom of this shorter statement of faith.
What follows is a concise statement of our beliefs and style of Worship.
We Are Reformed – This means that we teach the same doctrines that began after the Reformation in 1600’s Europe. These doctrines teach that man is born a sinner separated from God, and that before the world’s foundation God chose a people for himself. This choice was not made by God based on any foreseen good in us since there is none after the fall of mankind in the garden. At a time chosen by God, he calls us, and redeems us and therefore also seals us and guarantees us final salvation.
We Are Baptist – Baptist simply means that we baptize believers by immersion. This is the same practice followed by Baptist believers all the way back to the 1600’s in Europe. This is the explicitly commanded practice from the New Testament for new believers and was even observed by Jesus himself.
Our worship style – could be described as a mix of old and new. We try to follow closely what Scripture defines as worship – singing, praying, expositional preaching, practicing of our catechism, weekly communion. Our songs are a mix of very old and new. We follow all of this with a fellowship meal as outlined in Acts chapter 2.