{"id":10,"date":"2015-04-02T03:07:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T03:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bowdoinhamsecondbaptist.org\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2023-10-11T18:59:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:59:54","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bowdoinhamsecondbaptist.org\/?page_id=10","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our Beliefs<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0| Our History<\/span><\/span><\/a> | Our Community<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0| Our Pastor<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0| Our Worship<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0| Pastors Addendum<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n
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We are an American Baptist Church who is committed to Christ’s Great Commission\u00a0to go into our world and\u00a0\u00a0 “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything Jesus has <\/em>commanded them.” (Matt 28:19-20)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We are also seeking to follow the Great Commandment<\/strong> which is to “love the Lord your God with all our heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ ; and, `Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Luke 10:27) <\/span><\/p>\n
And finally we are attempting to go about these tasks with the Great Criteria<\/em> <\/strong>in mind: “whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” (Matt 25:40) <\/span><\/p>\n
It is on these foundational teachings that we have developed our mission<\/strong> to <\/span>bring the Truth and Love of God into our community and world through the lives of committed and growing Followers of Jesus Christ<\/span>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Our Denominational Identity<\/strong><\/p>\n
American Baptist Churches, USA<\/a> (ABC-USA)<\/span><\/p>\n
American Baptist Churches of Maine<\/a> (ABCOM)<\/span><\/p>\n
Bowdoinham Baptist Association of Churches\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We are Missional<\/h3>\n
As a ‘missional church’ we realize our important role of bringing the light of Christ into our community through personal involvement in community services and activities, supportive partnerships with community groups, and active witness through service. <\/span><\/p>\n
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Follow the links on the menu bar to learn more about our beliefs, history, leadership and\u00a0our local community.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Our Beliefs\u00a0| Our History | Our Community\u00a0| Our Pastor\u00a0| Our Worship\u00a0| Pastors Addendum \u00a0 We are an American Baptist Church who is committed to Christ’s Great Commission\u00a0to go into our world and\u00a0\u00a0 “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bowdoinhamsecondbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bowdoinhamsecondbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bowdoinhamsecondbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bowdoinhamsecondbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bowdoinhamsecondbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/bowdoinhamsecondbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"http:\/\/bowdoinhamsecondbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bowdoinhamsecondbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}