Shining Light in Kotzebue

Serving the Inupiat and local community in Jesus' name.

Gospel Faith, Community, Hope, Love, Service

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Welcome to First Baptist Church

We are a Southern Baptist Church located 35 miles north of the Arctic Circle at 331 Shore Ave. in Kotzebue, Alaska.

We minister to both the Inupiat Eskimos and the locals that live here in Kotzebue. We also serve as the mother church for four mission churches along the Kobuk River.

Our goal is to be a shining light to those here in this village and the surrounding villages, sharing the hope of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Hours and Location

Located 35 miles north of the Arctic Circle, we serve the community of Kotzebue and surrounding villages with love and support.

Address

331 Shore Ave, Kotzebue, Alaska

Hours

Worship • Sunday 10:30 AM
Bible Study • Wednesday 6:30pm

What We Believe

Southern Baptists have prepared a statement of generally held convictions called The Baptist Faith and Message. It serves as a guide to understanding who they are.

A black wooden church with a red roof stands in a grassy field. The building features a small steeple with a cross on top and white-framed windows. Surrounding the church are a few gravestones and a backdrop of mountains and a calm body of water under a clear sky.

A white church with a tall steeple stands in front of a mountainous landscape under a sky filled with scattered clouds. A pathway leads up to the church from a road with a crosswalk. Street lamps border the road, and trees surround the church.

A picturesque blue church with white accents and a steep steeple located in a scenic setting. The church features arched windows and a prominent wooden door. Surrounding the building are green trees and a flagpole, with snow-capped mountains in the background under a clear sky.

Salvation

Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.

A. Regeneration, or the new birth, is a work of God's grace whereby believers become new creatures in Christ Jesus. It is a change of heart wrought by the Holy Spirit through conviction of sin, to which the sinner responds in repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Repentance and faith are inseparable experiences of grace.

Repentance is a genuine turning from sin toward God. Faith is the acceptance of Jesus Christ and commitment of the entire personality to Him as Lord and Saviour.

B. Justification is God's gracious and full acquittal upon principles of His righteousness of all sinners who repent and believe in Christ. Justification brings the believer unto a relationship of peace and favor with God.

C. Sanctification is the experience, beginning in regeneration, by which the believer is set apart to God's purposes, and is enabled to progress toward moral and spiritual maturity through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in him. Growth in grace should continue throughout the regenerate person's life.

D. Glorification is the culmination of salvation and is the final blessed and abiding state of the redeemed.

Genesis 3:15; Exodus 3:14-17; 6:2-8; Matthew 1:21; 4:17; 16:21-26; 27:22-28:6; Luke 1:68-69; 2:28-32; John 1:11-14,29; 3:3-21,36; 5:24; 10:9,28-29; 15:1-16; 17:17; Acts 2:21; 4:12; 15:11; 16:30-31; 17:30-31; 20:32; Romans 1:16-18; 2:4; 3:23-25; 4:3ff.; 5:8-10; 6:1-23; 8:1-18,29-39; 10:9-10,13; 13:11-14; 1 Corinthians 1:18,30; 6:19-20; 15:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20; Galatians 2:20; 3:13; 5:22-25; 6:15; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-22; 4:11-16; Philippians 2:12-13; Colossians 1:9-22; 3:1ff.; 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24; 2 Timothy 1:12; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 2:1-3; 5:8-9; 9:24-28; 11:1-12:8,14; James 2:14-26; 1 Peter 1:2-23; 1 John 1:6-2:11; Revelation 3:20; 21:1-22:5.