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The Solemn Declaration

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.

We, the Bishops of The Spiritual Baptist Church of Canada, now assembled in the First Convocation on September 9, 1997, hereby make the following Solemn Declaration:​​​​​​​​​​​

We declare this Church to be, and desire that it shall continue as an integral portion of the Body of Christ composed of Churches which, united under the One Divine Head and in the fellowship of the one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, hold the one Faith revealed in Holy Writ, and defined in the Creeds as maintained by the undivided primitive Church in the undisputed Ecumenical Councils; receive the same Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as containing all things necessary to salvation; teach the same Word of God; partake of the same Divinely ordained Sacraments, through the ministry of the same Apostolic Orders, and worship one God and Father through the same Lord Jesus Christ, by the same Holy and Divine Spirit who is given to them that believe to guide them into all truth.

 

And we are determined by the help of God to hold and maintain the Doctrine, Sacraments and Discipline of Christ as the Lord hath commanded in His Holy Word, and as the Spiritual Baptist Church of Canada hath received and set forth the same in “The Book of Rites & Worship” and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Use of the Church; and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons; and in the Doctrinal Statement of the Church; and to transmit the same unimpaired to our posterity.

Signatures of Bishops present
per: Archbishop Christopher W. Jackman
Archbishop Christopher W. Jackman
per: Bishop Austin Branche
Bishop Austin Branche
per: Bishop Randolph Henry
Bishop Randolph Henry
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