Elvester Baptist Church is a Bible-believing, Baptist church.  Bible-believing means that God's word is at the center of all that we stand for as a church.

​We believe the Bible is perfectly inspired and preserved and we strive to put it in to practice in every facet of our church.  We have fellowship with other churches of like faith, but when it comes to establishing church policy, the selection of church leadership, or support of missionaries, among other things, we are not guided by any outside authority, answering immediately to the headship of Jesus Christ.

​Baptist means that we identify with many of the historical Baptist distinctive, such as the  inerrancy of the Bible, the separation of the government from the affairs of the church, individual soul-liberty, the priesthood of the believer, a regenerate church membership, baptism by immersion and eternal security.  This also means that we are non-Charismatic.  We believe in the ministry of the Holy Ghost, but at Elvester you will not encounter speaking with tongues, faith-healing or other sensational practices commonly associated with the Charismatic movement.