A Bible church is a type of Christian organization that emphasizes the Bible as its behavioral standard and focuses on the inerrancy of the Bible. It is typically a type of Evangelical Protestant church. Bible churches can be non-denominational or affiliated with a denomination, such as the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches, Bible Missionary Church, or International Fellowship of Bible Churches. This dictates whether a particular Bible church would be committed to a certain catechism, creed, and theology. Nevertheless, many Bible churches hold to a few commonalities. In general, Bible churches are committed to expository preaching, often by teaching verse-by-verse through an entire book of the Bible. This practice, fueled by the belief that the Bible is inerrant, God-breathed, and sufficient, is central.
Bible churches usually believe the core Christian foundation doctrines of salvation by faith in Christ alone, redemption through the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ, and the renewing of the mind by the Word of God. Due to the conservative nature of Bible churches, they are usually considered evangelical churches. Most are non-charismatic and practice believers baptism by immersion.
Bible churches are of no particular Christian denomination (non-denominational), so there is no formal prescribed belief system to govern them. Any church in any denomination, as well as any non-denominational church, can use the words “Bible Church” in their name, and therefore, each one would need to be examined for their particular beliefs and practices. Some Bible churches originate from denominational pastors or groups who find themselves differing from the traditions within their denomination, and therefore, Bible churches may closely resemble the denomination they came from (with slight differences in emphasis and tradition) .
