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As Primitive Baptists, we believe the only rule of faith and practice is the Word of God, the Old and New Testament Scriptures. We believe the New Testament in particular provides the pattern by which the Church is to function. Because of this firm belief, Primitive Baptists maintain and enjoy a simple form of worship. In this simplicity can be found a purity; a refreshing purity that is not choked by the inventions of men nor the additions of the world. Such inventions and additions have plagued the Church for centuries and have been the source of much strife and division. Certainly it should be the desire of the Lord’s people to maintain the purity of the Church today, believing that this manner of worship is acceptable unto God. Where else should we look but in God’s recorded history of the early days of the Church for the purest and simplest example by which to follow?
