Hickory Hammock Baptist Church - MILTON FL

What We Believe

A Quick Summary Of Our Faith and Beliefs

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative Word of God, including the creation of the world in six, 24-hour days.
We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit..
We believe in the deity of Jesus, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, and in our redemption through His shed blood.
We believe in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His imminent, personal return in power and glory.
We believe that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for the salvation of lost and sinful humanity.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the saved unto the resurrection of life, and the lost unto the resurrection of final judgment and eternal separation from God.
We believe in the glorious appearing of our Lord at the End of Days, to usher-in righteousness and justice, and the restoration of all things.
We believe in the sanctity of life. A child is a person at conception. ALL LIVES MATTER.
We believe a marriage is between one man and one woman only (Matthew 19:4).
We believe in displaying the redemptive love of Jesus Christ toward all others, as much as it is possible with us to do so. We do not condemn those caught in sin, but rather look for ways to help them establish biblical reconcilation and forgiveness. ALL LIVES MATTER.
We believe in the nation of Israel's right to exist. We believe the revenant nation of Israel is a 2,800-year-old fulfilled prophecy and a sign to the nations that God is on His throne and that the Bible is the true Word of God.
We are not a "reformed" Church - a "code word" for a Calvinist church.

See this article: http://www.hickoryhammockbaptist.org/calvin.html

Also see this booklet that Pastor Carl wrote about the topic: http://www.hickoryhammockbaptist.org/booklets/calvinism.html

We are not a "tongues speaking" church, in public worship services. Especially the variety of "ecstatic utterances" heard in some churches. That kind of "language" or "tongue" is found nowhere in the Bible, in context. Nowhere.
See this 7 minute video for a starter: http://www.carlgallups.com/carltube/tonguestruth.html

Also See this brief article written by Pastor Carl: http://www.hickoryhammockbaptist.org/quick%20answers/tongues.html

We believe that marriage is between one man and one woman only. There is no other biblical "arrangement" for marriage. (Matt. 19:3).

Pastor Carl Gallups' BIO

Pastor Carl Gallups has been the senior pastor of Hickory Hammock Baptist Church in Milton, Florida since 1987. He is a critically acclaimed Amazon TOP-60 best selling author of numerous books and a radio talk show host since 2002 (1330 AM /99.1 FM / 1620 AM / 92.3 FM / ADX Communication Broadcasting Group).

Pastor Gallups is a former decorated Florida law enforcement officer, having served with two different sheriff's offices under three different sheriff's administrations. He was the recipient of the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award - twice - once in each of the two sheriff's offices for which he worked. He received a commendation of valor as well as a commendation of meritorious service. He was given an award by a regional chapter of the NAACP for risking his life in the line of duty after going into a burning apartment complex to pull several occupants out to safety. Carl was Florida's very first 18-year-old Corrections Officer with the Florida Dept. of Corrections. In some of the last years of his career he served as the Assistant to the Administrator of the Bureau of Admissions and Release Authority with the Florida Dept. of Corrections Central Office at Tallahassee, FL.

Carl is a graduate of Florida State University (B.Sc.), The New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div.), and the Florida Law Enforcement Officer Training Academy (including many different law enforcement and investigations specialty training classes). Carl serves on the Board of Regents with the University of Mobile, in Mobile, Alabama - since 2000.

Carl is a frequent guest on numerous television and radio programs. He is also a popular Bible and Prophecy conference speaker. Carl opened the Donald Trump for President Rally in Pensacola, FL in January 2016. This was then-candidate Trump's very first Florida Rally. He was also deputized, in 2016, as a Special Deputy by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, formerly of the Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff's Office.

CARL SAYS: My passion in life is to faithfully advance the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, equipping believers to be faithful ambassadors of that Kingdom work. We are living in the most profoundly prophetic times since the first coming of Jesus Christ. I am striving to wake up the church-at-large to this biblical truth.

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