About Us | Faith Baptist Church of Sterlington

How Faith Baptist began

Faith Baptist Church is a church plant in Sterlington, Louisiana, affiliated with the American Baptist Association and sent out by Promise Land Missionary Baptist Church in Hamburg, Arkansas (Bro. Josh Lewellen, pastor). The church was started in March 2018.

Through the giving of ABA churches and individuals, property on Parrots Beak Road was purchased and paid for in full. We broke ground on our new building on March 3, 2025, and held our building dedication service on August 15, 2026, inside our brand-new building.

Our goal is to plant a scriptural New Testament church in Sterlington, Louisiana, and to reach our community with the gospel.

Our pastor

Missionary PastorBro. Kevin Hutcheson

Bro. Kevin Hutcheson

Missionary Pastor

Bro. Kevin Hutcheson is the missionary pastor of Faith Baptist Church. Before coming to Sterlington he spent ten years as a missionary in Romania. Brother Kevin was saved and baptized at Welcome Baptist Church in Lithia, Florida, and surrendered to preach at the Florida Baptist Youth Encampment in Groveland, Florida.

He is married to Alina, who is Romanian and was one of the first to be saved and baptized in 1993 under the ABA missionary serving there. Their two sons are AJ (17) and Nicholas (16).

Our vision

Bro. Kevin’s vision for Faith Baptist Church Sterlington:

First and foremost, that this church would be the example of the exhortation given in Ephesians 3:21.
That this church would have a burden for the lost. (Romans 9:1–3)
That this church would have a burden for one another. (Galatians 6:2)
That this church would have a burden for this building. (Luke 12:48)
That this church would be a praying church. (Colossians 4:2)
That this church would be a forgiving church. (Ephesians 4:32)
That this church would be a serving church. (Galatians 5:13)
That this church would be a solid church. (Ephesians 4:15–16)
That this church would be a self-supporting church. (2 Corinthians 9:7–8)
That this church would be a sending church. (Romans 10:14–15)

What we believe

Our statement of faith

Faith Baptist Church is a church of the American Baptist Association, and we hold to the ABA’s Doctrinal Statement. The articles below are quoted from it; the full statement with proof texts is at abaptist.org/beliefs.

Great Commandment

We believe that love one for another as Jesus loves the believer manifests our discipleship, proves our love for God and symbolizes our authority as New Testament churches. Love is therefore the great commandment of the LORD Jesus Christ upon which all other are dependent.

Matthew 22:35-40; John 13:34-35; John 15:12; 1 John 4:7-21; 1 John 5:1-3; Revelation 2:4-5

Bible

We believe in the infallible, verbal inspiration of the whole Bible and that the Bible is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice.

Psalm 119:160; 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Trinity

We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in divine perfection.

Matthew 28:19

Creation

We believe in the Genesis account of Creation.

Genesis 1-2

Satan

We believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man, the unholy god of this world, and that his destiny is the eternal lake of fire.

Isaiah 14:12-15; Ezekiel 28:11-19; Matthew 25:41; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 6:10-17; Revelation 20:10

Virgin Birth

We believe in the virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ.

Matthew 1:18-20; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22

Deity of Jesus

We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ.

John 10:30; John 1:1, 14; 2 Corinthians 5:19

Holy Spirit

We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine Administrator for Jesus Christ in His churches.

Luke 24:49; John 14:16-17; Acts 1:4-5, 8; Acts 2:1-4

Spiritual Gifts

We believe that miraculous spiritual manifestation gifts were done away when the Bible was completed. Faith, Hope, and Love are the vital abiding Spiritual Gifts.

1 Corinthians 12-14, Matthew 22:35-40; John 13:34-35; John 15:12; 1 John 4:7-21; 1 John 5:1-3; Revelation 2:4-5

Man

We believe that Man was created in the image of God and lived in innocency until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state, the result being that all mankind are sinners.

Genesis 1:26; Genesis 3:6-24; Romans 5:12,19

Suffering of Jesus

We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was substitutionary for all mankind and is efficacious only to those who believe.

Isaiah 53:6; Hebrews 2:9; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 2:2

Resurrection

We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the bodily resurrection of His saints.

Matthew 28:1-7; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Corinthians 15:42-58; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Return of Christ

We believe in the premillennial, personal, bodily return of Christ as the crowning event of the Gentile age. This event will include the resurrection of the righteous to eternal heaven, and the Millennium will be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal punishment in the lake of fire and that the righteous shall enter into the heaven age.

John 14:1-6; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 19; Revelation 20:4-6; Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21:8

Salvation

We believe that the depraved sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and the requisites to regeneration are repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer.

Luke 13:3-5; John 3:6; John 3:16-18; John 16:8,9; Acts 20:21; Romans 6:23; Romans 8:9-11; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Ephesians 2:8,9; Ephesians 4:30; Titus 3:5

Eternal Security

We believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure in Him and shall not perish.

John 3:36; John 5:24; John 10:27-30; Romans 8:35-39; Hebrews 10:39; 1 Peter 1:5

God's Children

We believe that God deals with believers as His children, that He chastises the disobedient, and that He rewards the obedient.

Matthew 16:27; Matthew 25:14-23; John 1:12; Hebrews 12:5-11; 2 John 8; Revelation 22:12

Church

We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on earth and that it is always a local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ, and each church is an independent, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament churches only, and that He promised the perpetuity of His churches.

Matthew 4:18-22; Matthew 16:18; Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51; Ephesians 3:21

Church Ordinances

We believe that there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord’s churches: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of penitent believers in water, administered by the authority of a New Testament church in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Lord’s Supper is a memorial ordinance, restricted to the members of the church observing the ordinance.

Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 8:12, 38; Romans 6:4; 1 Corinthians 5:11-13; 1 Corinthians 11:1-2, 17-20, 26

Church Offices

We believe that there are two divinely appointed offices in a church, pastors and deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set forth in Titus and 1 Timothy.

Associations

We believe that all associations, fellowships, and committees are, and properly should be, servants of, and under control of the churches.

Matthew 20:25-28

Freedom of Worship

We believe in freedom of worship without interference from the government and affirm our belief in civil obedience, unless the laws and regulations of civil government run contrary to the Holy Scriptures.

Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-15

Marriage

We believe the Biblical definition of marriage is the union between a man and a woman.

Genesis 2:21-24; Matthew 19:4-6; Mark 10:6-9; 1 Corinthians 7:2-4; Ephesians 5:22-31

Gender Identity

We believe God designates each individual their gender. God ordained two genders, male and female. Mankind does not possess the authority to identify themselves differently than their biological sex assigned by God, and any attempt to alter one’s gender is sin. Genesis 1:27; 5:2; Matthew 19:4 and Mark 10:6; Job 40:8; Jeremiah 13:23 Need to download a printed copy? click below English Spanish Romanian French ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT MISSIONS OFFICE PO Box 1050 Texarkana, TX 75504-1050 Local: (903) 792-2312 Email: missions@abamissions.org HISTORY AND ARCHIVES 10892 County Road 2209 Tyler, TX 75707 Local: (903) 575-7110 Email: history@msmbc.org LITERATURE 4605 N State Line Ave Texarkana, TX 75503 Local: (903) 792-2783 Email: info@bogardpress.org

Source: American Baptist Association Doctrinal Statement

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