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Sunday – Worship Service: 10:30am / Evening Service: 6:00pm
Wednesday – Prayer and Bible Study: 7:00pm

Welcome

A Message from Pastor Matt…

Thank you for visiting our website. As you look around, we hope you will get a glimpse into the heart of the “South Branch Family.” We believe that God is always at work, and it is our desire to be “Always Advancing” with Him. We strive to be a church with our foundation on Christ, our practice in the Word of God, and our emphasis on the Gospel and serving others. God has given us His Word to guide us through life, answer our toughest questions, and show us the Way in which we can have eternal life in Heaven. If I can answer any questions, or be of any help to you, please let me know. I hope to meet you in person, around town, or at the South Branch Baptist Church.

Because of Christ,
Pastor Matt Perrine
Romans 11:36

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God’s work was never intended to be stationary, but always advancing.

Hudson Taylor

Service Times

Come visit us!

Sunday:

 

Worship Service – 10:30am
Evening Service – 6:00pm

Our Sunday morning service features singing, fellowship and relevant Bible preaching. The children have a special service geared to their age, and nursery is provided for the little ones.

Sunday evening has a focus on the “South Branch Family.” Children have an opportunity to participate in the service, there is time for testimonies of God’s goodness and answered prayer, and a Bible message is given. Nursery is again provided.

Wednesday:

 

Prayer and Bible Study – 7:00pm

 

Our Wednesday midweek service is a time of Spiritual encouragement and refreshment. Prayer is the main focus of the evening. We share prayer requests and needs, and have time to pray as a church family. This is also a time we can be challenged from God’s Word during our Growth Point Small Group Bible Study time. The children have an exciting Patch the Pirate program, and nursery is provided.  The Elevate Youth Group meets to lift up Jesus Christ in the lives of our teenagers.

Loving nursery provided for all services.

About Us

We are a local church located in Petersburg, West Virginia.

Our story…

Having both been raised in WV, the Lord has given Matt and Amy Perrine a great love for their home state. From Jackson County and Greenbrier County, God allowed their paths to cross at college in Knoxville, TN. After graduation and marriage, the Perrines have served the Lord in full time church ministry in Lewisburg and Ripley, WV. Through God’s burden and direction, and after much prayer and counsel, the Perrines followed the Lord’s leading into church planting. We are near the Lord’s return, and have little time to impact our generation. In this age, our world and country need more of the Gospel, and especially more of Jesus Christ. Along with their four children, Annie (16), Lily (15), Cole (13), and Trent (10), Matt and Amy look forward to the future God has for the ministry of South Branch Baptist Church.


The Perrine Family

Our church:

South Branch is an Independent Baptist church in Petersburg, where we Come together to worship and learn more about God and His Word, where we Connect with each other in fellowship and prayer, and where we Care for the needs of others with the emphasis on the Gospel. We invite you to visit as soon as you can, and discover the “South Branch Family.”


South Branch Baptist Church

Upcoming Events

JANUARY

14 – Vision Sunday

FEBRUARY

11 – Super Chili Bowl

16 – Snow Tubing Activity

MARCH

14-16 – Couples’ Retreat – Canaan Valley Resort

29 – Good Friday Service

31 – Easter Sunday

APRIL

1-6 – College Trip for High School Students

26-27 – Spring Mountain Festival

MAY

12 – Mother’s Day

19 – 8th Anniversary Sunday

31-June 1 – Men’s/Boys’ Campout

31 – Ladies’/Girls’ Night

JUNE

16 – Father’s Day

17-21 – MPact Junior Camp

24-29 – MPact Teen Camp

JULY

June 30-July 3 – Vacation Bible School

31 – Tri-County Fair Parade

AUGUST

2-3 – Makhaira Men’s Conference in Fishersville, VA

SEPTEMBER

8-11 – World Missions Conference

OCTOBER

4-5 – Ladies’ Conference in Weston, WV

13 – Child Dedication Sunday

NOVEMBER

10 – Veteran’s Sunday

DECEMBER

8 – Christmas Cantata

15 – Christmas Program

Contact


Phone:
304.257.1510

Physical address:
496 Veterans Lane
Petersburg, WV 26847

Mailing Address:
PO Box 65
Petersburg, WV 26847

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What We Believe

The Bible

We believe the Bible to be the revealed Word of God, fully and verbally inspired of God. We believe the Scriptures to be the inerrant, infallible Word of God, as found within the 66 books from Genesis to Revelation. We believe God not only inspired every word, but also has preserved them through the ages. We believe the King James Version is the preserved Word of God for the English-speaking people. (Psalms 12:6-7; II Timothy 3:15-17; I Peter 1:23-25; II Peter 1:19-21).

God

We believe in one God, who is eternal, self-existent, infinite, and immutable. We believe He has one nature, one essence, and one substance, yet manifests Himself to man in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Deuteronomy 6:4; I Timothy 1:17; James 1:17; I John 4:4).

Jesus Christ

We believe Jesus Christ to be the one and only Saviour of mankind. We believe Jesus Christ to be eternally God and to possess all the attributes of Deity. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was virgin born, that He was God incarnate, and that the purposes of the incarnation were to reveal God, to redeem men, and to rule over God’s kingdom. We believe Jesus Christ never relinquished any attributes of His Deity, but merely veiled them.

We believe He lived a perfect, sinless life, at the end of which He was offered for all mankind as a substitutionary sacrifice for man’s sin. This sacrifice was a just payment to God for the forgiveness of sin. It was activated by His death through the shedding of His blood on the cross and was accepted by God upon His resurrection.

We believe He ascended into Heaven after His resurrection to be seated at the right hand of the Father, waiting for the time of receiving His church at the rapture, and returning seven years later to earth to rule and reign as King for 1,000 years (Psalm 2:7-9; Isaiah 7:14, 9:6, 43:11; Micah 5:2; Matthew 1:25; Luke 1:26-35; John 1:1, 3, 14, 18, 29; Romans 3:19-25, 5:6-15; Philippians 2:5-11; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Timothy 2:10-15; Hebrews 7:26, 9:24-28; I Peter 1:19, 2:2; I John 1:3; Revelation 20:1-6).

The Holy Spirit

We believe the Holy Spirit of God is a person who has the personality and all the attributes of Deity. We believe the Holy Spirit has always been involved in the affairs of mankind. However, we believe He has a special ministry that began at Pentecost and will continue until the rapture. This ministry includes convicting the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. The Holy Spirit was also sent to regenerate, sanctify, baptize, seal, and fill all who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ (John 3:5-6, 14:16; Acts 1:5, 11:5; 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19-20, 12:13).

Sin and Salvation

We believe all men were born with an inherited sin nature received from our common ancestor, Adam. We believe that because of his nature, man is a sinner by choice, and he is totally incapable of reforming himself or ceasing from his sin by his own power. We believe the only hope of deliverance for man is a total change of mind concerning his sinful condition and inability to change it, and a turning to Jesus Christ as the only Saviour. We believe that only through the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ on the cross can a man be delivered from his sin. We believe that all those who reject Jesus Christ as their Saviour are already condemned to an eternity in the lake of fire (Genesis 5:1-5; Acts 4:19, 16:31; Romans 3:10-23, 5:6-12, 6:23, 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-6; Revelation 20:11-14).

The New Testament Church

We believe the church began with the calling out of the twelve apostles by Jesus Christ and was empowered on the day of Pentecost. We believe the local church is composed of members who have been saved and baptized according to the command of Christ, and have voluntarily united together for the purposes of worship, fellowship, service, observance of the ordinances of baptism and communion, and carrying out the great commission. We believe all the true believers will be taken up at the rapture, just prior to the tribulation (Matthew 16:16-18; Acts 1:15, Acts 2:41-43, 11:15, 20:28; I Corinthians 15:51-58; Ephesians 1:12-14, 5:25-30; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Timothy 3:4-15).

Separation From the World

We believe that all the saved are called unto a life of separation from all worldly and sinful practices. A person, once he has truly accepted Christ as Saviour, is a new creation in Christ and should live a holy, consecrated life; he should separate himself from the world and all its lust in obedience to the command of God (Romans 12:1-2; I John 2:15-17; II Corinthians 5:17, 6:14-18; I Peter 2:9; II Timothy 2:19).

Genesis Account of Creation

We believe the Genesis account of creation, and that what you believe about your origin will determine your philosophy of life. We believe creation was a direct act of God, literal 24-hour solar days, instantaneous, and miraculous. We believe man was created in the image of God and all reproduction was “after their kind” (Genesis 1:1; Colossians 1:16-17; Job 26:7; Psalm 33:6,9: John 1:3).

The Last Days

We believe in the literal interpretation of the Scriptures in their grammatical and historical context. We believe in the pre-tribulational rapture of the church saints, followed by the seven-year tribulation. We believe in the pre-millennial return of Christ to the earth and His literal rule of 1,000 years. Following this 1,000 years is the Great White Throne judgment and then the new heaven and new earth (I Corinthians 15:51; I Thessalonians 5:1-9; Revelation 19-22).

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