The First Baptist Church of Rockford, Illinois, exists to glorify God by expounding the truths of His Word; by establishing mature followers of Christ who declare God’s excellencies corporately in worship and individually in life; by passionately spreading Christ’s saving gospel; and by perpetuating God’s work by reproducing itself in Rockford, Illinois, the United States, and the world. This general mission will be accomplished through regular, vibrant, loving, prayer-filled, and Bible-centered worship; through the administration of the ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper; by the development of spiritual maturity in believers through preaching, discipleship, service and fellowship; by the consistent practice of personal and corporate evangelism; by the establishment of other churches of like faith and practice both locally and on the foreign field; and by the earnest defense of the faith. (Mt. 28:19-20; Acts 1:8; 2:41-47; Eph. 4:11-16; 2 Pet. 3:18; Jude 3)