Sylvania Church in Tyler, Texas

The long answer to “What do you believe?” is on our What We Believe page, which contains our full statement of faith.

The short answer is that together with all Southern Baptist churches in Tyler TX, we affirm the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message. Being reformed, however, our beliefs are most accurately reflected in the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith.

The statement of faith IS the official teaching position of the church. As you probably expect, it’s affirmed by all of our pastoral staff and elders.

But full adherence to our statement of faith IS NOT required for church membership. In short, church membership requires faith in the Triune God of the Bible, affirmation of the basic gospel, and the commitment to a life of growth in Christ-likeness.

Have questions? Contact us. We’d love to talk!

From the pulpit, you’ll hear expository preaching, which, in essence, means that we aim to make the point of the text we’re preaching the point of the sermon. Typically, our expository preaching is verse-by-verse and book-by-book. If you’d like to listen before you come, you can listen to our sermons online.

Our worship music is driven primarily by its content and secondarily by its style.

In practice, we sing old stuff old style, old stuff new style, and new stuff new style.

That means that everyone in attendance will most likely sing a song or two in a style he/she prefers and the rest in a style that’s not his/her favorite. It reiterates to us individually that “it’s not about me.” And that’s a good thing.

You can listen to some of the songs we sing or even listen to the ones we’ll sing this Sunday.

No one likes to show up under (or over) dressed. On Sunday mornings, you’ll find everything from blue jeans and t-shirts to coat & tie.

That’s totally up to you. That said, if you let us know you’re coming, we’ll reach out in advance to introduce ourselves and help you get your bearings before you show up.