San Clemente
We believe in the local church. We know that IFB churches represent the true churches of Jesus Christ. However, as we see in the Bible, churches are never perfect. We believe in faithful assembly, the preaching of God’s Word, and…
We are incredibly thankful for how the Lord is already working behind the scenes at SanClementeIFB.com. From the beginning, our prayer has been that this wouldn’t just be a website, but the starting point of a thriving, soul-winning, Bible-believing local…
Ask the average person in San Clemente about Christianity, and they’ll describe rock concerts, coffee shops, and “life-hack” sermons. They’ll describe a social club that happens to meet on Sundays with people who look, talk, and act just like the…
If you ask the average person, “What is a Baptist?”, they will likely tell you it is a “Protestant denomination.” They are wrong on both counts. To be a Baptist is not to be a member of a denomination, nor…
In San Clemente, we have a serious spiritual and domestic problem. Around 40% of married couples in our city both work full-time, year-round. That is significantly higher than the national average of roughly 30-35%. We accept this as normal and…
Continued from Part 1… 7. The Baptism of Jesus Shows the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost At the baptism of Jesus, all three Persons are manifested distinctly: “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water:…
The New King James Version is usually presented as a harmless update of the King James Bible. Just easier English, people say. Same Bible, modern words. It is not that simple. The NKJV changes thousands of words, introduces footnotes pointing…
Over this past weekend, I noticed signs appearing around San Clemente advertising the “OC Smoke Show”—an upcoming event just north of us in San Juan Capistrano, featuring rappers like Lil Jon, Bow Wow, and Soulja Boy. We need to be…
A persistent lie, propagated by Catholic superstition and echoed by many Protestants, is the claim that “true” Christianity was lost for a millennium, only to be “rediscovered” during the Reformation. They point to the 1500s as the birth of a…
San Clemente is ripe for the harvest, but the field is currently occupied by religious social clubs and entertainment-driven venues. The spiritual void in this city is immense. We lack a single, unashamedly biblical, Independent Fundamental Baptist church with bold…
