Our Purpose

The purpose of Fountain of Life Baptist Church is to glorify God and evangelize the world through the following:

✦ The Edification of Christians

✦ The Teaching and Preaching of God's Word

✦ The Salvation of Souls

✦ The Worldwide Proclamation of God's Saving Grace as Revealed in the Shed Blood and Finished Work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross

✦ The Promotion of Godly Worship

✦ The Administration of the Ordinances of the New Testament

✦ The Defense of "the Faith once Delivered" (Jude 3)

You

You matter to God! He knew you even before you were born (Jeremiah 1:5) and he wants you to know his great love for you! The Bible also says: "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)

Us

We are made for fellowship with God's Family and to be in relationship with other believers. The Bible says we should come together, "That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches... of Christ." (Colossians 2:2a)

Him

God simply is. He said, "I am that I am."
He made you to love Him. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

Our Beliefs

Fountain of Life Baptist Church is an independent, fundamentalist Baptist Church. We're transparent and open about our beliefs, so if you have a question about our theology, doctrine or anything else, please ask and we'll give you an answer.

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The Bible

We believe that the Bible is the only book ever written by God himself. It is the very word of God. We believe in the plenary verbal inspiration of the Bible (2 Timothy 3:16). We believe that the Bible is eternal and that the Lord has promised to preserve it fully (1 Peter 1:25; Matthew 5:18). We believe that the Bible is both inerrant and infallible (Psalms 12:6). We believe that the King James Version of the Bible is the best translation in the English language and use it in all of our preaching and teaching.

God

We believe in the Trinity of God, that He has three separate and distinct persons that make up His Godhead (Matthew 28:19-20); yet we believe in the oneness of God, that He is one God (Deuteronomy 6:4). We believe that God has incommunicable attributes, such as eternality, immutability, omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience; as well as communicable attributes, among which are holiness, righteousness, love, mercy, grace, and forgiveness. We believe that God performs specific acts and works (Genesis 1:1). Specifically, God the Father is the head of the Trinity (1 Corinthians 11:3) and is the one to whom believers are to pray (Matthew 6:9).

Jesus Christ

We believe in Jesus Christ and His eternal part in the Trinity (1 John 5:7); His preincarnation (Genesis 18:1-2); His incarnation (John 1:14); His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14); His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15); His full and simultaneous deity and humanity (John 8:58; Matthew 4:2); His death, burial, and resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:3-4); His ascension and glorification (Mark 16:19); His second coming (Acts 1:11); and His propitiation and substitutionary atonement for the sins of man (1 Peter 2:24).

Salvation

We believe that salvation is only by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8) in the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:3-4); that the substitutionary atonement of Christ was necessary for it (1 Peter 2:24); that repentance is necessary for it (Luke 13:3); that salvation brings about regeneration (2 Corinthians 5:17); that it includes justification (Romans 5:1), sanctification (1 Peter 1:15), and glorification (Romans 8:18); and that it is eternal (John 10:28-29).

The Holy Spirit

Angels

We believe in angels, both holy and fallen; that they were created by God (Exodus 20:11) and that they are spirits (Psalms 104:4); that there are different classifications of angels (Genesis 3:24); that they have a ministry as messengers (Luke 1:13), guardians (Psalms 34:7), guides (Genesis 24:7), and ministers (Hebrews 1:14); and we believe in Satan, an angel (Isaiah 14:12-13), and his fallen angels, demons (Revelation 12:7), and that they have definite functions in both the physical and spiritual world today (1 Peter 5:8), as allowed by God.

Man and Sin

We believe that man was created by God in the image of God (Genesis 1:27); that he was created with a body, soul, and spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:23); that he has a purpose (Revelation 4:11); that he was given a work ethic (Genesis 2:15); that he sinned (Romans 5:12), plunging all of mankind into death, both physical and spiritual (Hebrews 9:27); that every man is now born with a sin nature and chooses to depart from God (Psalms 51:5); and that the works flowing from his sin nature are what send him to hell (Romans 5:12).

The Church

We believe in the New Testament church, that it is founded upon Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 3:11), that it was started at Pentecost (Acts 2:4), that the church has two offices: pastor (1 Timothy 3:1) and deacon (Acts 6:2-3), two ordinances: baptism (Matthew 28:19) and the Lord’s supper (1 Corinthians 11:26), that church discipline (1 Corinthians 5:12-13) and church separation (Romans 16:17) are required to maintain its purity, that the mission of the church should be worldwide missions (Acts 1:8), that membership is vital to the identity of a local church (Acts 2:41), that individual churches should govern themselves (Acts 6:5), and that there is a distinction between the local church (Philippians 1:1) and the family of God (1 Corinthians 12:13), and that the local church is the vehicle that God has chosen to use during this present time to carry out His will.

Where God's Word Flows to a Thirsty World

Our Pastor

Pastor Daniel Pigott accepted Christ as his personal Savior at age seven and was called by God into the gospel ministry at age thirteen. He attended Pensacola Christian College in Pensacola, Florida, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Pastoral Ministries; and Pensacola Theological Seminary, where he received a Master of Divinity.

In 2006 he was ordained as a preacher of the gospel at his home church, Fairfax Baptist Temple of Fairfax Station, Virginia; and he and his wife Melonee moved to Rancho Santa Margarita, California to start Fountain of Life Baptist Church. They have eight children – Ariana, Micah, Juliana, Liliana, Briana, Elijah, Isaiah, and Noah.

Want to worship with us?

We meet Sunday mornings at 11:00 A.M. and Wednesday evenings at 6:00 P.M. at 27061 Via San Diego, Mission Viejo. Our services have the traditional elements of an Independent Baptist Church, including hymns and choir songs. We use the King James Bible for preaching and reading and we're happy to provide you with one!

I'll Be There!