Bible church

A Bible church is a Christian organization, typically Evangelical Protestant, that holds the Bible as its standard for behavior and emphasizes its inerrancy. These churches may be non-denominational or belong to a denomination like the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches, the Bible Missionary Church, or the International Fellowship of Bible Churches. Such affiliation determines whether a given Bible church follows a specific catechism, creed, or theological system—for instance, the International Fellowship of Bible Churches adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian theology. Despite these differences, most Bible churches share common traits.

They are generally committed to expository preaching, often teaching verse-by-verse through entire books of the Bible. This practice stems from the belief that the Bible is inerrant, inspired by God, and sufficient—a view rooted in the Protestant principles of sola scriptura or prima scriptura—and is central to their identity, giving them their name. Almost all Bible churches also hold to sola fide, or justification by faith, a doctrine from the Reformation. Additionally, many (though not all) are premillennial dispensationalists, largely because the Bible church movement is closely associated with Dallas Theological Seminary, a leading dispensationalist institution.