Our Purpose & Mission

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"Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all
that we ask or think, ​according to the power that worketh in us,
Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus
throughout all ages, ​world without end. Amen"
Ephesians 3:20-21

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The Salvation of Lost Souls
The Edification of the Christians through the Teaching of God's Word
The Encouragement of Members to do the Work of the Ministry
The Worldwide Proclamation of God's Saving Grace 
The Promotion of Godly Worship
The Defense of the Faith once delivered unto the Saints (Jude 3)
The Cooperation with Christian Activities functioning in Harmony with God's Holy Word 
​...until Jesus comes for His church.

Our History

On September 13, 1950, a group of believers assembled to form Landmark Baptist Church of Searcy, AR. The church was sponsored by Gravel Hill Baptist Church and its first pastor was Bro. Johnny Sloate, pastor of the Gravel Hill Baptist Church. Services were held on Sunday afternoons in a tent on West Race Street. The church purchased property on Turner Street later that same year. Landmark held its first service at the new building on Turner Street on April 8, 1951. During this time, Bro. Sidney Cook and Bro. S.C. Walker shared in the pastoral duties of the church. Over the course of the next two decades, the church grew and expanded beyond the capacity of the buildings on Turner Street. Because of the growth, in 1973, Landmark sold the property on Turner Street and purchased 20 acres on Highway 267, the church’s current location. The church held Sunday Services in a tent with a record attendance of 306, 198 of those came by way of the bus ministry. Soon construction began on a new church building and the first service was held in the building in July of 1974. The building was later dedicated on October 20, 1974. Bro. Edd Chapman served as pastor during the time of the building project. Following Bro. Edd Chapman as pastor was Bro. Sam Moore, who along with his wife, Sis. Ruby, served at Landmark for thirty years. After thirty years of faithful service to the Lord at Landmark, Bro. Sam retired from the pastorate. Bro. Sam went home to be with the Lord on September 9, 2013. In June of 2013, Landmark unanimously voted upon Bro. Michael Collier as our pastor.

Our Beliefs

We believe in the Holy Scripture, accepting fully the writings of the Old and New Testaments as the very Word of God, verbally inspired in all parts in its original autographs as well as preserved in the 1611 King James Version which is the only authorized version acceptable for use in Landmark Baptist Church, our infallible and authoritative rule of faith and practice.

We believe there is one God eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We believe in the deity of Christ; His virgin birth; His shed blood for atonement; his bodily resurrection; His ascension into Heaven there to be our intercessor; His Lordship over all creation.

We believe that the Holy Spirit convicts of sin, makes believers children of God through the new birth, assures them of Heaven, and by His indwelling enables Christians to live a Godly life.

We believe that all men are sinners by nature and choice, sinful and lost, and have within themselves no possible means of salvation without Christ.

We believe in salvation by grace through faith; that salvation is the free gift of God, not by any virtue or works of man, but received only by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; and all true believers possess the gift of eternal life, a perfect righteousness, sonship in the family of God, and the divine guarantee that they shall never perish.

We believe in the existence of Satan, the deceiver and god of this present world; that he was defeated and judged at the cross, and therefore his final doom is certain.

We believe in the second coming of Christ; the time being unrevealed but always imminent; that when He comes He will first by resurrection of the dead and the translation of the living remove from the earth His waiting church; then pour out the righteous judgments of God upon the unbelieving world, afterwards descend with his church and establish his glorious and literal kingdom over all the nations for a thousand years.

We believe that the spirits of the saved at death go immediately to be with Christ in Heaven; that at His second coming their works will be judged and rewards determined; that the spirits of the unsaved at death descend immediately into Hell until the final day of judgment, at which time their bodies shall be raised from the grave, judged, and cast into the lake of fire, the place of final and everlasting punishment.

We believe in the priesthood of all believers, that Christ is our Great High Priest and through Him every born-again person has direct access into God's presence without the need of a human priest; that the believer has the right and responsibility personally to study and search the Scriptures guided by the Holy Spirit.

We believe that a New Testament Church is an organized body of born-again baptized believers practicing scriptural ordinances and actively engaged in fulfilling the Great Commission.

We believe in the separation of church and state; that God has ordained both, and has delegated authority to each; the authority of one must not interfere with the other; however, this does not mean that the state is to be non-religious nor does it mean that the church and its members may not be involved in the political processes of this nation.

We believe the officers of the church are Pastors and Deacons. In Scripture the Pastor is also referred to as an Elder. The two terms describe the same office.

We believe the two scriptural ordinances given to the local church are baptism by immersion of believers only, and the Lord's Supper to be partaken of by obedient Christians.