LA PLATA BAPTIST CHURCH
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        • Repent and Believe the Good News: An Expositional Series In the Gospel of Mark
        • The Gift of Gender: A Topical Series
        • Encouraged In the LORD: An Expositional Series To Fight For Joy
        • So That the Church May...: An Expositional Series in 1 Corinthians
        • Where Is Our Hope? Studies In the Psalms
        • The Book of Isaiah: An Expositional Series
        • Christians Are... ? An Expositional Series in 1 Peter
        • Unashamed Of The Gospel
        • Who Is This King of Glory? Studies In the Gospel of Luke
        • The Book of Hebrews: An Expositional Series
        • The Five Solas: A 500th Anniversary Celebration of the Reformation
        • Your Relationships Are About the Gospel: Submission, Marriage, and Family in the Letter to the Ephesians
        • The Book of Exodus: An Expositional Series
        • The Gospel According to John: An Expositional Series
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    • Other Audio Resources >
      • Hope Night 2023
      • LPBC Men's Conference 2022
      • Pastor Conner's 10th Anniversary Celebration
      • LPBC Women's Retreat 2020
      • LPBC Women's Retreat 2019
      • Marriage Weekender 2018
    • LPBC Sermon Podcast
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PURSUING SPIRITUAL HEALTH
Marks of
Healthy
Churches
We want to be a healthy church marked by the kinds of biblical essentials articulated by our friends at 9Marks. 
  1. Expositional preaching 
  2. Biblical theology
  3. Biblical understanding of the Gospel 
  4. Biblical understanding of conversion 
  5. Biblical understanding of evangelism 
  6. Biblical church membership 
  7. Biblical church discipline 
  8. Biblical discipleship and growth
  9. Biblical church leadership
Marks of
Healthy
Church
Members
  1. Healthy members commit themselves every week to hear God's Word preached in the assembly of God's people. 
  2. Healthy members draw their understanding of God from His Word. 
  3. Healthy members understand, uphold, and live out the gospel of Jesus Christ.
  4. Healthy members understand that true conversion is displayed in how they love Christ and live life for His glory.
  5. Healthy members faithfully share the Good News and call people to repent and believe in Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior. 
  6. Healthy members by grace, soberly fulfill Christ's commands toward one another, promoting unity in the local church. 
  7. Healthy members seek to live disciplined lives individually and accountable lives in community with the congregation.
  8. Healthy members grow in their faith as disciples through spiritual relationships and personal devotional time.
  9. Healthy members humbly follow the church's recognized leadership in accordance with the Scriptures.
  10. Healthy members commit to labor in prayer for one another. 


















9400 Old Stagecoach Road / La Plata, Maryland 20646 / 301-392-3951 / laplatabaptist@gmail.com
  • Home
  • Who We Are
    • What We Believe >
      • The Baptist Faith and Message, 2000
      • The Cambridge Declaration
    • Our Life Together
    • Our Vision and Values
    • Our Constitution
    • Our Pursuit of Health
    • Our Leadership >
      • Elders >
        • Our Senior Pastor
      • Deacons & Coordinators
  • New Here?
  • Audio Resources
    • Sermons >
      • Current Sermon Series >
        • The Hand of Our God: An Expositional Series Through Ezra-Nehemiah
      • Previous Sermon Series >
        • Repent and Believe the Good News: An Expositional Series In the Gospel of Mark
        • The Gift of Gender: A Topical Series
        • Encouraged In the LORD: An Expositional Series To Fight For Joy
        • So That the Church May...: An Expositional Series in 1 Corinthians
        • Where Is Our Hope? Studies In the Psalms
        • The Book of Isaiah: An Expositional Series
        • Christians Are... ? An Expositional Series in 1 Peter
        • Unashamed Of The Gospel
        • Who Is This King of Glory? Studies In the Gospel of Luke
        • The Book of Hebrews: An Expositional Series
        • The Five Solas: A 500th Anniversary Celebration of the Reformation
        • Your Relationships Are About the Gospel: Submission, Marriage, and Family in the Letter to the Ephesians
        • The Book of Exodus: An Expositional Series
        • The Gospel According to John: An Expositional Series
      • Guest/Stand-Alone Sermons >
        • Guest Sermons
        • Stand-Alone Sermons
    • Other Audio Resources >
      • Hope Night 2023
      • LPBC Men's Conference 2022
      • Pastor Conner's 10th Anniversary Celebration
      • LPBC Women's Retreat 2020
      • LPBC Women's Retreat 2019
      • Marriage Weekender 2018
    • LPBC Sermon Podcast
  • Members