Church Doctrine

We believe that the Bible is the Word of God and contains one harmonious and sufficiently complete system of doctrine. We believe in the full inspiration of the Word of God. We hold the Word of God to be the only authority in all matters and assert that no doctrine can be true or essential, if it does not find a place in this word.

The Father

We believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Author and Creator of all things. The Old Testament reveals God in diverse manners, by manifesting His nature, character, and dominions. The Gospels in the New Testament give us knowledge of God, the “Father”, showing the relationship of God to Jesus as Father. Representing Him as Father in the Godhead, and Jesus as Son (St. John 15:8, 14:20-21). Jesus also gives God the distinction of “Fatherhood to all believers” when He explains God in the light of “Your Father in Heaven” (St. Matthew 11:25-27).

The Son

We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the second person in the Godhead of the Triune Godhead. We believe that Jesus was and is eternal in His person and nature as the Son of God. Who was with God in the beginning of creation (St. John1:1). We believe that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin called Mary, according to the scripture, (St. Matthew 1:18), thus giving rise to our fundamental belief in the Virgin Birth and to all the miraculous events surrounding this Phenomenon (St. Matthew 1:18-25). We believe that Jesus Christ became the “suffering Servant” to man; this suffering servant came back seeking to redeem man from sin and reconcile him back to God, His Father (Romans 5:10 & 11). We believe that Jesus Christ is standing now as mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5).

The Baptism Of The Holy Ghost

We believe that the Baptism of the Holy Ghost is an experience subsequent to conversion and sanctification and that tongue-speaking is the consequence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the manifestations of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23; Acts 10:46; 19:1-6). We believe that we are not baptized with the Holy Ghost in order to be saved, but that we are baptized with the Holy Ghost because we are saved (Acts 19:1-6, St. John 3:5). When one receives a baptismal Holy Ghost experience, we believe one will speak with a tongue unknown to one’s self according to the sovereign will of Christ. To be filled with the Spirit, means to be Spirit-controlled as expressed by Paul in Ephesians 5:18-19. Since the charismatic demonstrations were neccessary to help with the early church to be successful with implementing the command of Christ, we therefore believe in a Holy Ghost experience for all men today. 

We believe that man was created holy by God, composed of body and soul. We believe that man, by nature, is sinful and unholy. Being born in sin he needs to be born again, sanctified and cleansed from all sin by the blood of Jesus. We believe that man is saved by confessing and forsaking his sins, and believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, and that having become a child of God by being born again and adopted in the family of God, he may and should, claim the inheritence of the son of God.  

 Sin

(Hamartiology)

Sin, the Bible teaches sin began in the angelic world (Ezekiel 28:11-19, Isaiah 14:12-20) and is transmitted into the blood of the human race through disobediences and deception motivated by unbelief (I Timothy 2:12). Adam’s sin, comitted by eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, carried with it permanent pollution or depraved to all his descendants. This is called “original sin”. Sin can now be defined as a volitional transgression against God and a lack of conformity to the will of God. We, therefore, conclude that man by nature, is sinful in that he fell from a glorious and righteous state from which he was created, and has become unrighteous and unholy.  Man, therefore must be restored to his state of holiness from which he has fallen by being born again (St. John 3:7).

Because it was transmitted in the Federal Head of the Human race (Romans 5:12).

Because it is present in the life of all from birth (Romans 5:12; Psalms 51:5; St. John 3:3).

Because it motivates all actual sins (Romans 3:23).

This sin is not imputed to us but inherited (Romans 5:12). “Through one man, sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so death passed unto all men to all that sinned.” Therefore, in Adam all men are guilty and liable to the punishment of death. 

Salvation

(Soteriology)

Soteriology comes from the Greek word (Sotereo) meaning salvation. Salvation, deals with the application of the work of redemption to the sinner with his restoration to divine favor and its restoration through divine favor and communion with God. This redemptive operation of the Holy Ghost among sinners is brought about by repentance toward God and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ which brings about conversion, faith, justification, regeneration, sanctification, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Repentance is the work of God which results in a change of mind with respect in relationship to God. (St. Matthew 3:1-2; 4:17; Acts 20:21). Faith is a certain condition wrought in the heart by the Holy Spirit, as to the truth of the Gospel and a heart’s trust in the promises of God in Christ. (Romans 1:17; 3:28; St. Matthew 9:22; Acts 26:18). Conversion is the act of God whereby He causes the regenerated sinner, in his conscious life, to turn to Him in repentance and faith. (II Kings 5:15; II Chron. 33:12-13; St. Luke 19:8,9; St. John 9:38; 4:29,39; Acts 8:30; 10:44; 9:5; 16:14). Regeneration-That act of God by which the principle of the new life is implanted in man, and the governing of disposition of soul is made holy and the first holy exercise of this new disposition is secured. In principle, this regeneration experience affects the whole man. The Intellect, I Cor. 2:14, 15; II Cor. 4,6,; Col. 3:10; The Will, Psalms 110:3; Phil. 2:13; I Thess. 3:5; Heb. 13:21; and The Feelings or Emotions, Psalms 42:1,2; St. Matt. 5:4; I Pet. 1:8.

Sanctification-That gracious and continuous operation of the Holy Ghost, by which He delivers the justified sinner from the pollution of sin, renews his whole nature in the image of God and enables him to perform good works. (Rom. 6:4; 5:6; 11,12; Col. 2:12; 3:1,2; Gal. 2:19; I Thess. 5:23; II Cor. 5:17; I Cor. 6:15, 20; Jer. 31:34; St. John 6:45; Exek. 36:25-27; Phil. 2:13; Gal. 5:24; Titus 1:15; Heb. 9, 14).

Baptism of the Holy Ghost-The Holy Ghost is received through faith in Jesus Christ; an honest and prepared heart is the neccessary prerequisite for Baptism of the Holy Ghost.

Sanctification then denotes ethical purification with the idea of separation; namely, “The separation of the spirit from all that is impure and polluting, and a renunciation of the sins towards which the desires of the flesh and the mind lead us.”

We therefore believe that before a believer can be filled with the Hoy Ghost, he must first be sanctified.

We, therefore, believe that in receiving salvation the scriptures command the believer to be Holy and perfect to follow the example of Christ who did not sin. (I Pet. 1:16; St. Matt. 5:48; James 1:4; I Pet. 2:21). When the Bible speaks of believers as holy and perfect, it does not neccessarily mean that they have no faults or failings. In some cases when the believers are described as perfect, it means they are full grown, (I Cor. 2:6; Heb. 5:15), and in others it means they are fully equipped for their task (II Tim. 3:17).