OUR BELIEFS
As a Apostolic / Pentecostal Church which has established itself based on the Apostles' Doctrine (Acts 2:42), a discipline taught by the Apostles as given to them by the Lord Jesus Christ, We believe in Repentance, Baptism in the mighty name of Jesus Christ for the purpose of removing or remitting sins, the infilling of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in another tongue, the oneness of the Godhead, and clean and Holy living as outlined in the scriptures. We Believe that Jesus first of all had direct contact with the Apostles and through that contact, taught certain principles and disciplines that they passed on to us through writings from the book of acts through the book of revelation. There are few instances where Jesus is giving doctrinal instruction in the scripture, therefore, if we want to follow the totality of the teachings of Jesus Christ, then we MUST adhere to the teachings of the ones who had exclusive contact with Jesus and were taught personally by Jesus, the Apostles. Hence, we have the Apostles' Doctrine and the backbone of the Apostolic Faith. We Believe first comes REPENTANCE and turning from sin REPENTANCE is ESSENTIAL to ones SALVATION (Acts 7:10, Luke 24:27), is NECESSARY for the REMISSION (removal) of sins and to receive the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:38), and that without it we shall perish in our sins (Luke 13:3). WE believe that REPENTANCE INVOLVES A CEASING of Sinful activity (II-Corinthians 5:17), and that those who would call themselves SAVED must go through the repenting process. Otherwise, what report would we have as to what God saved us from?...WE believe in the Baptism as outlined in (Acts 2:38), the baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. We believe that peter was in full compliance with the Great Commission in (Matthew 28:19), to "baptize in the NAME of the father, and of the son, and of the Holy Ghost". We believe that "name" to be JESUS (Acts 4:12). We DO NOT support the notion that there exists three gods (God the father, God the son, and God the Holy Ghost), as the scripture supports only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4, Mark 12:29, 32, I-Timothy 2:5, Ephesians 4:5, James 2:19). We also do not believe that it takes three co-existent, co-eternal persons to make up God when it only takes one Devil to be Lucifer!!!! We believe that baptism is essential to salvation [Jesus set the example and declared it to be essential in Matthew 3:15] in that, along with repenting, it removes all sins, spoken and unspoken, when a person is submerged in water while the name of Jesus Christ is being applied (Acts 2:38, Romans 6:11). We believe that when a person RECEIVES the Holy Ghost, certain signs FOLLOW this significant event (Mark 16:17), the most prevailing of these is SPEAKING IN OTHER TONGUES (Acts 2:4 [the Jews received the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues], Acts 10:45-46 [the Gentiles received the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues]). We believe that the Holy Ghost is the self same spirit that Quickened Jesus from the dead, and that quickens our mortal bodies (Romans 8:11), and that by receiving the Holy Ghost, we obtain POWER to help us walk upright and witness to others on the GOODNESS OF JESUS (Acts 1:8). We believe in ONE GOD, AND ONE GOD ONLY, As mentioned above, we do not BELIEVE IN THREE GODS, or THREE persons making up one God, but of ONE GOD ALL BY HIMSELF in (Genesis 22:16, Isaiah 44:24, Isaiah 45:23, Jeremiah 22:5, Jeremiah 49:13, and Ezekiel 14:7, God used the words 'BY MYSELF' NOT 'by ourselves'). We believe that this UNDERSTANDING does not come through common sense reasoning and interpretation of scripture, but that it is a MYSTERY in which REVELATION is GIVING to those who would RECEIVE IT (I-Timothy 3:16). "HOLY GHOST FILLED AND FIRE BAPTIZED" WE HAVE JESUS ON OUR SIDE AND WE ARE RUNNING FOR OUR LIFES'..ALL THE WAY TO GLORY
