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- WE BELIEVE the
Scriptures to be the inspired and inerrant Word of God.
- WE BELIEVE in one
God, eternal and self-existent, manifested to man as Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit.
- WE BELIEVE that
Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the
Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.
- WE BELIEVE that
Jesus Christ died on the cross and shed His blood as a sacrifice for
our sins, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, is seated
at the right hand of the Majesty on High.
- WE BELIEVE in the
ministry of the Holy Spirit to glorify Christ, to convict men of sin,
and to empower the believer.
- WE BELIEVE that
man was created in the image of God, but fell into sin.
- WE BELIEVE that
man can be justified and saved only by grace through personal faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ.
- WE BELIEVE in the
experience of the baptism in the Holy Spirit, evident in the believer’s
life through various gifts.
- WE BELIEVE in the
full restoration of the five-fold ministry and its function in today's
church
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What Do We Mean by “Prophetic” and “Apostolic”?
I use the term “prophetic” in a very general way to include
anything that relates to prophets and hearing the voice of God. This
includes, God speaking through Prophets, directly to His children by
the Holy Spirit, or through the gifts of the Spirit named in I Corinthians
12. We believe that God still speaks today through the Holy Spirit to
the believer’s heart as He guides us into all truth and helps us
to walk in victory. Naturally, any prophetic sensing or prophecy has
to be judged by principles of the Bible, the Written Word of God.
I use the term “Apostolic” as anything that relates to apostles
or the ministry of apostles. This includes church establishing, governing,
leading and bringing order according to the Father heart of God. The
Church is founded upon the ministries of the apostles and the prophets
(Eph. 2:20). The foundation is not removed, but is still active and
functioning in the church today along with all the five-fold ministry
gifts given to the Church by Jesus Christ and named in Ephesians 4:11.
By using the word “Apostolic” I am not referring to any doctrine
relating to the controversy of the Trinity vs. Oneness
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