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Ministries
Evangelism Ministry
Prison Ministry
Community Outreach
Online Ministry: Fairy Tales and War.com
Prison Ministry
Community Outreach
Online Ministry: Fairy Tales and War.com
2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
This scripture, we believe, is the basis for Christians to have a solid walk with God. Maturity as believers is crucial for each individual but also collectively for the church body. Many personal heartaches and church divisions can be overcome when we learn how to cast down imaginations and bring our thoughts captive to Christ.
Our ministry was founded in an effort to strengthen the Christian and in turn, equip them to reach the lost world. In the past, we have dedicated many years of learning God's word and service to our Lord. Presently, and our vision for the future is concentrated in our four ministries:
*Evangelism to spread God's word to churches, groups, and individuals
*Working with people in prisons/jails and a continued outreach to those released
*Community Outreach by providing biblical counseling, live social media feeds, and spiritual support
*Online website which reaches the lost but mainly focuses on the growth of believers
*Working with people in prisons/jails and a continued outreach to those released
*Community Outreach by providing biblical counseling, live social media feeds, and spiritual support
*Online website which reaches the lost but mainly focuses on the growth of believers
Doctrinal Statement
A. The Holy Scriptures
We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, infallible and God-breathed. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20- 21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12-13)
B. The Godhead
We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons-
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections. (Deuteronomy 6:4; 2 Corinthians 13:14; I John 5:7-8)
C. The Person and Work of Christ
1. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men. (John 1:1-2,14; Luke1:26-35; I Timothy 3:16)
2. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutive sacrifice; and, that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead. (Romans 3:24-25; I Peter 2:21-24; Ephesians 1:7; I Peter 1:3-5)
3. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, He is our Intercessor and Advocate. (Acts 1:9; Hebrews 9:24; Romans 8:34)
D. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
1. We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and, that He is the supernatural agent in regeneration, spiritually baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption. (John 16:7-11, 2 Corinthians 3:6; I Corinthians 12:12-14; Romans 8:9-10; Ephesians. 1:13-14)
2. We believe that He is the Divine Teacher who guides believers into all truth, and, that it is the privilege of all the saved to be filled by the Spirit. (John 16:13; I John 2:20, 27; Ephesians 5:18)
E. The Total Depravity of Man
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and that man is totally depraved, and, of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition. (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 3:22-23, 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3,12; 4:17-19).
F. Salvation
We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for the payment of our sins. That no work of the believer is attached to salvation including physical baptism. (1 Corinthians 15: 1-4; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 1:7)
G. The Assurance of Believers
1. We believe that all who are saved are kept by God's power and are thus secure in Christ forever. No matter what the believer does he cannot lose his salvation. (Romans 8:1,38-39; I Corinthians 1:4-8; Ephesians 2:8-9)
2. We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God's Word; which, however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh. (Romans 13:13-14; Galatians 5:13; Titus 2:11-15)
H. The Two Natures of the Believer
We believe that every saved person possesses two natures, with provision made for victory of the new nature over the old nature through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. (Romans 6:13; 8:12-13; Galatians 5:16-25; Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 3:10)
I. Separation
We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Savior and Lord. That separation from all religious apostasy is commanded of God. (2 Timothy 3:1-5; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18)
J. The Ministry and Spiritual Gifts
1. We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowment of spiritual gifts upon believers. We believe that the purpose of God in bestowing the gifts is that, just as each one of us has received gifts, we might minister them to one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God, resulting in the spiritual growth and strengthening of the saints. (I Corinthians 12:4,7-11; Ephesians 4:11-16; Romans12:3-8)
2. We believe that certain gifts were temporarily given to provide revelation and/or accreditation for the work of the church in Jerusalem. The sign gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in tongues and most gifts of healing were temporary. Speaking in tongues was never the common or necessary sign of the baptism or filling of the Holy Spirit, and that ultimate deliverance of the body from sickness or death awaits the consummation of our salvation in the resurrection, though God can choose to answer the prayers of believers for physical healing. (1 Corinthians 1:22,14:21-22)
K. The Church
1. We believe that the church, which is the body of Christ, is solely made up of believers. The gospel we now must believe to be saved is 1 Corinthians 15: 1-4. (Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:25-27; I Corinthians 12:12-14)
2. We believe that the word church means a called out assembly of people and thus there have been different churches throughout the bible. The early church also known as the church at Jerusalem, had the twelve apostles and its purpose was to proselytize the Jews. (Galatians 2:7-9)
3. We believe that the apostle Paul was given the revelation of the mystery about the body of Christ which is the church. Since the revelation of this mystery, all who become believers are in Christ's body. Paul was ordained by God to be the apostle of the gentiles and that we are instructed to follow him in doctrine, purpose, and faith as he followed Christ. (1 Corinthians 11:1; Romans 11:13; Ephesians 3:2)
4. We believe that the purpose of the church is to glorify God, mature in Christ, do the work of the ministry, and to edify one another. (Ephesians 4:12)
5. We believe that the establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and We believe in the autonomy of the local church, free of any external authority or control. (I Timothy 3:1-15; Titus 1:5-11; Ephesians 2:20-22; Acts 20:28; Romans 16:1,4-5)
L. Dispensational and Right Division
1. We believe that God has progressively revealed his plan for the world. The bible speaks of different dispensations (the way things are to be administered) that God has given man. There are five dispensations/administrations: Promise, Law, Grace, Kingdom, and Fullness of Times.
2. We are to rightly divide the word of truth. There are several dividing points in the scriptures such as dispensations, prophecy, mystery, Israel, and the body of Christ. (2 Timothy 2:15)
M. Baptism
1.The word baptism simply means to be identified with, immersed, or put into something. Though throughout the bible there were different baptisms and for different reasons, we believe that there is now only one baptism. This is at salvation with the baptism into Christ by the Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 4:5)
N. The Personality of Satan
We believe that Satan is a fallen angel and that he is the open and declared enemy of God and man. He is the father of liars, a deceiver, and can look like a person who is righteous. Satan shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire. (Job 1:6-7; Isaiah 14:12-17; Matthew 25:41; John 8:44; Revelation 20:10; 2 Corinthians 11:13-15; Genesis 3: 1-19; Revelation 20:2)
O. The Eternal State
1. We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men; the Saved to eternal life, and the Unsaved to judgment and everlasting punishment. (Matthew 25:46; John 5:28-29; 11:25-26; Revelation 20:5-6,12,13)
2. We believe that the souls of the saved are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where, in conscious bliss, they await the first resurrection, when spirit, soul, and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord. (Luke 23:43; Revelation 20:4-6; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 3:21; I Thessalonians 4:16-17)
3. We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious misery until the second resurrection, when, with soul and body reunited, they shall appear at the Great White Throne Judgment, and then shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment. (Luke 16:19-26; Matthew 25:41-46; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Mark 9:43-48; Revelation 20:11-15)
P. Human Sexuality
We believe that God has instructed against intimate sexual activity outside of a marriage which is between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, pedophilia, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex. We believe that God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s gender by surgery or appearance. (Genesis 2:24; Leviticus 18:1-30; Romans 1:26-29; 1 Corinthians 5:1,6:9; Romans 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:10; 1 Thessalonians. 4:1-8; Hebrews 13:4; Ephesians 5:22-23; I Corinthians 7:1-5)