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OUR MINISTRY
STATEMENT
We are a community with a
cause: Expanding God's Kingdom by becoming and developing
wholehearted, fully-engaged followers of Jesus Christ.
We believe that the only true
basis of Christian fellowship is His agape love which is greater
than any differences we possess and without which we have no
right to claim ourselves Christians.
Thus, we are committed to
loving unconditionally all whom the Holy Spirit would join to
our fellowship, accepting without bias or prejudice, and
forgiving as Christ has forgiven us.
HOWEVER, according to
the Apostles Paul, John, and Peter in
ROMANS 16:17, Galatians 1:6-9, 1st
Timothy 6:3, 2nd John 9-11 and 2nd Peter 2:1,
we can not allow
alternate theology or religions to be spread via our chat rooms
or message board.
Genuine love will be ready
to forgive evil, but it will not condone or ignore it, nor can
it condone or ignore false doctrine and teachings.
"Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions
and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and
avoid them". (Romans 16:17).
We
cannot in good conscience allow any influence contrary to WHAT
WE BELIEVE listed below, contrary to the tenets of the faith.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
The Bible:
We believe the Bible, consisting of the 66 Books of the Old
and New Testaments, to be the only inspired, inerrant,
infallible, authoritative Word of God. (2nd Timothy 3:16-17).
The Trinity:
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in
Three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit. (John 14:26,
15:26).
The Lord Jesus
Christ:
We believe in the deity of Christ, in His
virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His
vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His
bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the
Father, and in His personal return in power and
glory. (Acts 4:12).
Redemption:
We believe that for salvation of lost and
sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely
essential. (1st
Peter 1:18-19).
The Holy
Spirit:
We believe in the present ministry of the
Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling power and fullness, the
Christian is enabled to live a godly life in the present evil
world. (Acts 2:38).
The
Resurrection:
We believe in the resurrection of both the
saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of
life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of
damnation. (John 5:28-29).
Spiritual
Unity:
We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers in
Christ. (Ephesians 4:3).
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