We Believe

The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.

The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent “I AM,” the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Jesus Christ is divine. His divinity was made obvious by His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His substitutionary work on the cross, His bodily resurrection from the dead, and His exaltation to the right hand of God.

Man was created good and upright, in perfect relationship with God. However, each one has fallen from God into sin which results in both physical and spiritual death.

Man was created good and upright; for God said, “Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness.” However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.

Man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

Conditions to Salvation
Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God, according to the hope of eternal life.

The Evidence of Salvation
The inward evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Spirit.
The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness.

We believe in and practice two ordinances. We reject all others as nothing more than tradition.

We believe the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a Special Experience Following Salvation that empowers believers for witnessing and effective ministry, just as it did in New Testament times. All believers are entitled to and should expect and seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church.

The baptism of believers in the Holy Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance, as experienced on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2) and referenced throughout Acts and the Epistles.

Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God. Sanctification initially occurs at salvation and is not only a declaration that a believer is holy, but also a progressive lifelong process of separating from evil as believers continually draw closer to God and become more Christlike.

The Church has a Mission to seek and save all who are lost in sin. We believe ‘the Church’ is the Body of Christ and consists of the people who, throughout time, have accepted God’s offer of redemption (regardless of religious denomination) through the sacrificial death of His son Jesus Christ.

A divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the fourfold purpose of leading the Church to:

• Evangelize the world.
• Worship God.
• Build a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son.
• Meet human need with ministries of love and compassion.

Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement and is the privilege of all believers.

The Blessed Hope is when Jesus raptures His Church prior to His return to earth. At this moment, all believers who have died will rise from their graves and meet the Lord in the air, and Christians who are alive will be caught up with them, to be with the Lord forever.

The Millennial Reign of Christ is when Jesus returns with His saints at His second coming and begins His benevolent rule over Earth for 1,000 years. This millennial reign will bring national Israel’s salvation and establish universal peace on earth.

At the Final Judgement, those who have rejected Christ will be judged for their sin and consigned to eternal punishment in a lake of fire prepared for Satan and his demons.

We look forward to the perfect New Heavens and a New Earth that Christ is preparing for all people, of all time, who have accepted Him. We will live and dwell with Him there forever following His millennial reign on Earth. ‘And so shall we forever be with the Lord!’

Official statements of The General Council of the Assemblies of God

The following papers give our opinion on matters of faith, calling, and culture. We do not hold these beliefs to be equal to scripture, these are the positions that shape our tradition. As the need arises to make a statement on a controversial issue, a study is done and a report given to the General Presbytery for adoption as an official statement of The General Council of the Assemblies of God.

• Abstinence from Alcohol
• Apostles and Prophets
• Assurance of Salvation
• Baptism in the Holy Spirit
• A Biblical Perspective on Gambling
• Doctrine of Creation
• Church Mission and Peacemaking
• Divine Healing
• Divorce and Remarriage
• Domestic Violence
• Eternal Punishment
• Homosexuality, Marriage, and Sexual Identity
• Inspiration, Inerrancy, and Authority of Scripture
• Kingdom of God
• Leadership and Governance in the Local Church
• Ministry to People With Disabilities – A Biblical Perspective
• Ordination: The Recognition of a Call to Ministry
• Positive Confession, The Believer And…
• Rapture of the Church
• Reformed Theology, A Response to…
• Sanctity of Human Life – Abortion and Reproductive Issues
• Sanctity of Human Life – Suicide and Euthanasia
• Spiritual Warfare and the Believer
• The Role of Women in Ministry
• Transgenderism, Transsexuality, And Gender Identity
• Worship in the Bible