Statement of Faith

1. Basis of Tenets of Faith shall be the Doctrine
   of Christ according to II John 9-11.
   
   We believe the following:
   
   The Bible is the Word of God
   
   A. Inspired by God Himself (II Timothy 3:15-17)
   B. Infallible (Matthew 5:18; Revelation 22:18,19)
   C. Authoritative, Revealed, Will of God (Hebrews 4:12; John 7:17)
2. There is One True God, Eternally Existent in Three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Mark 12:29; I John 5:6-8)
3. Jesus Christ is perfect Deity and perfect humanity. (John 3:18; Mark 2:26-28)
   
   His Virgin Birth (John 3:16)
   His Sinless Life (I Peter 2:22)
   His Miracles (Acts 10:38)
   His Vicarious and Atoning Death through His Shed Blood (I Corinthians 15:3, 4)
   His Bodily Resurrection (Ephesians 1:20)
   His Ascension to the Right Hand of the Father (Ephesians 1:20)
   His Personal Return in Power and Glory (I Thessalonians 4:13-18)
   His Millennial Reign (Revelations 19:11-16, 20:1-7)
4. The Salvation of Man
   
   A. The shed blood of Jesus Christ, grace through faith, believing in the heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, and confessing that Jesus Christ is Lord with the mouth, will result in man's salvation (Romans 3:21-30; Romans 10:8-10)
   B. Regeneration of the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for the New Birth (Galatians 4:4-7)
5. Water Baptism is an ordinance of the Church, symbolizing to the world that one has died with Jesus and has also been raised with Him in resurrection power to walk in newness of life. (Matthew 28:19; Acts 10:47-48) Symbolizing (Romans 6:4-11; Ephesians 2:6)
6. The Lord's Supper is an ordinance of the Church symbolizing the broken Body and shed Blood of Jesus Christ as the New covenant between God and Man. (I Corinthians 11:24, 25, 28)
7. The evidence of the Infilling of the Holy Ghost, which is the Promise of the Faith, is the physical sign of speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance, and by the subsequent manifestation of spiritual power in public testimony and service after the new birth. (Acts 2:14; Acts 19:2,6; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:42, 43; Matthew 3:11; I Corinthians 12:7-11)
8. The Church is the Body of Christ, the dwelling place and home of God through the Spirit. Each believer born of God's Spirit is an integral part of the general assembly and the Church of the First Born, which is written in Heaven. (Ephesians 1:22, 23; 2:19, 22)
9. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; that if they are saved unto the resurrection of life, and that they who are lost unto the resurrection of life, and that they who are lost unto the resurrection of damnation. (John 5:24, 28, 29)
10. In the atonement of Jesus and His Resurrection, deliverance from sickness, disease, and mental torments is provided. These privileges are for the believers. (Isaiah 53:4; Matthew 8:16, 17; Mark 16:18; John 5:6-14; I Peter 2:24; Colossians 2:15; Colossians 1:3; Ephesians 1:20, 21)
11. Total Prosperity: Spiritual(John 3:3, 11); Mental (II Timothy 1:7; Romans 12:2); Physical (Isaiah 53:4, 5; Matthew 8:17); Financial (III John 1:2; Malachi 3:10, 11); and Social (Proverbs 3:4)
12. Women in the Ministry: There is no scriptural prohibition concerning women ministering in the church (Acts 18:24-26; Acts 21:8, 9). Women are part of the One Body of Christ, which is neither male nor female with gifts differing according to the grace that is given to them (Galatians 3:28; Romans 12:4-6).
13. "Awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the great God and Savior JESUS CHRIST! (Titus 2:3)"
    
    
    Copyright 2003 Gary Whetstone Worldwide Ministries