About Our Beliefs
 These
are nonnegotiable tenets of faith that all Assemblies of God
churches adhere to. This list is derived from the official
Statement of Fundamental Truths.
At the bottom of this page is link you can click
on to see the complete original statement with scriptures
to biblically back each statement up.
- WE BELIEVE...The Scriptures are Inspired by God
and declare His design and plan for mankind.
- WE BELIEVE...There is only One True God–revealed
in three persons...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (commonly
known as the Trinity).
- WE BELIEVE...In the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ.
As God's son Jesus was both human and divine.
- WE BELIEVE...though originally good, Man Willingly
Fell to Sin–ushering evil and death, both physical
and spiritual, into the world.
- WE BELIEVE...Every Person Can Have Restored Fellowship
with God Through 'Salvation' (trusting Christ, through faith
and repentance, to be our personal Savior). [1 of 4 cardinal
doctrines of the AG]
- WE BELIEVE...and practice two ordinances
(1) Water Baptism by Immersion after repenting of one's
sins and receiving Christ's gift of salvation, and
(2) Holy Communion (the Lord's Supper) as a symbolic remembrance
of Christ's suffering and death for our salvation.
- WE BELIEVE...the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is
a Special Experience Following Salvation that empowers believers
for witnessing and effective service, just as it did in
New Testament times. [1 of 4 cardinal doctrines of the AG]
- WE BELIEVE...The Initial Physical Evidence of
the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is ‘Speaking in Tongues,’
as experienced on the Day of Pentecost and referenced throughout
Acts and the Epistles.
- WE BELIEVE...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.
- WE BELIEVE...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.
- WE BELIEVE...A Divinely Called and Scripturally
Ordained Leadership Ministry Serves the Church. The Bible
teaches that each of us under leadership must commit ourselves
to reach others for Christ, to worship Him with other believers,
to build up or edify the body of believers–the Church
and to Meet human need with ministries of love and compassion.
- WE BELIEVE...Divine Healing of the Sick is a Privilege
for Christians Today and is provided for in Christ's atonement
(His sacrificial death on the cross for our sins). [1 of
4 cardinal doctrines of the AG]
- WE BELIEVE...in The Blessed Hope—When Jesus
Raptures His Church Prior to His Return to Earth (the second
coming). At this future moment in time all believers who
have died will rise from their graves and will meet the
Lord in the air, and Christians who are alive will be caught
up with them, to be with the Lord forever. [1 of 4 cardinal
doctrines of the AG]
- WE BELIEVE...in The Millennial Reign of Christ
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 the salvation of national
Israel and the establishment of universal peace.
- WE BELIEVE...A Final Judgment Will Take Place
for those who have rejected Christ. They will be judged
for their sin and consigned to eternal punishment in a punishing
lake of fire.
- WE BELIEVE...and 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!'
(Above is the condensed version.
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