| That there is only one
God, who has revealed Himself as the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Spirit. |
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| In the absolute Lordship
and Deity of Christ, including His pre-existence, His virgin
birth, His atoning death, His bodily resurrection, and His
imminent return to this earth in glory and power to establish
His eternal kingdom. |
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| In the full spiritual authority,
the reliability, and the Divine inspiration of the Bible.
However, our view of Scripture is conservative, and affirmative,
rather than fundamentalist or narrowly legalistic. |
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| That nothing can replace
the importance of the local church in the program of God.
Each local church should be under the immediate sovereignty
of the Holy Spirit, and should determine its own character
and role in obedience to the will of God. |
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| That the great task of
each local church is to propagate itself by establishing
other churches: and the great task of the combined church
is worldwide evangelism. |
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| That membership in the
church is signified by participation in its worship, fellowship,
sacraments, and witness, and by acceptance of its disciplines.
This union with Christ through His church (His "body"
on earth) brings with it God's promise of eternal life and
of an inheritance in His Kingdom. |
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| That true worship should
be spontaneous; that it must involve the worshipper's total
being, and that a free style of worship is more effective
and more spiritually powerful than one that is tightly structured.
However, we acknowledge that mature worship is impossible
without some degree of liturgical structure. |
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| That the baptism of the
Holy Spirit, initially signified by glossolalia, is an essential
component of effective Christian life and witness. |
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| That the charismatic gifts
of the Holy Spirit must function in the local church in
order for it to truly fulfill its mission to be "the
body of Christ" within the community. |
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| That the church cannot
fulfill its mission apart from the five ascension gift ministries
that Christ has sent into the world: apostles, prophets,
evangelists, pastors, and teachers. We accept that it is
part of our task to recognize those people and to assist
in equipping them to fulfill their ministry. |
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| That Christ purchased bodily
healing for every believer at Calvary, and this healing
should be appropriated by faith, especially in conjunction
with the following: observance of the Eucharist, anointing
with oil, laying on of hands, prayer in the Name of our
Lord Jesus, who alone is the Healer. |
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| In the reality of Satan,
and the kingdom of darkness over which he reigns, and of
the absolute triumph of Christ over the devil and all his
works, and in exorcism as an important and valid part of
the ministry of the church. |
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| That faith is the key to
activating the limitless power of the promises of God. This
faith is released by boldly speaking out those promises
and commanding "mountains" to move in the Name
of Jesus. Included among the promises of God is a general
assurance of prosperity (material and spiritual), and of
success in doing the will of God. A believer should confidently
anticipate the fulfillment of those promises; for every
Christian should have an unyielding goal: to succeed in
doing all that God commands. |
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| That a victorious Christian
life is built upon a proper understanding of the position
of righteousness that God has given us in Christ, and upon
the exercise of the spiritual authority conveyed to the
believer by that gift of righteousness. |
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| In the resurrection of
the dead at Christ's return, in the certainty of God's judgment,
and in the inescapable result of that judgment foretold
in the Scriptures for the just and for the unjust. |
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