What We Believe
16 FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
1. The Bible is the inspired only infallible and authoritative Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:15-17)
2. There is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit (Deut. 6:4; Matt 28:19)
3. In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His personal future return to this earth in power and glory to rule a thousand years. (Matt 1:23; Hebrews 7:26; Acts 2:22; 1 Cor 15:3; Matt 28:6; Acts 1:9)
4. The fall of man caused by man’s voluntary transgression resulting in physical and spiritual death. (Gen 3:6; Rom 5:12-19)
5. The Salvation of man through the blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the outward evidence of salvation through the life of the believer. (Luke 24:47; Eph 2:8; Rom 8:16; Eph 4:24)
6. The Holy Ordinances of the Church: Being baptism by immersion in water as a declaration to the world that one is dead buried with Christ and risen anew. And Holy Communion consisting of the bread and fruit of the vine, taken in remembrance until He comes. (Matt 28:19; Rom 6:4; 1 Cor 11:26)
7. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2; Acts 8; Acts 10)
8. The Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit being speaking in other tongues. (Acts 2:4; 1 Cor 12:4-10, 28)
9. The Sanctification of the Believer, which is separation from evil and dedication to God. (Heb 12:14; Rom 6)
10. The Church and its Mission as the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of the great commission. (Matt 28:19-20)
11. The Divine Ministry of the Lord designed to lead the Church to evangelize the world, worship God, build the body of saints, and meet the human needs of love and compassion. (Mark 16:15-20; Eph. 4:11-12)
12. Divine Healing, which is encompasses physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. (Isa. 53; Matthew 8:1-17; James 5:14-16)
13. The Blessed Hope, which the Rapture of the Followers of Christ. This includes the resurrection of those who have passed away and those who remain at the Return of Christ. (1 Thess. 4:16-17; 1 Cor 15:51-52)
14. The Millennial Reign of Christ. (Zech 14:5; Matt 24:47; Rev 19:11-14)
15. The Final Judgement of the wicked dead who did not accept Jesus as Savior and live with Him as their Lord. (Rev 19:20; 20:11-15; 21:8)
16. The New Heavens and the New Earth, which is His promise to us as the place He is preparing for us. (John 14; Rev 21,22)