Praise Center Church Articles Of Faith

WHAT WE BELIEVE

 

1.  We believe that the Holy Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative Word of God.  (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:19-21)

 

2.  We believe there is only one God, eternally existent in three persons:  God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.  (1 John 5:7; John 1:1-2, 14)

 

3.  We believe that men fall through disobedience.  (Romans 5:12-19)

 

4. We believe the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ; in His Virgin Birth; In His sinless life; in His miracles; in His victorious and atoning death; in His bodily resurrection; in His ascension to the right hand of the Father; in His personal future return to earth in power and glory to rule 1,000 years.

 

5.  We believe Christ died to redeem us.  (Titus 2:14; Galatians 3:13)

 

6.  We believe salvation is through grace.  (Ephesians 2:8-10; Romans 3:23-24)

 

7.  We believe repentance and acceptance are vital.  (1 John 1:9; John 6:37)

 

8.  We believe the new birth must be experienced to become as a child of God.  (John 3:3; 2 Corinthians 5:17)

 

9.  We believe in water baptism through emersion.  (Romans 6:4; Acts 2:41)

 

10.  We believe in a daily Christian life.  (1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 6:1)

 

11.  We believe in the institution of the Lord’s Supper.  (1 Corinthians 11:23-28)

 

12.  We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit.  (Acts 1:5,8; Acts 2:4)

 

13.  We believe in a Spirit filled life, in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a holy life.      (Romans 12:1-2; Galatians i5:22-25; John 15:8)

 

14.  We believe in the gifts and the fruits of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 12:6-8; Galatians i5:22-25; John 15:8)

 

15.  We believe we must be moderate in all things.  (Philipians 4:4-8)

 

16.  We believe in divine healing.  (John 5:14-16; Matthew 8:17)

 

17.  We believe that the second coming of Christ is both imminent and personal.  (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)

 

18.  We believe in a church relation.  (Hebrews 10:24-25)

 

19.  We believe in the final judgment. (Matthew 13:41-43)

 

20.  We believe in Heaven and Hell. (1 Corinthians 2:9; John 14:2; Revelation 20:10-15)

 

21.  We believe in free will tithes and offerings to support the Lord’s work.  (2 Corinthians i9:7)

 

22.  We believe the Church, you and I are responsible to evangelize all nations.  (Mark 16:15; John 4:35-37)