To enable people to experience the love
and power of God in their lives through
the Gospel of Jesus Christ (2 Tim 1:7)

OUR VISION

To Develop:
A central place of worship that facilitates teaching,
preaching, and discipleship for those that are seeking
God and desire His presence in their lives.

To Create:
A place of understanding and help for those
who are lost and desire a better future.

To Provide:
The tools necessary for God to change lives and
build His kingdom through willing people.

To Enable:
People to experience the love, acceptance and
the transforming power of God in their lives by
demonstrating Biblical truth, providing practical
methods to teach and train others in the same way.

16 Fundamental Truths
of the Assemblies of God

This "Statement of Fundamental Truths"
contains the 16 doctrines of the Assemblies of God.
These are non-negotiable tenets of faith
that all Assemblies of God churches adhere to.
Four of these, Salvation, the Baptism in the Holy Spirit,
Divine Healing, and the Second Coming of Christ
are considered Cardinal Doctrines
which are essential to the church's core mission
of reaching the world for Christ.

Assemblies of God
Statement of Fundamental Truths

The Bible is our all-sufficient rule for faith and practice.
This Statement of Fundamental Truths is intended simply
as a basis of fellowship among us
(i.e., that we all speak the same thing,
1 Corinthians 1:10; Acts 2:42).

The phraseology employed in this Statement
is not inspired nor contended for, but the truth set forth
is held to be essential to a full-gospel ministry.
No claim is made that it covers all Biblical truth,
only that it covers our need as to these fundamental doctrines.

1. The Scriptures Inspired

The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments,
are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man,
the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.

2. The One True God

The one true God has revealed Himself
as the eternally self-existent "I AM,"
the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind.
He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles
of relationship and association as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

3. The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ

The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God.
The Scriptures declare:
His virgin birth,
 His sinless life,
His miracles,

His substitutionary work on the cross,
 His bodily resurrection from the dead,
His exaltation to the right hand of God.

4. The Fall of Man

Man was created good and upright; for God said,
"Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness."
However, man by voluntary transgression,
fell and thereby incurred not only physical death
but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.

5. The Salvation of Man

Man's only hope of redemption
is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

Conditions to Salvation

Salvation is received through repentance toward God
and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ.
By the washing of regeneration
and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
being justified by grace through faith,
man becomes an heir of God,
according to the hope of eternal life.

The Evidence of Salvation

The inward evidence of salvation
is the direct witness of the Spirit.
The outward evidence to all men
is a life of righteousness and true holiness.

6. The Ordinances of the Church

Baptism in Water

The ordinance of baptism by immersion
is commanded by the Scriptures.
All who repent and believe on Christ as Savior and Lord
are to be baptized. Thus they declare to the world
that they have died with Christ
and that they also have been raised with Him
to walk in newness of life.

Holy Communion

The Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements
~ bread and the fruit of the vine ~

is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature
of our Lord Jesus Christ
2 Peter 1:4,

a memorial of his suffering and death
1 Corinthians 11:26,

and a prophecy of His second coming
1 Corinthians 11:26,

and is enjoined on all believers "till He comes!"

7. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit

All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect
 and earnestly seek the promise of the Father,
the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire,
according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ.
This was the normal experience
of all in the early Christian Church.
With it comes the endowment of power for life and service,
the bestowment of the gifts and their uses
in the work of the ministry.

This experience is distinct from and subsequent to
the experience of the new birth.

With the baptism in the Holy Spirit come such experiences as:

~an overflowing fullness of the Spirit. 
John 7:37-39, Acts 4:8

~a deepened reverence for God. 
Acts 2:43, Hebrews 12:28

~an intensified consecration to God and Dedication to His work.
Acts 2:42

~and a more active love for Christ, for His Word and for the lost.
Mark 16:20

8. The Initial Physical Evidence
of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit

The baptism of believers in the Holy Spirit
is witnessed by the initial physical sign
of speaking with other tongues
as the Spirit of God gives them utterance.
Acts2:4

The speaking in tongues in this instance
is the same in essence as the gift of tongues,
but is different in purpose and use.

9. Sanctification

Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil,
and of dedication unto God.

The Scriptures teach a life of
"holiness without which no man shall see the Lord."
Hebrews 12:14

By the power of the Holy Spirit we are able to obey the command:
"Be ye holy, for I am holy."
1 Peter 1:15, 16

Sanctification is realized in the believer
by recognizing his identification with Christ
in His death and resurrection, and by the faith
reckoning daily upon the fact of that union,
and by offering every faculty continually
to the dominion of the Holy Spirit.

10. The Church and Its Mission

The Church is the Body of Christ,
the habitation of God through the Spirit,
with divine appointments
for the fulfillment of her great commission.
Each believer, born of the Spirit,
is an integral part of the General Assembly and
Church of the Firstborn, which are written in heaven.

Since God's purpose concerning man
is to seek and to save that which is lost,
to be worshipped by man, and to build a body of believers
in the image of His Son,
the priority reason for being of the
Assemblies of God as part of the Church is:

1. To be an agency of God for evangelizing the world.

   Acts 1:8 Matthew 28:19,20 Mark 16:15,16

    

2. To be a corporate body in which man may worship God.
      1 Corinthians 12:13 
    

3. To be a channel of God's purpose
   to build a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son.

   Ephesians 4:11-16 1 Corinthians 12:28 1 Corinthians 14:12

The Assemblies of God exists
expressly to give continuing emphasis
to this reason for being in the New Testament
apostolic pattern by teaching and encouraging believers
to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. This experience:

1. Enables them to evangelize in the power of the Spirit
   with accompanying supernatural signs.

   Mark 16:15-20 Acts 4:29-31 Hebrews 2:3,4

2. Adds a necessary dimension to worshipful relationship with God.
     1 Corinthians 2:10-16, 12, 13, 14
    

3. Enables them to respond to the full working of the Holy Spirit
   in expression of fruit and gifts and ministries
   as in New Testament times for the edifying of the body of Christ.

   Galatians 5:22-26 1 Corinthians 12:28;14:12 Ephesians 4:11,12 Colossians 1:29

11. The Ministry

A divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry
has been provided by our Lord for the threefold purpose
of leading the Church in:

Evangelization of the world.
Mark 16:15-20

Worship of God.
John 4:23,24

Building a body of saints
being perfected in the image of His Son.
Ephesians 4:11-16

12. Divine Healing

Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel.
Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement,
and is the privilege of all believers.

13. The Blessed Hope

The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ
and their translation together with those who are alive
and remain unto the coming of the Lord
is the imminent and blessed hope of the church.

14. The Millennial Reign of Christ

The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of the saints,
which is our blessed hope, followed by the visible return
of Christ with His saints
to reign on earth for one thousand years.

This millennial reign will bring the salvation of national Israel,

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