The First Voice - Section 7
Our Doctrinal Statement
- We believe in one God, Maker of all things, and being in Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- We believe that the Son of God, Jesus Christ, became incarnate, was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man.
- We believe the Bible, in its entirety to be the inspired Word of God and the only infallible rule of faith and conduct.
- We believe in the resurrection of the dead, the eternal happiness of the saved and the eternal punishment of the lost.
- We believe in personal salvation of believers, through the blood of Christ.
- We believe in sanctification by the blood of Christ; in personal holiness of heart and life, and in separation from the world.
- We believe in divine healing, through faith, and that healing is included in the Atonement.
- We believe in the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, accompanied by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives utterance (Acts 2:4), as distinct from the New Birth; and in the nine gifts of the Spirit, listed in I Corinthians 12, as now available to believers.
- We believe in the Christian’s hope, the imminent personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- We believe in intensive world evangelism and missionary work in accordance with the Great Commission, with signs following.