Friendship's Beliefs

The Purpose of the Church

1. To introduce the lost to Christ
2. To provide an environment for worshiping God and fellowshipping with others who hold similar values and love for God
3. To effectively train and nurture believers

16 Truths

We believe in the 16 beliefs, or Statement of Fundamental Truths, adopted by the pioneers of the Assemblies of God. They are the following:

1. The Bible is inspired. The Scriptures are God's revelation of himself to mankind; they are never wrong; and they are the divinely authoritative guide for our faith, belief, and manner of living.
2. One true God. There is one true God.
3. The Lord Jesus Christ is fully God. He has always existed. He too is without beginning or end.
4. The Fall of Mankind. Mankind was created good and upright. However, mankind by willful choice, ignored God's instructions...choosing to engage in what they knew was wrong and evil.
5. The Salvation of Mankind. Salvation is deliverance from spiritual death and enslavement by sin. God provides salvation for all who accept His free offer of forgiveness.
6. The ordinances of the Church. The ordinance of baptism by immersion in water is commanded in the Scriptures (Mark 16:16). The Lord's Supper of Communion, consisting of bread and the fruit of the vine (grape juice), is a memorial of Christ's suffering and death (1 Corinthians 11:26)
7. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit. All believers are entitled to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit, and therefore should expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ.
8. The initial physical evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. The baptism of Christians in the Holy Spirit is accompanied by the initial physical sign of speaking in other tongues (unlearned languages) as the Spirit of God gives them audible expression (Acts 2:4)
9. Sanctification. It is an act of separating ourselves from evil and identifying with things that are good, upright, and morally pure. It is a process that takes place as Christians devote themselves to God. (Romans 12:1, 2; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 13:12).
10. The Church and its mission. The primary reason-for-being of the Assemblies of God as a part of the Church is: 1) To be an agency of God for evangelizing the world 2) To be a corporate or unified body in which man may worship God 3) To be a channel of God's purpose to build a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son.
11. The Ministry. Involvement in ministry in response to a divine call is scripturally ordained in the Bible. It is provision of our Lord for the threefold purpose of leading the Church in : (1) evangelization of the world, (2) worship of God, and (3) building of body of believers conforming to the life of Christ.
12. Divine Healing. Divine healing from God is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided in the Atonement (Christ's suffering and death for our reconciliation with God).
13. The Blessed Hope. All Christians who have died will one day rise from their graves and will meet the Lord in the air. Christians who have not yet died will be raptured or caught up with them, to be with the Lord. Then Christians of all ages will live with God forever.
14. The Millennial reign of Christ. The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of all Christians, which is our blessed hope, followed by the visible return of Christ with His saints to reign on earth for 1000 years.
15. The final judgment. There will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead (those who have died without accepting Christ's salvation) will be raised and judged according to the way they lived. Anyone whose name is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, will be sent to everlasting punishment in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone (sulfur) which is the second death (Matt. 25:46; Mark 9:43-48; Revelation 19:20, 20:11-15, 21:8)
16. The new Heavens and the new Earth. "According to God's promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness will dwell and reign forever" (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21, 22)

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