WE BELIEVE ...

The Holy Bible
The Bible is inspired by God, both Old and New Testaments. (2 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 4:12; 1 Peter 1:23-25; 2 Peter 1:19-21)

God
Revealed in three Persons; the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 3:16, 17; John 17)

Man
In his natural (fallen) state, man is a sinner: lost, undone, without hope, and without God. (Romans 3:19-23; Galatians 3:22; Ephesians 2:1, 2, 12)

The Divinity and Humanity of Christ Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God, born of a virgin, lived a sinless life upon the earth, and is the exact representation of God the Father. (Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:15-20; Colossians 2:9)

The Blood Atonement
Saving power is in the blood of Jesus Christ and His imputed righteousness is for all who believe on Him in faith. (Acts 4:12; Romans 4:1-9; Romans 5:1-11; Ephesians 1:13-15)

The Bodily Resurrection
Jesus Christ died, was buried and rose again. (Luke 24:1-7; Luke 24:39-42; John 20:24-29)

The Ascension
Jesus Christ ascended to the Father and is presently seated at the right hand of the Father making intercession for every believer. (John 14:1-6; Romans 8:34)

The Second Coming
Jesus Christ will visibly and bodily return to this earth to gather His Church and judge the world. (Acts 1:10, 11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; James 5:8; Revelation 1:7

Salvation
Terms of salvation are repentance toward God for sin and personal, heartfelt faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. This results in regeneration of the person. This salvation is entirely by the grace of the Lord and not of works. (Acts 3:19, 20; Romans 4:1-5; Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:8-10)

The Local Church
We believe that the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a local expression of the body of believers who have been baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit; who are under recognized, delegated authorities; and who assemble to worship, carry forth the Great Commission and minister as the Holy Spirit leads. (Matthew 16:18; Matthew 28:19, 20; Acts 2:40-47; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 2:8-19; Ephesians 4:11-16)

Church Ordinances
The two ordinances of the Church are water baptism and communion, or Lord’s supper. (Matthew 3:15, 16; Matthew 28:19, 20; Luke 22:13-20; Acts 8:38; Romans 6:1-4)

The Separated Life
Believers should seek, as the early disciples did, to practice a separated life from the world and unto Jesus Christ. Believers should set standards of conduct which will exalt the Lord and His Church. (Romans 12:1-3; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Galatians 6:4; Ephesians 5:11; Colossians 3:17)

Heaven and Hell
The Bible clearly sets forth the doctrines of eternal punishment for the lost and eternal bliss and salvation for the saved – Hell for the unsaved and Heaven for the saved. (Matthew 25:34, 41, 46; Luke 16:19-31; John 14:1-3; Revelation 20:11-15)

Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity whose purpose in the redemption of man is to convict him of sin, regenerate the repentant believer, guide the believer to understand the Bible, indwell and give gifts to the believer as He wills, that they may minister as Christ would to men. The manifestations of the Holy Spirit, recorded in 1 Corinthians 1:8-11, will operate in churches which yield to the Lord Jesus Christ today. A believer can be baptized in the Holy Spirit during the time Jesus is regenerating him/her, or any time subsequent to his/her regeneration. The baptism in the Holy Spirit, with evidence of speaking with other tongues as the spirit gives utterance, is for all believers as promised by John the Baptist, was witnessed by the early disciples of Christ, and is evidenced in the lives of many present day believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. (Matthew 3:11; Luke 11:13; John 7:37-39; John 14:16, 17; Acts 1:4, 5, 8; Acts 2:38-39; Acts 10:44-47; Acts 19:1-6)

Divine Healing
God uses doctors, medicines and other material means for healing. However, divine healing has been provided for us in the Atonement of our Lord Jesus Christ. Divine healing may be received through the laying on of hands by elders, laying on of hands by believers, by prayer of an anointed person gifted for healing the sick, by the anointing with oil and the prayer of faith, or by a direct act of faith where the believer receives healing from the Lord Jesus Christ without ministry from anyone else. (Isaiah 53:5; Mark 11:23; Mark 16:18; 1 Corinthians 12:9; James 5:13-16)

The Priesthood of the Believers
Each believer is a priest of the Lord Jesus Christ and has direct access to the Father through the Lord Jesus. Each person must believe for himself/herself, be baptized for himself/herself, obey for himself/herself and answer to his/her Creator for himself/herself. (1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:6)

Tithes & Offerings
God’s plan of finance for His work in the earth is by tithes and offerings. It is a joy for His children to acknowledge His Lordship in this manner. (Genesis 14:17-20; Malachi 3:6-12; Matthew 23:23; Acts 20:35; 2 Corinthians 8, 9)

Marriage
Marriage is the union of one man and one woman in a life-long, legal and binding commitment to one another. (Genesis 2:24; Malachi 2:13-16)

Government of the Church
The New Testament Church should be apostolic in nature and governed by delegated authorities. Those authorities at Agape Christian Fellowship are the pastors, elders and deacons. When it is deemed best for the life of the church and testimony of the Lord, the pastors and elders may discipline, in the spirit of love, any member who departs from the statement of faith of the body of believers. (2 Timothy 4:2-4; Titus 1:5; Titus 2:15; 1 Peter 5:1-6)

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