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What We Believe
We are part of
Church of
God one of the largest Pentecostal
Denominations in the world with Headquarters in Cleveland Tennessee.
Here in the UK we are known as
New
Testament Church of God and are the
largest Black Majority Denomination with over 115 congregations. Our
UK Head Office is based in Northampton.
The Church of God believes the whole Bible to
be completely and equally inspired and that it is the written Word
of God. The Church of God has adopted the following Declaration of
Faith as its standard and official expression of its doctrine.
We believe:
- In the verbal
inspiration of the Bible.
- In one God,
eternally existing in three persons; namely, the Father, Son and
Holy Ghost.
- That Jesus
Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the
Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary.That Jesus was crucified,
buried, and raised from the dead. That He ascended to heaven and
is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.
- That all have
sinned and have come short of the glory of God and that repentance
is commanded of God for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins.
- That
justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by
faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
- In
sanctification subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the
blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Ghost.
- Holiness to be
God's standard of living for His people.
- In the baptism
with the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart.
- In speaking
with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is
the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
- In water
baptism by immersion, and all who repent should be baptized in the
name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
- Divine healing
is provided for all in the atonement.
- In the Lord's
Supper and washing of the saints' feet.
- In the
premillenial second coming of Jesus. First, to resurrect the
righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in the
air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.
- In the bodily
resurrection; eternal life for the righteous, and eternal
punishment for the wicked.
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