THIS STATEMENT OF FAITH, SETS FORTH THE BASIC DOCTRINE WHICH WE HOLD TO BE FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS CONSISTENT WITH THE TEACHING OF THE WORD OF GOD. WE HAVE INTENTIONALLY KEPT THIS BRIEF. THOUGH IT DOES NOT ADDRESS ALL THE RELEVANT TRUTHS OF OUR FAITH, IT DOES SUMMARIZE THOSE DEEMED MOST NECESSARY FOR UNDERSTANDING THE DOCTRINAL POSITION OF:

 

" NEW LIFE MINISTRY "

"WE BELIEVE"

WE ARE NON-DENOMINATIONAL--- AND HAVE NO OTHER AFFILIATIONS. WE ONLY DESIRE TO BE CONNECTED TO THE 'HEAD,' THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. ( "and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. ACTS 11: 26 ).

 

WE CLAIM NO "HEADQUARTERS," --- OTHER THAN HEAVEN ITSELF, THE THRONE OF GOD. THE BIBLE DOES NOT INSTRUCT US TO TAKE OUR ORDERS, FROM A MAN CENTERED, EARTHLY INSTITUTE. WE ARE TO BE GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD, THROUGH PRAYER. THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT, WILL DIRECT THE CHURCH IN IT'S GATHERINGS, AND IN IT'S DIRECTION AS WELL. THIS WILL BRING ALL GLORY TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND NOT TO MEN, OR AN EARTHLY INSTITUTION. (JOHN 18:36, ACTS 17:24-25,   LUKE 12:31 ).

 

THE GOD HEAD --- WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ONE LIVING GOD, THE FATHER. AND THE TRINITY, IS THE FATHER , THE SON, ( JESUS CHRIST ), AN THE HOLY GHOST, THIS IS THE "GOD HEAD." WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR, THAT WE ARE TO HAVE NO OTHER GODS, AND WE ARE TO WORSHIP GOD THE FATHER, THE ONE AND ONLY GOD, IN THREE PERSONS, GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT... NOT THREE GODS! BUT ONE GOD IN THREE PERSONS. WE ARE NOT TO WORSHIP MARY, OR ANY ICON, OR CEREMONIAL STATUE, NOR ARE WE TO BOW TO ANY SUCH THING, AS IS TAUGHT BY SOME RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. WE GIVE OUR WORSHIP, OBEDIENCE, AND OUR PRAISE, TO THE ONE TRUE GOD, AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM....... (DEUT;5:7-10, COLOSSIANS 2:9, MATTHEW 28:19, EPHESIANS 4:5-6 ).

 

WE BELIEVE IN THE VIRGIN BIRTH--- THAT JESUS WAS BORN OF A VIRGIN, LIVED A PERFECT SINLESS LIFE, WAS THE SON OF GOD, AND DIED, ON A CROSS, AND SHED HIS BLOOD FOR ALL WHO WOULD HEED HIS CALL TO THEIR HEART, AND REPENT OF THEIR SINS, AND COME TO HIM WITH ALL THEIR HEART! WE ALSO BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS CLEAR THAT JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD ON THE THIRD DAY, AND ASCENDED TO HEAVEN, AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. HE IS A "LIVING SAVIOR." (ISAIAH 7:14, MATTHEW 1:23, LUKE 1: 26-38 ).

 

THE WORD OF GOD--- WE BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE "IS," THE WORD OF GOD. WE BELIEVE THE SCRIPTURES BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, ARE THE INFALLIBLE REVEALED WORD OF GOD, INERRANT, AND GIVEN BY THE SUPERNATURAL INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THUS, WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE ALONE, AS OUR FINAL RULE AND AUTHORITY FOR FAITH LIFE AND CONDUCT. ( JOHN 1: 1- 2,14,  2 TIMOTHY 3:16,  MATTHEW 4:4,  2TIMOTHY 3:15,  JAMES 1:22-24 ).

 

WE BELIEVE THAT SALVATION, IS BY GRACE --- THROUGH FAITH,THAT WE ARE SAVED, BY THE SHED BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, AND THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO THE FATHER..... NOT THROUGH WORKS, OR GOOD DEEDS, OR BY JUST SAYING CERTAIN WORDS, OR JOINING A CHURCH! SALVATION, IS BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH, AND WE MUST CONFESS THAT WE ARE SINNERS, AND HAVE SINNED, AND THEN 'REPENT' OF THOSE SINS, (TURN AWAY ). NOT "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED!"..... THIS IS ONE OF SATAN'S BIGGEST LIES TO THE CHURCH, (ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED). NO WHERE IN THE BIBLE IS SUCH A DOCTRINE FOUND! SALVATION IS A CONTINUED WALK IN THE SPIRIT OF GOD, IT IS A COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD OUR FATHER. THERE IS NO DOCTRINE IN THE BIBLE FOR 'UNCONDITIONAL SECURITY.' THIS COVENANT, IS TO WALK IN CONTINUED FAITH TO GOD, YIELDING TO CHRIST AS 'LORD.' ( ACTS 4:12, JOHN 14:6, ROMANS 10: 9-10,13,   EPHESIANS 2:5-9, ACTS 2:38, ROMANS 5:6-10, TITUS 2:11-15 ).

 

WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD --- AND IS ALIVE AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER IN HEAVEN, AND WILL ONE DAY COME BACK FOR HIS "REMNANT BRIDE." (THOSE WHO LOVE AND OBEY THE WORD OF GOD, AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND HAVE TRUSTED IN HIS SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS)... HE IS A "LIVING SAVIOR." ( JOHN 11:25-26, ACTS 26:23, MATTHEW 22:32, ACTS 2:22-24, ROMANS 8:11 ).

 

WE BELIEVE THAT CHRIST IS COMING AGAIN FOR HIS CHURCH --- LET US SAY ONE THING HERE AT THE BEGINNING. WE 'DO NOT ' BELIEVE IN A 'PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE', THAT IS TO SAY, WE DO BELIEVE THE WORD IS CLEAR, THAT THE CHURCH WILL GO THROUGH 'PART' OF THESE TRIBULATION TIMES. WE 'DO' BELIEVE CHRIST WILL COME BACK FOR A 'PURE AND HOLY BRIDE MADE READY.' ( MATTHEW 24: 30- 31,    JOHN 14: 1- 4,    1CORINTHIANS 15: 50- 53,         1THESSALONIANS 4: 13 - 18,     REVELATION 22: 20 ).

 

WE BELIEVE THAT WATER BAPTISM--- IS A COMMAND FROM THE LORD, AND IS AN OUTWARD WITNESS, TO AN INWARD WORK DONE BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, AT THE TIME OF SALVATION, OR REGENERATION. WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS CLEAR THAT WATER BAPTISM, IS 'FULL SUBMERSION,' ( THE BELIEVER FULLY UNDER THE WATER ). THE BIBLE TELLS US, 'BURIED WITH CHRIST THROUGH BAPTISM.' YOU CANNOT BE BURIED WITH A HANDFUL OF DIRT, NOR CAN YOU BE SCRIPTURALLY BAPTIZED, WITH A SPRINKLING, OR A HANDFUL OF WATER. TO BE, 'BURIED WITH CHRIST,' IS TO GO UNDER FULLY. WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS ALSO CLEAR, THAT BAPTISM IS NOT THE MEANS OF SALVATION, AS SOME RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS WOULD TEACH. ( MATTHEW 28:18-20, MATTHEW 3:13-16, MARK 16:16, ACTS 2:38, ACTS 8:36-39 ).

 

WE BELIEVE IN THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE,--- AS JESUS DESCRIBES IT. WE BELIEVE THAT 'ALL' THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ARE IN FULL OPERATION TODAY, AND THAT GOD IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER. WE ALSO BELIEVE THE BIBLE CLEARLY SHOWS THE 'INITIAL EVIDENCE' OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM, TO BE SPEAKING IN TONGUES. THIS IS NOT TO BE "TAUGHT," BY ANY MAN. ( I.E. HOW TO SPEAK IN TONGUES ). THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS THE ONE WHO BRINGS THE PRAYER LANGUAGE TO THE BELIEVER. WE BELIEVE THE 'CONTINUED EVIDENCE' OF THIS BAPTISM, IS A LOVE WALK, BEARING FRUIT FOR CHRIST, AND THE HUNGER AND DESIRE FOR PERSONAL HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD OF GOD, AND THE HEART OF GOD, A CLEARER REVELATION OF WHO HE IS, AND THE DESIRE TO OBEY HIM COMPLETELY! THE BELIEVER SHOULD UNDERSTAND, THAT WE DO NOT ASK FOR THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE, FOR THE 'SOLE PURPOSE' OF SPEAKING IN TONGUES, OR HAVING SPIRITUAL GIFTS, BUT WE ASK BY FAITH FOR THIS BAPTISM, AND WELCOME THE FIRE OF GOD, HIS CHARACTER AND NATURE, TO WORK IN US, AND BURN IN US THE DESIRE FOR HIM, AND TO BE LIKE HIM IN ALL OUR WALK. IT IS THE VERY PRESENCE AND POWER OF GOD TO WALK WITH HIM IN AN OVERCOMING LIFE. ( MATTHEW 3:11, ACTS 1:4- 5, 8,     ACTS 2: 1- 4,        ACTS 8: 15-17,           I CORINTHIANS 12: 1- 31, 1 CORINTHIANS 14: 1- 5, 14-15, 18, 39-40 ).

 

WE BELIEVE IN DIVINE HEALING AND THE ANOINTING OF OIL--- ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH IN THE WORD OF GOD. IN OTHER WORDS... THERE ARE CONDITIONS..( E.G.). WE ARE NOT GOING TO LIVE IN, AND PRACTICE SIN, AND THEN GET IN A HEALING LINE, WITHOUT REPENTANCE, AND JUST FALL OVER HEALED. WE BELIEVE THE 'ENTIRE BOOK' OF JAMES , WOULD EXPRESS THE SCRIPTURAL CONDITIONS OF BIBLICAL HEALING, AS WELL AS DOES THE REST OF THE WORD OF GOD, WHEN TAKEN IN CONTEXT. ( MATTHEW 8: 14- 17, MATTHEW 10:7- 8, MATTHEW 9: 35- 38, LUKE 10: 1, 9.  MARK 16: 16-20, .... WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THE 'WHOLE BOOK OF JAMES,' IS A GOOD PREREQUISITE FOR HEALING, AS FOUND IN VS' 14- 16, ...AS IS THE REST OF THE WORD OF GOD!

 

WE BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD IS TO BE OBEYED--- AND THAT JESUS, HAS GIVEN TO EVERY BELIEVER, BY HIS SPIRIT, THE POWER TO WALK AN OVERCOMING LIFE. THAT THE FLESH NATURE NO LONGER HAS 'DOMINION' OVER THE BORN AGAIN CHILD OF GOD. BUT THE BELIEVER HAS THE CHOICE, TO CHOOSE OBEDIENCE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, OR TO THE DESIRES OF HIS FLESH AND THE DEVIL. THE FORMER LEADING TO LIFE, THE LATTER LEADING TO DEATH. ( JAMES 1: 19- 27, ROMANS 6:16- 18, 11 JOHN 6: 4- 6, MATTHEW 22: 37- 40, LUKE 11: 28, JOHN 14: 20- 21, 23- 24, ROMANS 6: 17, 1 JOHN 2: 3- 6, ACTS 5: 29, REVELATION 21: 6- 8, 11 THESSALONIANS 1: 8 ).

 

WE BELIEVE THERE IS A REAL DEVIL AND A REAL HELL AND DEMONS--- AND EVEN CHRISTIANS CAN HAVE LIFE CONTROLLING PROBLEMS, ( BONDAGE'S ), BY THE POWERS OF DARKNESS, "IF GROUND", ( PRACTICED SIN ), IS NOT FORSAKEN, AND REPENTED OF. WE "DO NOT," BELIEVE, THAT A TRUE BELIEVER CAN BE DEMON POSSESSED.... BUT THAT A BELIEVER CAN HAVE DEMONS IN THERE SOUL, ( MIND, WILL, EMOTIONS ), AND IN THEIR BODY. THROUGH 'GENUINE REPENTANCE,' AND OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD, THE BELIEVER WILL BE DELIVERED. THEN, THE WORD OF GOD MUST BE OBEYED, AND PRAYER AND PRAISE, MUST BE A CONSISTENT WALK OF THE BELIEVER. ( JOHN 10: 10, LUKE 10: 16- 21,   LUKE 13: 16,  11 CORINTHIANS 10: 3- 6,  11 CORINTHIANS 11: 1- 4, 13- 15, EPHESIANS 6:10- 18,  JAMES 4: 7- 10, 1 PETER 5: 6- 11,  REVELATION 3: 8- 10, REVELATION 12: 7- 17, MARK 16: 16- 17 ).

 

WE BELIEVE THAT COMMUNION--- OR ( THE LORD'S SUPPER ), SHOULD BE PRACTICED IN OUR GATHERINGS. WE BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD IS CLEAR THAT ONLY A TRUE BELIEVER SHOULD PARTAKE OF THE BREAD AND THE WINE. WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS CLEAR THAT SIN SHOULD BE JUDGED, AND FORSAKEN, IN THE HEART OF THE BELIEVER, BY HIS YIELDING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND HIS LOVING VOICE OF CONVICTION, AT THE TIME BEFORE TAKING THE BREAD AND THE WINE. WE "DO NOT," BELIEVE, THAT THE BELIEVER IS ACTUALLY 'EATING' THE FLESH AND BLOOD OF THE LORD, AS TAUGHT BY SOME RELIGIOUS GROUPS,NOR IS THIS A MEANS OF SALVATION, BUT THE BIBLE TEACHES US, THAT THE BREAD AND THE WINE ARE SYMBOLIC, OF THE BODY AND THE BLOOD OF THE LORD. ( 1 CORINTHIANS 11: 23- 34, )

 

WE BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD IS CLEAR CONCERNING 'FINAL JUDGEMENT ---- PAUL TELLS US, THAT AS CHILDREN OF GOD, WE WILL ALL HAVE TO "ANSWER" BEFORE THE JUDGEMENT BAR OF CHRIST, BUT, THERE IS ALSO A DAY WHEN THE BOOKS WILL BE OPEN, AND THE WICKED WILL BE JUDGED AND THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE, OR HELL. ( 1 CORINTHIANS 3: 10-15, MATTHEW 12: 36- 37, ROMANS 14: 10- 12, HEBREWS 4: 13, 11 PETER 2: 9- 10, 11 PETER 3: 7, 1 JOHN 4: 17, 1 CORINTHIANS 11: 31- 32, REVELATION 20: 11- 15 ).

 

WOMEN IN THE GATHERING OF THE CHURCH--- WE BELIEVE THAT SCRIPTURE IS CLEAR. THAT A WOMEN HAS NO PLACE AS A 'PASTOR,' OF ANY CHURCH, NOR SHOULD SHE, IN THE CHURCH, TEACH, OR SPEAK IN A WAY THAT WOULD EXERCISE AUTHORITY OVER MEN. WE BELIEVE THIS IS A VALID PRECEPT BASED ON THE SCRIPTURAL PRINCIPAL OF HEADSHIP.  WE DO NOT INFER,  NOR DOES THE SCRIPTURES, THAT WOMEN HAVE LESS THAN EQUAL STANDING BEFORE GOD OR THAT THEIR ROLE IN THE CHURCH LIFE IS LESS VALUABLE. WE ARE 'ONLY SAYING' THAT 'SCRIPTURE'  SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS WOMEN FROM SPEAKING PUBLICLY IN THE CHURCH  "IN A MANOR THAT EXERCISES AUTHORITY OVER MEN. " THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR ON THIS, THAT THE OVERSEER, "MUST BE THE HUSBAND OF BUT ONE WIFE." A WOMAN CANNOT BE THE HUSBAND OF ONE WIFE, THIS CLEARLY RULES HER OUT AS THE 'ROLE OF A PASTOR. '  ALSO WE ARE TOLD BY THE APOSTLE PAUL THAT WOMEN ARE NOT TO TEACH OR 'HAVE AUTHORITY' OVER A MAN...  (as in the role of a Pastor),  WE FULLY BELIEVE THIS, ( headship),  IS RELEVANT IN THE HOME,  AND IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.         ( 1 TIMOTHY 2: 12-13,            1 TIMOTHY 3: 1-13,      EPHESIANS 5: 22- 28 ).