Core Beliefs
Salvation
Salvation is deliverance from spiritual death andenslavement by sin. God provides salvation for all whobelieve and accept His free offer of forgiveness.Mankind's only hope of redemption from the fallen sinfulstate is through the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son'sblood that was shed as Jesus died on the cross. [Theaccount of the crucifixion of Jesus is recounted by fourof His contemporaries: Matthew (chapter 27), Mark(chapter 15), Luke (chapter 23), and John (chapter 19).](Luke 24:47; John 3:3,16,17; Rom. 8:16; 10:13-15;Ephesians 2:8,9; 4:24; Titus 2:11-12; 3:5-7)
Healing
Divine healing is an integral part of the
gospel. Deliverance from sickness is
provided for in the atonement, and is the
privilege of all believers. (Isa. 53:4,5; Matt.
8:16,17; James 5:14-16)
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. This was the
normal experience of all believers in the early Christian
Healing church. With the experience comes the provision of
power for victorious Christian living and productive
service. It also provides believers with specific spiritual
gifts for more effective ministry. 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. (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4,8; 2:4; 8:12-17; 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9; 1 Cor. 12:1-31)
Second Coming
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. The
scriptural truth of the Lord's soon return is
"the blessed hope". (Romans 8:23; 1
Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians
4:16-17; Titus 2:13)