We at Faith Fellowship
World Outreach Ministries base all of our beliefs and teachings on one primary
principle - the Bible is the revealed Will of God. There is one God, who is
the creator of all things, and is comprised of three co-equal persons in the
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Man, whom God created in His image, fell into
sin through willful disobedience, resulting in spiritual separation from God.
Man's only hope of redemption and restoration of his relationship with God is
belief in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Salvation is achieved by trusting in Jesus Christ alone for forgiveness, not
by performing good deeds. However, human works are an outward evidence of
one's salvation.
All believers should earnestly seek the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, which will
equip them for personal growth and grant them spiritual gifts to use in
service to the church. Jesus Christ will one day return to bring believers
home to Heaven and will reign with them over the Earth for 1,000 years. Those
who have not accepted Christ as Savior will suffer eternal separation from
God. After Christ's millennial reign, there will be a new Heaven and Earth
where we will eternally live with Him. A more detailed doctrinal statement can
be accessed below.
Faith Fellowship World Outreach Ministries has adopted
the following as its Statements of Fundamental Truths and Doctrine:
1. The Bible is the
inspired Word of God and the revealed Will of God (2 Tim. 3:15-17; 1 Peter
1:23-25; Heb. 4:12).
2. There is one true Godhead comprised of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
All are co-equal and co-eternal (Matt. 28:19; 1 John 5:7). Jesus Christ, God
manifest in the flesh, is the second member of the Godhead (Is. 9:6; John
1:1,14).
3. Man was created in God's image. By voluntary transgression, he fell, and
his only hope of redemption is in Jesus Christ, the Son of God (Gen. 1:26-31,
3:1-7; Rom. 5:12-21).
4. Salvation of Man (a) Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed
blood of Jesus Christ. On the cross, Jesus Christ became sin and sickness,
providing both salvation and healing for all mankind (Psalm 103:3). This
salvation comes by believing in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead
and confessing with your mouth, Jesus as Lord (Rom. 3:24, 10:8-10). (b) The
inward evidence, to the believer, is the direct witness of the spirit (Rom.
8:16). The outward evidence to all men is a life of true holiness and love (1
John 3:23; John 13:35). (c) Salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ and not by
human works; however our works are evidence of our faith and will determine
our rewards in eternity (Acts 16:3; Rom. 10:9-10, 14:10-12; 2 Cor. 5:10; Eph.
2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7; James 2:18).
5. Baptism in water is a declaration to the world that a believer has died
with Christ and that they have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life
(Matt. 28:19; Acts 10:47-48; Rom. 6:4).
6. The celebration of the Lord's Supper by eating of the bread and drinking of
the cup is a remembrance of Jesus (1 Cor. 11:24-30).
7. All believers are entitled to, and should ardently expect and earnestly
seek, the promise of the Father, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, according to
the command of Jesus Christ. With this comes the endowment of power for life
and service, the bestowment of gifts and their uses in the work of the
ministry. This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of
the new birth (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4-8; 2:38-39, 10:44-46, 11:14-16, 15:7-9; 1
Cor. 12:1-31).
8. The Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit: The full consummation of
the Baptism of believers in the Holy Spirit is evidenced by the initial
physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and
by the subsequent manifestation of spiritual power in public testimony and
service (Acts 2:4, 10:44-46, 19:2, 6, 1:8).
9. The Church is the Body of Christ. Each believer is an integral part (Eph.
1:22, 2:19-22; Heb. 12:23).
10. Total Prosperity
(a) Spiritual (John 3:3,11; 2 Cor. 5:17-21; Rom. 10:9-10)
(b) Mental (2 Tim. 1:7; Rom. 12:1; Is. 26:3)
(c) Physical (Is. 53:4, 5; Matt. 8:17; 1 Peter 2:24)
(d) Financial (3 John 1:2; Mal. 3: 10-11; Luke 6:38; 2 Cor. 9:6-10; Deut.
28:1-14)
(e) Social (Prov. 3:4)
11. Blessed Hope: Jesus is coming again to gather all His Saints to Heaven (1
Cor. 15:51-52; 1 Thess. 4:16-17; 2 Thess. 2:1).
12. Those who have not accepted the redemptive work of Jesus Christ will
suffer eternal separation from the Godhead. They will burn in the lake of fire
(Rev.19:20, 20:10-15).
13. The Millennial Reign of Jesus: The return of our Lord Jesus Christ with
His Saints from Heaven to rule and reign for 1,000 years on earth as the
Scripture promised (Rom. 11:25, 27; 2 Thess. 1:7; Rev. 19:11-16, 20:1-7).
After this, there will be a new heaven and a new earth (Rev. 21).
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