Fellowship Deaconry Inc.

Serving the Living and True God since 1933

Fellowship Deaconry, Inc.

Tenets of Faith

We require that all church services and activities for or on behalf of this Corporation will conform to and be in consonance with the beliefs, doctrines, and tenets of faith based on the Holy Scriptures for the New Testament church, as understood and practiced by this Corporation, especially such fundamental doctrines as, but not limited, to the following:

Holy Trinity -- God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit

We believe in the one true and living God, eternally existent in three persons, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, coequal from all eternity, three distinct persons, but of one essence.

The Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ, his:

1. Deity

2. Virgin Birth

3. Sinless Life

4. Vicarious Death

5. Actual Burial

6. Glorious Resurrection - bodily

7. Triumphant Ascension - bodily

8. Promised return for the church,

We believe that Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God and He is Himself very God; He took upon Himself our nature, being conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary; He died upon the cross as a sinless vicarious sacrifice for sinners; He arose from the dead in the same body in which He was crucified; He ascended into heaven in that body glorified where He now sits as supreme over all authority in heaven and earth and where He is now our interceding High Priest. He will come again personally and visibly to set up His Kingdom and to judge the quick and the dead.

The Holy Spirit, eternally co-equal with the Father and Son, regenerates, indwells, equips and empowers the Believer in Jesus Christ,

We believe in God the Holy Spirit, eternally coequal with God the Father and God the Son, who convicts sinners, and baptizes all true believers into the one true Church, sealing them until the day of final redemption, living within them, sanctifying them for holy living, imparting spiritual gifts to them and empowering them for effective service.

The verbal and plenary inspiration of the Holy Scriptures,

We believe that the Holy Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are the written Word of God, every word fully inspired by the Holy Spirit and without error in the original manuscripts, and the sole, infallible rule of faith and practice.

Salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone,

We believe that salvation can only be found in Jesus Christ, by grace, through faith alone.

The church universal which is the mystical body of Christ on earth, composed of all true believers,

We believe that the Church Universal is composed of those who have placed saving faith in Jesus Christ and are united together in Christ as one Body. The Church and its members are commissioned to make disciples of all nations.

The destiny of believers -- Eternal Bliss,

The destiny of unbelievers -- Eternal Punishment.

We believe in the physical resurrection of the dead; of the unbeliever to the judgment and wrath of God and the eternal torment of conscious punishment; of the believer to the bliss and enjoyment of God and eternal life in fellowship with Him.