We believe that all who put their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior, believing that He died to pay for their sins on the cross (1CO 15:3), are saved by the grace of God through faith alone (EPH 2: 8-9) and are baptized into Christ by the Holy Spirit (1CO 12:13) and sealed in Him till the day of the rapture (EPH 1:13, 4:30). All who thus believe in the Lord Jesus Christ are welcome in the fellowship of Grace Fellowship Church.

"I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with long suffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. "(EPH 4:1-6)

Desiring to be in full accord with the mind of the Spirit for this present dispensation, we hold to the following doctrinal beliefs:

The Bible

The entire Bible - all 66 books - in its original writings is the verbally inspired God breathed word of God and is of plenary authority (2TI. 3:16,17) (2PE 1:21)

The Godhead

There is one God, eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (DEU 6:4) (1TI 2:5) (EPH 4:4-6) (MAT 28:19) (2 Cor. 13:14)

The Person of Christ

Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man. (Luke 1:35) (Phil. 2:6-9) (Rom. 1: 3,4)

The Condition of Lost Mankind

All men by nature are sinners and are, therefore, totally unable by their own wisdom or strength to do anything pleasing to God. (Eph. 2:1-3) (Rom. 3:9-12) (Rom 3:23) (1 Cor. 1: 18-3 1)

Salvation

God justifies ungodly sinners by His grace upon the ground of the shed blood of Christ through the means of faith. This complete salvation is bestowed as a free gift of God apart from man's works. (Rom. 3:24-28) (Rom. 4:5) (Rom 5:1,9) (Eph. 2:8,9)

Eternal Security

All the saved are eternally secure and sealed in Christ. (Col. 3:1-4) (Phil. 1:6) (Rom. 8:38, 39) (Eph. 1:13, 14) (Eph. 4:30)

Those Who Die Without Christ

Nowhere does Scripture extend the hope of salvation to the unsaved dead but instead reveals that they will ever continue to exist in a state of conscious suffering. We do not believe in the teachings of Universal Salvation or reconciliation, of annihilation or of the unconsciousness of the unsaved dead. (Col. 3:6) (Rev. 20:11-15) (2 Thes. 1:9)

The Church

In the present dispensation there is only one true Church, which is called the Body of Christ. (1 Cor. 12:13) (Eph. 1:22,23) (Eph. 3:1-6) The historical manifestation of the Body of Christ began with the Apostle Paul (Acts 9) before he wrote his first epistle. (I Thes. 2:14-16) (Acts 18:45) (Phil. 1:5,6) (Acts 16) (1 Cor. 12:13,27) (Acts 18)

Gifts

The gifts necessary for the ministry of the Body of Christ are those enumerated in Eph. 4:11. Of these, only the gifts of evangelists and pastors-teachers are in operation today. All the sign gifts of the acts period, such as tongues, prophesy and healing (I Cor. 12:1-31), being temporary in character, have ceased (1 Cor. 13:8-11)

Baptism

All saved persons have been made members of the Body of Christ by one divine baptism. (I Cor. 12:13) By this one baptism every member of the Body of Christ is identified with Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection. In the fight of the statement concerning the "one baptism" in Ephesians 4:5, the statements concerning baptism in Colossians 2:12 and Romans 6:3,4 and Paul's statement in 1 Corinthians 1:17 that "Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel", we affirm that water baptism has no place in God's spiritual program for the Body of Christ in this day of grace.

The Lord's Supper

The communion of the Lord's Supper as revealed through the Apostle Paul in (I Corinthians 11:23-26) is for members of the Body of Christ to observe, "Until He comes."

Resurrection

Jesus Christ was resurrected bodily from the dead (Luke 24:39-43). Therefore (I Cor. 15:2 1), all men will have a bodily resurrection, (Acts 24:15) the saved to everlasting glory and the unsaved to everlasting punishment. (John 5:29) (Rev. 20:11-15)

Rapture

The rapture of the Church "which is His Body," will take place before the great tribulation. (I These. 4:16-17) For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Purpose and Mission of Grace Fellowship Church

Ambassadorship: Proclaiming the message of reconciliation (2 Cor 5:14-21) and preaching Jesus Christ according to. the revelation of the mystery, (Rom. 16: 25) with all boldness, rightly dividing the word of truth. In this we follow the teachings of the Apostle Paul, as our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ revealed the message of Grace to him. We, like Paul, must preach the entire Word of God in the light of this gospel. (2 Tim. 4:2)
Edification: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that, which every joint supplied, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. (Eph. 4:16)

The Christian Walk

By reason of Christ's victory over sin and His indwelling Spirit, all of the saved may and should experience deliverance from the power of sin by obedience to Romans 6:11. As saints and members of the true Church we are to maintain Christ honoring testimony, separate from all forms of worldliness and apostasy, demonstrating obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ and love to all men. (Rom. 12:1-2)

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201-396-3193

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Last updated: July 24, 2007