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ARTICLES OF FAITH OF UNITED MISSIONARY CHURCH OF AFRICA

ARTICLES OF FAITH OF UNITED MISSIONARY CHURCH OF AFRICA

THE TRIUNE GOD: We believe that the one and only God is Spirit, self-existent, infinite, personal, immutable and eternal in his being. We believe in his perfect holiness, love, justice, goodness, wisdom and truth, omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence. We believe that God is the creator and sustainer of the Universe, and that he is eternally existent in three persons, one in substance and coequal in power and glory father, son Holy Spirit, psalm 139:7-10 Malachi 3:16, John4:24 ll cor. 13:14.

THE BIBLE: We believe that the bible consisting of the sixty-six books of both the old and new testaments, given by divine inspiration, is inerrant in its original manuscripts and is the final authority in matters pertaining to faith and conduct. We accept the right and duty of personal judgment under the illumination of the Holy Spirit in the interpretation of the Holy Scriptures. ll Tim 3:16, l peter 1:25, ll peter 1:21.

MAN: We believe that man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and therefore was lost, and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained Genesis 1:27 Acts 4:12, Romans 3:23.

JESUS CHRIST AND THE WORK OF SALVATION: We believe in Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son of God. He is fully God and fully man. We believe in the truth of his teaching and their perfect sacrifice for the sin of the world which he offered once and for all in his death on the cross his bodily resurrection from the dead and his ascension: His intercession and His coming again in power and glory. John 1:18,3:15, Titus 2:1, Hebrew 4:15.

THE HOLY SPIRIT: We believe in the Holy Spirit as the third person of the God-head, and that through his illumination, conviction and regeneration, men are brought to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ: His continuing work of sanctification in the lives of believers, and their divine preservation unto eternal life. Acts 1:8, Romans 10:9-10, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 4:1 Thes. 5:23, ll Thes. 2:13

 

SPECIAL WORD ON SPIRITUAL GIFTS

We believe all the Bible says about the person and work of the Holy Spirit. We believe that every Christian has the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:9 and iCor.12:13); every Christian should be filled with the Holy Spirit (Eph 5:18). We believe there is a special in-filling at first, but this must be renewed and kept up-to date day by day.

We believe that the Holy Spirit also gives spiritual gift to Christians to help them perform various kinds of service. Some of the gift, like healing, are miraculous, while others, like the gifts of Helps, Mercy, Giving, seem more ordinary. They are all special abilities for service given by the Spirit.

We would also want to note the following:

  1. The Holy Spirit decides which gifts to give to which Christian (Heb. 2:14, I Cor. 12:11).
  2. Every Christian has at least one gift (I Peter 4:10 and I Cor. 12:7)
  3. There is no single gift give to all Christians (I Cor. 12:4-30) (Speaking in tongues is not given to every Spirit filled believer therefore it should not be considered the necessary sign of being filled with the Spirit).
  4. The purpose of gifts is to build each other upon the body of Christ (I Cor. 12:7, I Cor. 14: 12, I pet. 4:10 and Eph. 4:11-12).
  5. The gift must be used in a decent and orderly way. (I Cor. 14:23, 33,40)
  6. The gift of Sprit can be controlled by the persons having the gifts (I Cor. 14:28,32)
    THE CHURCH: We believe in the Universal Church as a body composed of all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ who have been called out from the world, separated from sin, and vitally united by faith to Christ, her Head and Sovereign Lord: in the local church as an organized body of believers who are joined together and who meet at regular times for teaching in the word. Fellowship of the saints, observation of the ordinances of Baptism and holy Communion, administration of discipline and love prayer and participation in public worship and the ministry of world-wide evangelists, preacher, missionaries, teachers and deacons. Acts 6:1-6; Eph. 4:11-13.
    THE LAST THINGS: We believe in the physical second advent of Christ, which is the hope of the church, the source of her encouragement, consolation, and up-building for purification, holiness and inspiration for activity and service: the resurrection of the boy and final judgment of all men, the eternal perfection and blessedness of the saved and the eternal punishment of the lost John 14:13; I The. 4:L13-16 Heb. 12:5-8 Rev. 21:7-22,7.


 

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