THE CONGREGATIONAL
HOLINESS CHURCH
~ARTICLES OF FAITH~
1. There is but one living and true God, the great Creator, and there are three Persons in
the Godhead: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Genesis 1:1-27;
Matthew 28:19; I John 5:7
2. We believe the Holy Bible to be the inspired Word of God.
II
Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:20,21.
3. We believe we are justified when we repent our sins and believe in Jesus Christ.
Mark 1:5; Acts 13:38,39; Romans 5:1.
4. We believe Sanctification to be a definite work of grace subsequent to Salvation.
John 15:2; Ephesians 5:25-27; I John 1:9.
5. We believe in the Baptism with the Holy Ghost, and speaking with other tongues as the
Spirit gives utterance to the initatory evidence of this experience.
Acts 2:4; 19:6; 10:44-46.
6. We believe in divine healing for the body.
Acts 3:2-12; 9:32-43; 5:15,16; James 5:14
We do not condemn medical science
7. We believe every blessing we receive from God, including divine healing, comes through
the merits of the atonement.
Romans 5:11; James 1:16,17.
8. We believe in the operation of the nine Gifts of the Spirit. We also believe in
the manifestation of the nine Fruit of the Spirit and recognize that these should be
present in the life of every believer.
I Corinthians 12:1-2;
Galatians 5:22-23.
9. We believe in the imninent rapture of the church, and the personal, premillennial
Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 1:10,11; I
Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revalation 1:7.
10. We, as a church, believe in the eternal redemption of all saints who are faithful
to the end.
Matthew 24:13; Revalation 2:10.
But we reject the theory of "once in grace, always in grace" reguardless of conduct.
I Corinthians 10:12; Galatians 5:4.
11. We believe all who die out of Christ will be punished eternally, but those who die in
Him shall share in His glory forever.
Daniel 12:2; Matthew
25:46; John 5:29; Jude 7.
12. We believe the Bride of Christ is composed of the entire spiritual church.
I Corinthians 12:25; II Corinthians 11:2; Galatians 3: 28,29;
Ephesians 4:16; 5:23-33; Revalation 19:7,8.
13. We require all our ministers to speak the same thing and that there be no division
among us in doctrine concerning our Articles Of Faith.
I
Corinthians 1:10.
