CHURCH BELIEFS

As a visitor to our ministry website, you might be interested in who we are and what we believe. Engrafted Word Church is what is often referred to as a “Charismatic” or “interdenominational” ministry. The term “Charismatic” refers to the belief that Jesus Christ is the same today as He always has been and, by the agency of the Holy Spirit, He is still moving in the earth to save people from their sins, to offer healing to people, and to manifest Himself through the gifts of the Spirit. The term “interdenominational” means we are comprised of people from a wide variety of backgrounds.

In our ministry, the staff and local congregation are people from dozens of different religious backgrounds as well as those who previously had no religious training or affiliation. We are not an “exclusive” group who thinks we are the only true Christians. We gladly acknowledge as fellow members of the Body of Christ all people who confess Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

Whatever your background, we want you to feel comfortable with us. We share the following information in the event some aspects of our ministry are new to you. Some of the things you may notice at our local church include the following:

THIS WE BELIEVE:

  1. Our God is triune in personality (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), yet one God.
    • Deuteronomy 6:4
    • Matthew 3:16,17
  2. All Scripture is given by the inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness.
    • 2 Timothy 3:16
  3. God’s people perish from a lack of His Word.
    • Hosea 4:6
  4. The Word of God is alive and powerful, divides asunder the soul and spirit and joints and marrow, and discerns the thoughts and intents of our hearts.
    • Hebrews 4:12
  5. By the hearing of God’s Word, faith comes to the believer.
    • Romans 10:17
  6. Faith is exercised by believing in the heart, confessing what one believes of the Word of God, and being a doer of the Word and not a hearer only.
    • Mark 11:23
    • James 2:18
    • James 1:22
  7. Through faith we have access to all the graces of God: salvation, water baptism, laying on of hands, baptism of the Holy Spirit, knowledge of His Word, answered prayer, and a personal relationship as a child of God.
    • Romans 5:2
    • Matthew 9:29
  8. God wants all believers to be healthy and prosperous. Through His principle of giving and His law of sowing and reaping, we live under a more efficient economic system with God as our source and supply.
    • 3 John 2
    • Matthew 6:31–33
  9. All believers have power over all the power of the enemy and they are to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils, and preach the good news.
    • Luke 10:19
    • Matthew 10:7,8
  10. The manifestation of the miraculous power of God is in the lives of all believers through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, through the fruit of the Spirit, and obedience to His Word.
    • 1 Corinthians 12:7–10
    • Galatians 5:22,23
  11. Christ is an overcomer—victorious, more than a conqueror, and thus as His body, we are the same through Him.
    • Ephesians 1:19–23
  12. Christ is the Head of the Church. All attention and glory are directed to Him alone; and it is Christ whom we preach, praise, worship, and serve.
    • Ephesians 1:22
    • John 12:32
  13. The Head of the Church has given apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, and these are actual, literal offices functioning in the Church today.
    • Ephesians 4:8, 11,12
  14. Christ will literally come again for His Church—perfected, without spot or blemish, looking for faith in the lives of believers.
    • Luke 18:8
    • Ephesians 5:27
    • 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17
  15. All will be judged: the saints for their works, the sinners to condemnation, and satan and all his demons to the Lake of Fire.
    • 1 Corinthians 3:13–15
    • Revelation 20
  16. The saints, the bride of Christ, shall reign with Him forevermore.
    • 1 Thessalonians 4:17
  17. All must be “born again” to enter the Kingdom of God, to obtain His blessings, to have peace with God, and to meet Him in the air as His bride, without spot or blemish. This is done by believing in your heart and confessing with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord and God has raised Him from the dead.”
    • Romans 10:9
    • John 3:3