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Bethany Fellowship Church is a Fellowship of autonomous, evangelical people with historical roots within the Pentecostal movement. We view ourselves as called of God to share in mutual Christian care and practical co-operation in carrying out the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We affirm our commitment to both local church autonomy and interchurch co-operation as biblical norms for our life and ministry.

We also affirm our call to work in the spirit of love and unity with all true believers in our common ministry within the Kingdom of God.

 

WE BELIEVE:

 

The Bible to be the only inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God.
    (1 John 16:13; II Timothy 3:15-17; II Peter 1:21; I Thessalonians 2:13)

 

That there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
    (Deut. 6:4; Isaiah 43:10-11; Matt. 28:18; Luke 3:22; John 14:16)

 

In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ
    (John 1:1, 14, 28-29; Philippians 2:6-11; Isaiah 9:6; Col. 2:9)

 

His virgin birth,
    (Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:34-35; Isaiah 7:14)

 

His sinless life,
    (II Cor. 5:21; Heb. 4:15, 7:26-27; I John 3:5; I Peter 2:22)

 

His miracles,
    (Matthew 4:23; Luke 6:17-19; John 3:2)

 

His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood,
    (Colossians 1:14, 20; Romans 5:8-9; Ephesians 1:7)

 

His bodily resurrection,
    (I Corinthians 15:3-4; Luke 24:4-7, 36-48; Revelation 1:17-18)

 

His ascension to the right hand of the Father,
    (Acts 2:23, 5:30-31; I Peter 3:22)

 

His personal return in power and in glory
    (Acts 1:11; Philippians 2:9-11; I Thessalonians 1:10, 4:13-18; John 14:1-3)

 

That justification by faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ an regeneration by the Holy Spirit are absolutely essential for the salvation of lost and sinful man.
    (Romans 3:24-25; John 3:3-7; I John 5:11-13; Ephesians 2:1-16; Revelation 5:9;

Acts 4:23; I Corinthians 6:11)

 

That the prime agency for the work of God’s Kingdom is the local church functioning under the sovereignty of our Lord Jesus Christ. To the church have been entrusted the ordinances of Believer’s Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
    (Acts 2:41-47, 16:4-5; Matthew 16:18, 28:18-20; Ephesians 1:22-23;

I Corinthians 12:1; I Corinthians 11:23-26)

 

In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit; which includes: the baptism in the Holy Spirit as a distinct experience from regeneration; His indwelling whereby the Christian is enabled to live a godly life; His supernatural gifting and empowering of the church for its work, life and worship.
    (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4-8, 2:1-4, 10:44-46; I Corinthians 12, 14)

 

In the return of Jesus Christ, to consummate His Kingdom in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; those who are saved unto the resurrection of life, and those who are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
    (John 5:28-29; Mark 14:62; II Thessalonians 1:2-10;

Revelation 1:5-7; Revelation 20:4-5, 11-12)

 

In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
    (John 17:11, 21-23; Romans 12:4-5; Ephesians 4:11-16)