OUr Core Beliefs
First Assembly of God is part of the Assemblies of God fellowship, consisting of almost 90 million adherents worldwide. As an Assembly of God church
We Believe in the Bible
The Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God, written by human authors, and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.
We Believe in the One True God
The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent "I AM," the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We Believe in the Deity of Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The Scriptures declare HIs role in creation, virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, substitutionary work on the cross, bodily resurrection from the dead, ascension to the right hand of God, and His immanent return to Earth to rule as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
We Believe - The Salvation of Man
As a result of the Fall, we have incurred no only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God. Therefore, our only hope of redemption is through faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God, according to the hope of eternal life.
We Believe - The Holy Spirit
All believers receive the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of God) when they receive Jesus Christ as Lord of their lives at salvation. However, believers are also entitled to and should expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit. We believe this was the normal experience of Christ followers in the early Christian Church. With the baptism in the Holy Spirit, comes power for life and service. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is accompanied by the gift of tongues.
We Believe - Divine Healing
Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement.
We Believe - The Blessed Hope
The blessed hope of the church is the rapture or the “catching away” of the church. The Bible teaches that at the time of the rapture of the church, living Christians will be changed; those whom have died in Christ will be raised in glory; all Christians will forever be with the Lord, and we should be comforted with this truth.
We Believe - Eternity
People will exist forever, death is not the end of our existance. We will either exist eternally separated from God by sin, or eternally with God through forgiveness and salvation. Heaven and Hell are real places of eternal existence.
We Believe - Marriage
We believe marriage is defined in the Bible as a covenant, a sacred bond between one man and one woman,
instituted by and publicly entered into before God.
instituted by and publicly entered into before God.