OUR BELIEFS

THE TENETS
OF OUR CHURCH

The Church of Pentecost deems our tenets (beliefs) as one of the most critical aspects of our lives because it forms the basis of our Christianity!

These are our eleven tenets.

THE BIBLE
We believe in the divine inspiration and authority of the Holy Scriptures. That the Bible is infallible in its declaration, final in its authority, comprehensive and all-sufficient in its provisions.

THE ONE TRUE GOD
We believe in the existence of the One True God, Elohim, maker of the whole universe; indefinable but revealed as the Triune God – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; one in nature, essence and attributes – Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient

MAN’S DEPRAVITY
We believe that “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” and are subject to eternal punishment, and need Repentance and Regeneration.

THE SAVIOUR
We believe humanity’s need of a Saviour has been met in the person of Jesus Christ, because of His Deity, Virgin Birth, Atoning Death, Resurrection and Ascension, His Abiding Intercession and His second coming to judge the living and the dead.

REPENTANCE, JUSTIFICATION & SANTIFICATION
We believe all humans have to repent and confess their sins before God, and believe in the vicarious death of Jesus Christ before they can be justified before God. We believe in the sanctification of the believer through the working of the Holy Spirit and God’s gift of eternal life to the believer.

ORDINANCES: WATER BAPTISM & THE LORD’S SUPPER
We believe in the ordinance of Baptism by immersion as a testimony of a convert who has attained a responsible age of 13 years. Infants and children are not baptized but are dedicated to the Lord. We believe in the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper or Holy Communion, which should be partaken by all members who are in full fellowship.

BAPTISM, GIFTS & FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit for all believers with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues, and in the operation of the gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit.

DIVINE HEALING
We believe that the healing of sicknesses and diseases is provided for God’s people in the atonement.
However, the Church is not opposed to medication by qualified medical practitioners.

TITHES & OFFERINGS
We believe in tithing and in the giving of freewill offerings towards the furtherance of the cause of the Kingdom of God. We believe that God blesses a cheerful giver.

THE SECOND COMING AND THE AFTERLIFE
We believe in the second coming of Christ and the resurrection of the dead, both the saved and the unsaved. They that are saved to the resurrection of life and the unsaved to eternal damnation.

MARRIAGE & FAMILY LIFE
We believe in the institution of marriage as a union established and ordained by God for the lifelong, intimate relationship between a man as husband and a woman as a wife as biologically defined at birth. We believe that God instituted marriage primarily for mutual help, fellowship, and comfort that one ought to have for the other and for the honorable procreation of children, and their training in love, obedience to the Lord, and responsible citizenship.