
The Church of God believes the whole Bible to be
completely and equally inspired and that it is the written Word
of God. The Church of God has adopted the following Declaration
of Faith as its standard and official expression of its doctrine.
We Believe:
· In the verbal inspiration of the Bible.
· In one God eternally existing in three persons;
namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
· That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of
the Father, conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin
Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead.
That He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the
Father as the Intercessor.
· That all have sinned and come short of the glory
of God and that repentance is commanded of God for all and necessary
for forgiveness of sins.
· That justification, regeneration, and the new
birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
· In sanctification subsequent to the new birth,
through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by
the Holy Ghost.
· Holiness to be God's standard of living for His
people.
· In the baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent
to a clean heart.
· In speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives
utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism of
the Holy Ghost.
· In water baptism by immersion, and all who repent
should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.
· Divine healing is provided for all in the atonement.
· In the Lord's Supper and washing of the saints'
feet.
· In the premillennial second coming of Jesus. First,
to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints
to Him in the air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.
· In the bodily resurrection; eternal life for the
righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked.