Who we are....??

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As is true of all believers in Christ, we are members of His one Body, the church.In order to practice the oneness of the Body with all the Christians in Butuan, we meet as the Church in Butuan City.

OUR FAITH

The fundamental teachings are reflected in the following statements of faith:

1. The Bible

We believe that the entire Holy Bible is the complete divine revelation inspired and living Word of God through the Holy Spirit (2 Timothy 3:16; 1 Corinthians 2:13)

2. God

We believe in the One true, living and eternal God, yet triune – the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit; the Three co-exist in eternity and are distinct but indivisible (1 Timothy 2:5a; Matthew 28:19)

a. The Father

The very source of all created things in heaven and on earth (Ephesians 3:14-15)

b. Jesus Christ

i. The Son of God, even God Himself, was incarnated to be a man by the name of Jesus Christ (John 1:1,14)
ii. Christ died on the cross for our sins, shedding His blood for our redemption (1 Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7a)
iii. Christ resurrected from among the dead on the third day (1 Corinthians 15:4)
iv. Christ ascended to the heavens at the right hand of God to be Lord of all (Acts 1:9; 2:33, 36)
v. Christ is coming again for His Church, to judge the world and to build His kingdom (John 14:2-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelation 11:15,18; 2 Timothy 4:1)

c. The Holy Spirit

Who is sent by God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ after His ascension (John 14:16-17, 26; 15:26)

3. Salvation

Whenever any person repents to God and believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, he is regenerated (born again) and becomes a living member of the one body of Christ (Acts 20:21; John 3:3; Ephesians 1:22-23; Romans 12:5)

4. The Church

a. The house of God, formed by the regenerated children of God

(Ephesians 2:19, 1 Timothy 3:15)

b. The body of Christ to manifest Christ on earth

(Ephesians 1:23, 1 Corinthians 12:27a)

c. The only One in the universe

(Ephesians 4:4, Matthew 16:18)

d. In time takes locality as its ground, only one in each locality, to testify the oneness of the body

(Acts 8:1; 13:1; Revelation 1:4,11)