statement of faith of

pentecostal churches of uganda

 

 

The Holy Scriptures

We believe that the Holy Bible is the Word of God, being inspired and given to us by the Holy Spirit and therefore is infallible and without contradiction.

 

God

We believe in one God who exist in the Holy Trinity with the Son and Holy Spirit., the Creator of heaven and earth, both visible and invisible things. We believe in his infinite and divine nature, God absolute holy and righteous, who is love and cares for man and all His creation.

 

Jesus Christ

We believe that Jesus of Nazareth is Messiah, the Son of God, being sent from the Father into the world to save mankind. We believe him to be the second person in the Trinity and ever existing from eternity in the form and likeness of God. We believe in His incarnation as the means for Christ to enter into the world, being born as a true human being. We believe in Christ’s sinless character, His divine miracles and life-giving words as being authentic and true proofs of His divine mission to redeem the world. We believe, therefore, that Christ Jesus is fully God and man, the only Saviour of lost man.

 

The Holy Spirit

We believe in the Holy Spirit as a divine Person in the Trinity and that he therefore is Eternal, Divine and Almighty God the Spirit. We believe He was active in the creation of the world and present throughout the Old Testament times. In a special way he was present with power in the life and ministry of Christ.

We believe that the Holy Spirit came to dwell on earth on the day of Pentecost and is still with the church of Christ until the day of redemption.

 

Man

We believe that man was created in the image of God and placed in the Garden of Eden as God’s vice regent on earth. We believe that man fell into sin by disobeying the command of God and thus became a sinner, utterly depraved of any possibility to obtain eternal life by means invented by him. We believe therefore that every human being on earth is in need of salvation from God.

 

The Atonement

We believe in the vicarious death of Christ on the cross of Calvary. His death atoned for man’s sin and brought reconciliation between God and man. We believe that his blood is the only and all sufficient means by which man can be saved through faith and have eternal life. We believe that Christ conquered the devil on the cross and rendered his powerless who had the power of death. Christ gave this victory to his church.

 

Salvation

We believe that any sinner can be saved through repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and his vicarious death. We believe that it is the right of every human being to partake of salvation, make available through the preaching of the Gospel. This salvation is to be experienced here and in our lifetime.

 

The water baptism

We believe that whosoever has believed and been born again shall be baptised in water by the way of immersion. This is in accordance with the teachings of the New Testament. We believe that infants are included in the redemptive work of Christ and therefore do not need water baptism in order to be purified from sins.

Sacraments

We believe that the New Testament only acknowledges two sacraments, that of water baptism and the Holy Communion. We believe that water baptism is experienced only once while the holy Communion is repeated often in remembrance of the Lord Jesus Christ in His death and resurrection.

 

The baptism in the Spirit

We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire. This baptism gives power from on high in the lives of the saints. We believe that this gift is offered by grace of God through faith and received by the way of earnest prayer. It is a promise of the Lord to all the saints. We believe in the gifts of the Spirit mentioned in the New Testament and that these gifts are operating today for the edification of the believers and the progress of the Gospel in the world.

 

The church

We believe in the living universal and local church of Christ on earth. That it consists of born again believers who through baptism are know as the visible and local church in every place. We believe in the biblical and divine order of the church, that she shall be governed by the pastor and the elders with practical assistance from the deacons and deaconesses chosen by the Christians of each particular local church. We believe that the church shall be self-governed, self-supported and self-propagating in the world. We believe that the greatest responsibility of the church is to preach the Gospel everywhere and win souls to Christ in every generation.

 

The second coming of Christ

We believe in the Second Coming of Christ being preceded by the resurrection and rapture of the saints from earth. We believe in the Judgement Seat of Christ where believers will receive their rightful reward or experience a loss of it in accordance to what has been done in the body. We believe in the Marriage feast of the Lamb and Christ’s glorious return to this earth together with all his saints.

 

The Millennium

We believe in a literal Millennium when Christ will sit on his glorious throne as king and rule over the earth.

We believe in the transformation of this world through the intervention and presence of Christ and in salvation of the Jewish nation when they will believe in Christ at His coming. We believe in the transformation and redemption of nature together with the salvation of nations during the Millennium in accordance with the prophecies of the Bible.

 

Judgement and eternity

We believe in the final judgement of God when all the unrighteous men and women will be resurrected and stand before the Great White Throne to receive their judgement according to their deeds. We believe that their fate will be in the eternal fire as recorded in the Bible, separated from God for eternity, together with the devil and all his angels.  We believe that both the sky and the earth will be consumed in fire, after which comes the eternal state when God shall be all in all. We believe there shall be new heavens and new earth were righteousness will dwell and sin be banished forever.