What we believe
This is our Declaration of Faith as members of the Church of God.
We believe:
- in the verbal inspiration of the Bible.
- in one God eternally existing in three persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
- that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary.
- that Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead.
- that Jesus ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.
- that all have sinned and that repentance is commanded of God for all.
- that the new birth is through faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
- in water baptism by immersion in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
- in the baptism of the Holy Spirit, with speaking in tongues as the initial evidence.
- in divine healing and spiritual gifts.
- in the premillennial second coming of Jesus.
- in the bodily resurrection; eternal life for the righteous and eternal punishment for the wicked.
Original source: Church of God Declaration of Faith.