As a Classic Pentecostal, there are some things that we can not back down on. The cardinal doctrine of all Pentecostals have been put in bold.
The Scriptures
The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.
Godhead
The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent “I AM,” the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The Scriptures declare His virgin birth, sinless life, life of miracles, substitutionary work, bodily resurrection, and exaltation to Heaven. We hold that Jesus was fully God and fully man.
Fall of Mankind
Man was created good and upright; for God said, “Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness.” However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.
Salvation
Man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God.Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God, according to the hope of eternal life.
Baptism in Water
The ordinance of baptism by immersion is commanded by the Scriptures. All who repent and believe on Christ as Saviour and Lord are to be baptized. Thus they declare to the world that they have died with Christ and that they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life.
Baptism in the Holy Spirit
All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it comes the enduement of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry.
Initial Evidence of the Baptism in Spirit
The baptism of believers in the Holy Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance. The speaking in tongues in this instance is the same in essence as the gift of tongues, but is different in purpose and use.
Sanctification
Sanctification is part of salvation. When a person is born again, they are justified by the blood, they are glorified by the blood and they are sanctified by the same blood. We hold any attempt to be more sanctified is mere dead religious attempts and a misunderstanding of salvation.
Purpose of the Church
The Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of her great commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn, which are written in heaven.
Leadership of ministries
A divinely ordained leadership ministry serves the community he lives in. A leader in ministry has a direct duty to serve the community and build the regional gathering of believers. The focus is on building up believers in faith, grace and compassion no matter where they worship.
Divine Healing
Divine Healing is an integral part of the Gospel. It is the birthright of the redeemed believer in Christ. The same blood that saves you heals you. It is part of the atonement that Christ paid for on the cross at Calvary.
The rapture of the Saints
The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the church. This will happen before the “Great Tribulation.”
Millennial Reign of Christ
The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of the saints, which is our blessed hope, followed by the visible return of Christ with His saints to reign on earth for one thousand years.
The Final Judgment
There will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, will be consigned to the everlasting punishment in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
New Heavens and the New Earth
We believe and look forward to the perfect New Heavens and New Earth that Christ is preparing for all people, of all time, who have accepted Him. We will live and dwell with Him there forever following His millennial reign on Earth. “And so shall we forever be with the Lord!”