Rivesville Free Methodist Church
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Our Mission
The mission of the Free Methodist Church is to make known to people
everywhere God's call to wholeness through forgiveness and holiness
in Jesus Christ, and to invite into membership and equip for
ministry all who respond in faith.
The Rivesville Free Methodist Church endeavors through God's
strength to fulfill the mission that God has given us.
We are a very loving church that shares God's love in practical
ways to the community.
We glorify God through inspiring and uplifting worship.
We share Christ with all who come and equip all those who choose
to grow in Christ.
The Word of God is our authority and all ministries and functions
are guided by it.
All are welcome for we are a church of love, acceptance and forgiveness.
We provide avenues of ministry in every age level.
Our ministries include:
The Preaching of the uncompromised Word of God.
Pre-engagement and Pre-marital Counseling
Dynamic Adult and Youth Ministries
Senior's Fellowship
Christian Life Club Children's Ministry
Articles of Faith
GOD
I. Holy Trinity
There is but one living and true God, the maker and preserver
of all things. In the unity of the Godhead there are three persons:
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one in
eternity, deity, and purpose; everlasting, of infinite power,
wisdom, and goodness.
II. The Son
God was in himself in Jesus Christ to reconcile man to God.
Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus was
God in human flesh, truly God and truly man. He came to save us.
For us the Son of God suffered, was crucified, dead and buried. He
poured out His life as a blameless sacrifice for our sin and trans-
Jesus Christ is risen victorious from the dead. Thus He ascended
into heaven. There He sits as our exalted Lord at the right hand of God
the Father, where He intercedes for us until all His enemies shall be
brought into complete subjection. He will return to judge all men
Every knee will bow and every tongue confess Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
III. The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. Proceeding
from the Father and the Son, He is one with them, the eternal Godhead;
equal in deity, majesty, and power. He is God effective in Creation,
in life, and in the church. The incarnation and ministry of Jesus Christ
were accomplished by the Holy Spirit. He continues to reveal, interpret,
and glorify the Son.
The Holy Spirit is the administrator of the salvation planned by the
Father and provided by the Son's death, Ressurection and ascension. He
is the effective agent in our conviction, regeneration, sanctification,
and glorification. He is our Lord's ever-present self, indwelling,
assuring, and enabling the believer.
The Holy Spirit is poured out upon the church by the Father and the
Son. He is the church's life and witnessing power. He bestows the
love of God and makes real the lordship of Jesus Christ in the believer
so that both His gifts of words and service may achieve the common
good, and build and increase the church. In relation to the world He
is the Spirit of truth, and His instrument is the Word of God.
THE SCRIPTURES
IV. Authority
The Bible is God's written Word, uniquely inspired by the Holy
Spirit. It bears unerring witness to Jesus Christ, the living Word.
The Scriptures have come to us through human authors who wrote,
as God moved them. God continues, by the illumination of the Holy
Spirit, to speak through this Word to each generation and culture.
The Bible has authority over all human life. It teaches the
truth about God, His creation, His people, His one and only Son
and the destiny of humankind. It also teaches the way of sal-
vation and the life of faith.
MAN
V. A Free Moral Person
God created man in His own image, innocent, morally free and
responsible to choose between good and evil, right and wrong. By
his sin Adam's offspring are corrupted in his very nature so that
from birth he is inclined to sin. He is unable by his own strength
and work to restore himself in right relationship with God and to
merit eternal salvation. God, the Omnipotent, provides all the
resources of the Trinity to make it possible for man to respond
to His grace through faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
By God's grace and help man is enabled to do good works with a
free will.
SALVATION
VI. Christ's Sacrifice
Christ offered once and for all the one perfect sacrifice
for the sins of the whole world. No other satisfacton for sin
is necessary.
VII. The New Life in Christ
A new life and a right relationship with God are made
possible through the redemptive acts of God in Jesus Christ.
God, by His Spirit, acts to impart new life and put us into
right relationship with himself as we repent and our faith
responds to His Grace.
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