Restoration Christian Assembly

Statement of Faith

We believe that the Holy Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative Word of God. 11 Timothy 3:16 We believe in the full inspiration of the Word of God. We believe in One God in three manifestations, The Father, The Word, and The Holy Ghost. 1 John 5:7 We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Second person in the Godhead of the Trinity or Triune Godhead. We believe that Jesus was and is eternal in his person and nature as the Son of God who was with God in the beginning of creation (St. John 1:1). We believe that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin called Mary according to the scripture (St. Matthew 1:18), thus giving the rise to our fundamental-belief in the Virgin Birth. We believe in Regeneration by the Holy Ghost to be absolutely essential for personal salvation. We believe Salvation deals with the application of the work of redemption to the sinner with his restoration to divine favor and communion with God. This redemptive operation of the Holy Ghost upon sinners is brought about by repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ which brings about conversion, faith, justification, regeneration, sanctification, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Titus 3:5 We believe that the Baptism of the Holy Ghost is an experience subsequent to conversion and sanctification and that tongue-speaking is the consequence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the manifestations of the fruit of the spirit (Gal. 5:22-23). We believe that we are not baptized with the Holy Ghost in order to be saved. but that we are baptized with the Holy Ghost because we are saved (Acts 19:1-6; John 3:5). We believe Repentance is the work of God which results in a change of mind in respect of man's relationship to God. We believe that water Baptism is necessary as instructed by Christ in St. John 3:6 "UNLESS MAN BE BORN AGAIN OF WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT...." However, we do not believe that water Baptism alone is a means of salvation, but as an outward demonstration that one has already had a conversion experience and has accepted Christ as His personal Savior. We believe in the second coming of Christ; that he shall come from heaven to earth, Personally, Bodily, Visibly (Acts 1:11: Titus 2:13; Matt. 16:27: 24:30: 25:30 Luke 21:27; John 1:14. 17: Titus 2:11). and that the Church, the bride, will be caught up to meet him in the air (I Thess. 4:16-17). We admonish all who have this hope to purify themselves as He is pure. ?And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.? 1 John 3:3