Beliefs

Last Updated on June 24, 2025 by Rocklyn Clarke

Contents

1 Doing The Bible
2 Doctrinal Statement
3 Women in Ministry
4 Footnotes

At Life Church, we believe and teach the following:

Doing The Bible

At Life Church we are committed to “Doing The Bible“!

We are intentional about hearing (Revelation 1:3; 13:9), reading (2Timothy 3:15-17), studying (Acts 17:11), memorizing (Psalm 119:11), and meditating (Joshua 1:8) on God’s Word (2Peter 1:20-21) – known as the Bible. We don’t stop there however! At Life Church we take seriously Jesus’ teaching about the importance of putting his words into practice (Matthew 7:21-27). God’s Word gives us life, is reliable, instructs, and is to be obeyed.

Doctrinal Statement

The teachings of this ministry follow the fundamental truths of Christian orthodoxy outlined in the following statements:

Inspiration of the Bible

We believe that the Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are God-breathed: that by the supernatural influence of the Holy Spirit, the biblical writers wrote the divine, trustworthy, and authoritative Word of God, the only rule of faith and practice¹.

The Trinity

We believe in the one true God who has revealed Himself as eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; distinguishable yet indivisible².

The Incarnation

We believe in the Incarnation: the deity of Jesus of Nazareth – that He is Lord, the Son of the living God, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and is truly God and truly man³.

The Human Condition

We believe that mankind was originally created by God in His image, fell into sin through disobedience, marred God’s image, plunged all of creation into depravity, and made it impossible for men and women to save themselves⁴.

The Atonement

We believe in the Substitutionary Atonement: that Jesus, the Christ died on the Cross for our sins, obtained eternal redemption for us, was buried, and was raised bodily from the dead on the third day, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy, and appeared to His disciples⁵.

Jesus’ Exaltation and Return

We believe that Jesus of Nazareth ascended bodily into heaven, was exalted to the right hand of the Father, and that He will literally and physically return the second time for the Church⁶.

Salvation

We believe that the personal salvation of the repentant sinner, by grace through faith in the finished work of Christ on the Cross, produces the “Abundant Life”⁷.

Baptism

We believe in water baptism by immersion, as an obedient response of the believer to be the command of the Lord⁸.

We believe in the baptism with the Holy Spirit, the promise of the Father for empowering believers to witness about Christ⁹.

We believe that speaking in other tongues is an initial manifestation of the Baptism with the Holy Spirit that every believer has a right to expect, and that the charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit are to operate in the local church until Jesus returns¹⁰.

Church

We believe in the local church as the primary instrument of God in the earth to disciple men, and to establish the kingdom of God through prayer, fellowship, and the ministry of the Word¹¹.

Jesus’ Return

We believe that on the “Last Day”: Jesus will return in the “Second Coming,” there will be a resurrection of the dead including the righteous and the wicked, and after judgment the righteous will be rewarded, but the wicked will be punished¹².

(This statement of doctrine was developed by Bishop G. A. Thompson for Jubilee Christian Church and is used with his permission).

Women in Ministry

(under construction)

At Life Church our policy is to fully include women in ministry and in ministry leadership. Here are some resources that help to explain why:

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