God created all things very good. That God created mankind in his own image, male and female, for relationship with himself and to govern the earth.
In order to bring redemption, God established covenants which revealed his grace to sinful people. In the covenant with Abraham, God bound himself to his people Israel, promising to deliver them from bondage to sin and Satan and to bless all the nations through them.
Conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, as fully God and fully man in one person, He is humanity as God intended us to be. After dying for the sins of the world, Jesus was raised from the dead on the third day, fulfilling the covenant of blessing given to Abraham.
By his death on the cross he also disarmed the demonic powers. The Spirit brings the permanent indwelling presence of God to us for spiritual worship, personal sanctification, building up the Church, gifting us for ministry, and driving back the kingdom of Satan by the evangelisation of the world through proclaiming the word of Jesus and doing the works of Jesus. We believe in the filling or the empowering of the Holy Spirit, often a conscious experience, for ministry today.
We believe in the present ministry of the Spirit and in the exercise of all of the biblical gifts of the Spirit. In the covenant with Abraham, God bound Himself to His people Israel, promising to deliver them from bondage to sin and Satan and to bless all the nations through them. The law's purpose is to order our fallen race and to make us conscious of our moral responsibility. By the work of God's Spirit, it convicts us of our sin and God's righteous judgement against us and brings us to Jesus Christ alone for our salvation.
He is humanity as God intended us to be. Jesus was annointed as God's Messiah, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, inaugurating God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons, and raising the dead. After dying for the sins of the world, Jesus was raised from the dead on the third day, fulfilling the covenant of blessing given to Abraham.
In His sinless, perfect life Jesus met the demands of the law and in His atoning death on the cross He took God's judgement for sin which we deserve as law-breakers. By His death on the cross He also disarmed the demonic powers. The covenant with David was fulfilled in Jesus' birth from David's house, His Messianic ministry, His glorious resurrection from the dead, His ascent into heaven and His present rule at the right hand of the Father.
As God's Son and David's heir, He is the eternal Messiah-King, advancing God's reign throughout every generation and throughout the whole earth today. We believe in the filling or empowering of the Holy Spirit, often a conscious experience, for ministry today. We believe in the present ministry of the Spirit and in the exercise of all the biblical gifts of the Spirit. We practice the laying on of hands for the empowering of the Spirit, for healing, and for recognition and empowering of those whom God has ordained to lead and serve the Church.
We receive the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments as our final and absolute authority, the only infallible rule of faith and practice.
All people therefore are under God's just judgement. Through the preaching of the Good News of Jesus and the Kingdom of God and the work of the Holy Spirit, God regenerates, justifies, adopts, and sanctifies through Jesus by the Spirit all who repent of their sins, and trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
Download [8. Worship is an environment in which we experience God — so we make it a priority in our gatherings. We have always prayed faithfully for the sick — in our church services and in the everyday workplaces and neighborhoods we inhabit. We are committed to the careful study and interpretation of the Bible, and to the faithful preaching of its message. Our churches aim to be outposts of the kingdom of God, bringing hope and help from Jesus to anyone who wants it.
We are committed to being churches who practice emotional health through strong relationships. Most Vineyard churches exist because an individual or team left an existing Vineyard, went to a new location, and started a new congregation.
In John , Jesus modeled deep dependence by doing what he saw the Father doing. We want to do the same. The Vineyard movement must express the historical, biblical, orthodox Christian beliefs that we hold in common with all Christians, and the particular doctrines that are our distinctive voice, in terms that are relevant to 21st century Christians. Partner With The Holy Spirit We are not simply implementing the best church strategies and trying to accomplish what is humanly possible.
Engage In Compassionate Ministry We lean toward the lost, the poor, the outcast, and the outsider with the compassion of Jesus as sinners whose only standing before God is utterly dependent on the mercy of God. Statement of Faith The Bible is our final authority in all matters of faith and practice.
However, since the Bible is a diverse collection of narrative stories, poetry, law, and letters, it is helpful to summarize its teaching in a concise form that can be comprehended by both those deeply rooted in the Church and those who have little exposure to the Bible. This is the historical function of the ancient church creeds in the first years of Christ-centered faith.
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