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Statement of Belief

STATEMENT OF BELIEF

"New Covenant Gospel Music & Ministry"

The music & ministry of Donald B. Sanders

A ministry where old traditions do not bind us; where all people are equal, and cultures blend;

where we testify of God's redemptive power and of His grace in our lives;

where Christ is freely praised and God receives all the glory.

God is alive! God cares! God loves you! God still heals! God still performs miracles.



We believe that "The Book of Acts" is still God's plan for HIS church today, until Jesus comes again.
We know this to be true, because we have witnessed the 5-fold minisrty in action many times; and
we believe that healings and miracles shoould be a part of every believer's life-experience. Mark 16:15-20.

We believe that:

1. The Bible is God's word: Inspired, infallible, reliable. It's alive and it works! 2 Tim 3:15, Heb 4:12

2. There is one True God, eternally co-existent as Father, Son, & Holy Spirit. Mat 3:16-17; Mat 28:19

3. Jesus Christ came to earth, was born of a virgin, and lived on earth as true God (Immanuel='God with us') and true man. Jhn 1:1; Jhn 1:14; Jhn 20:26-29

4. Man's sin has separated him from a perfect, holy, and just God. Rom3:23; Isa 59:1-2

5. Jesus Christ shed His blood at Calvary, and gave His life as a sacrifice for man's sin; He died and was buried; He rose bodily from the tomb on the third day; He ascended into Heaven, and is now reigning at the right hand of His Heavenly Father, interceding for believers. Rom 3:23-26; Mat 28:5-7; Act 2:23; Act 2:33; Luk 24: 50-51

6. Salvation unto eternal life is a FREE GIFT, given BY THE GRACE OF GOD to those who receive it by genuine, repentant faith in Jesus Christ as the Savior and Lord of their lives. Not earned by works. Jesus promised the gift of the 'Holy Spirit Comforter' to all believers at time of conversion. Jhn 3:16; Act 3:19; Eph 2:8-10; Rom 10:9-10

7. The Church of Jesus Christ, both local and universal, is composed of those who have been genuinely "born-again" by the Spirit of God, and is Christ's body and His representative on earth. Jhn 3:3-8; Mat 16:18-19; Act 2:40-47; 1 Cor 1:2; Eph 1:22-23

8. The ordinances of the church are to be observed by believers today: water baptism, which is an outward expression of the believer's death to sin and resurrection to new life in Christ; and the Lord's Supper (Communion), celebrated by eating of the bread and drinking of the cup in remembrance of Christ's sacrifice. Mat 28:19; Rom 6:1-4; 1 Cor 11:23-30

9. The five offices of the New Testament church (and still functional in the present dispensation) are: apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, and teacher, and are for the training and up-building of fellow believers for the work of the ministry. Eph 4:11-16

10. The baptism in the Holy Spirit, with power and signs, according to Acts 2:4 is given for the empowerment of believers to those 'who ask for it in faith', and is to result in the daily infilling of one's life with the Holy Spirit of God. We believe that this Baptism is a separate experience from salvation. Luk 11:13; Act 1:8; Gal 3:2; Eph 3:19; Eph 5:18-21

11. The gifts of the Holy Spirit and His supernatural ministry are still available to the church today. 1 Cor 12:4-11; 1 Cor 13:8-12; Jhn 14:12

12. Jesus will return bodily for those who have put their faith in Him. Act 1:9-11

13. There is a resurrection for all men, both the saved and the lost; one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting damnation. Mat 25:31-46; Rev 20:11-15

 



We are: Inter-denominational/ Evangelical/ Charismatic / Renewal-minded;

but we are also sensitive to the leadership of the churches where we minister.


God bless you all.



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