GOD
We affirm and celebrate that the Almighty God has wonderfully revealed Himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God is the Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer of all things and within the Godhead there is perfect unity.
FATHER
God the Father is the Maker of all things, whose nature is holy love. God revealed Himself to the people of Israel calling them to Himself.
SON
Jesus is the Son of God, the Word of the Father, He is God who became a man, born of a virgin into this world. He was crucified for the sins of the world and on the third day rose from the dead. After 40 days he ascended to the Father where He intercedes for us. Christ will come again to establish the Kingdom of God in all its fullness.
HOLY SPIRIT
The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, and is of one substance, majesty, and glory with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God. God desires that after we repent, believe in and receive Christ Jesus as Savior and Lord, that our bodies become temples of the Holy Spirit.
HUMANITY & SIN
We are all created in the image of God, male and female. However, the image of God in us has been shattered because of our turning away from God. Sin is missing the mark, a failing to live in God’s light. We believe humanity is fallen from righteousness and, apart from the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, is destitute of holiness and inclined to evil. Without the new birth, we cannot see the Kingdom of God. In our own strength, without divine grace, humanity cannot do good works pleasing and acceptable to God. We believe, however, that humans influenced and empowered by the Holy Spirit are responsible in freedom to exercise our wills for good.
SALVATION
Salvation is the rescue that God initiates and works in us as we believe in Jesus Christ as Savior. Salvation is the greatest need of every person and is available in Christ Jesus, based solely on His merit, for all who call upon him to be saved.
SANCTIFICATION
God is holy and calls His people to be a holy people. Holiness is fully seen in Jesus Christ. Holiness is Christ-likeness. As we walk with Christ by faith, commune with Him in prayer and service, learning to obey everything He has commanded us through the power of the Holy Spirit we are more and more conformed to His holy image.
HOLY SCRIPTURE
The canonical books (66) of the Old and New Testaments are the primary rule and authority for faith, morals, and service, against which all other authorities must be measured.
THE CHURCH
The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments duly administered according to Christ’s ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
SACRAMENTS
Sacraments ordained of Christ are not only badges or tokens of Christian men’s profession, but rather they are certain signs of grace, and God’s good will toward us, by which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm, our faith in him.
There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel; that is to say, Baptism and the Supper of the Lord.
Baptism
Baptism is not only a sign of profession and mark of difference whereby Christians are distinguished from others that are not baptized; but it is also a sign of regeneration or the new birth. The Baptism of young children is to be retained in the Church.
The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another, but rather is a sacrament of our redemption by Christ’s death; insomuch that, to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the same, the bread which we break is a partaking of the body of Christ; and likewise the cup of blessing is a partaking of the blood of Christ.
*Some of the statements above are direct quotes from the 25 Articles of Religion of the Global Methodist Church.
HISTORIC CREEDS OF THE CHURCH
We boldly affirm and celebrate both the Apostle’s Creed and the Nicene Creed.
1. The Apostles Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; He descended to the dead. On the third day He rose again; He ascended into heaven,
Is seated at the right hand of the Father, and will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic* church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.
* universal
2. The Nicene Creed (381 A.D)
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through Him all things were made. For us and for our salvation He came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human.
For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered death and was buried. On the third day He rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy catholic* and apostolic church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
* universal
Greg West is an ordained Elder in the Global Methodist Church. You can find the full statement of faith in the Doctrines and Discipline of the Global Methodist Church here:
https://globalmethodist.org/what-we-believe/
We affirm and celebrate that the Almighty God has wonderfully revealed Himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God is the Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer of all things and within the Godhead there is perfect unity.
- Matthew 3:16-17- "As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, 'This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.'"
FATHER
God the Father is the Maker of all things, whose nature is holy love. God revealed Himself to the people of Israel calling them to Himself.
- Genesis 1:1- "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
- Matthew 6:9- “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name . . .’”
SON
Jesus is the Son of God, the Word of the Father, He is God who became a man, born of a virgin into this world. He was crucified for the sins of the world and on the third day rose from the dead. After 40 days he ascended to the Father where He intercedes for us. Christ will come again to establish the Kingdom of God in all its fullness.
- John 1:1-3 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made."
HOLY SPIRIT
The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, and is of one substance, majesty, and glory with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God. God desires that after we repent, believe in and receive Christ Jesus as Savior and Lord, that our bodies become temples of the Holy Spirit.
- John 16:12-14“I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.
HUMANITY & SIN
We are all created in the image of God, male and female. However, the image of God in us has been shattered because of our turning away from God. Sin is missing the mark, a failing to live in God’s light. We believe humanity is fallen from righteousness and, apart from the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, is destitute of holiness and inclined to evil. Without the new birth, we cannot see the Kingdom of God. In our own strength, without divine grace, humanity cannot do good works pleasing and acceptable to God. We believe, however, that humans influenced and empowered by the Holy Spirit are responsible in freedom to exercise our wills for good.
- Genesis 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
- John 8:34 "Jesus replied, 'Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.'"
- Romans 5:12 "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—"
SALVATION
Salvation is the rescue that God initiates and works in us as we believe in Jesus Christ as Savior. Salvation is the greatest need of every person and is available in Christ Jesus, based solely on His merit, for all who call upon him to be saved.
- John 3:16-17 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."
- Ephesians 2:8-10 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
SANCTIFICATION
God is holy and calls His people to be a holy people. Holiness is fully seen in Jesus Christ. Holiness is Christ-likeness. As we walk with Christ by faith, commune with Him in prayer and service, learning to obey everything He has commanded us through the power of the Holy Spirit we are more and more conformed to His holy image.
- John 17:17 "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth."
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 "May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it."
HOLY SCRIPTURE
The canonical books (66) of the Old and New Testaments are the primary rule and authority for faith, morals, and service, against which all other authorities must be measured.
- 2 Timothy 3:16-17 "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."
THE CHURCH
The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments duly administered according to Christ’s ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
- Matthew 16:16-18 "Simon Peter answered, 'You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.' Jesus replied, 'Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.'"
- Ephesians 3:10-11 "His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord."
SACRAMENTS
Sacraments ordained of Christ are not only badges or tokens of Christian men’s profession, but rather they are certain signs of grace, and God’s good will toward us, by which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm, our faith in him.
There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel; that is to say, Baptism and the Supper of the Lord.
Baptism
Baptism is not only a sign of profession and mark of difference whereby Christians are distinguished from others that are not baptized; but it is also a sign of regeneration or the new birth. The Baptism of young children is to be retained in the Church.
- Matthew 28:18-20 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another, but rather is a sacrament of our redemption by Christ’s death; insomuch that, to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the same, the bread which we break is a partaking of the body of Christ; and likewise the cup of blessing is a partaking of the blood of Christ.
- Matthew 26:26-28 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
*Some of the statements above are direct quotes from the 25 Articles of Religion of the Global Methodist Church.
HISTORIC CREEDS OF THE CHURCH
We boldly affirm and celebrate both the Apostle’s Creed and the Nicene Creed.
1. The Apostles Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; He descended to the dead. On the third day He rose again; He ascended into heaven,
Is seated at the right hand of the Father, and will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic* church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.
* universal
2. The Nicene Creed (381 A.D)
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through Him all things were made. For us and for our salvation He came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human.
For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered death and was buried. On the third day He rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy catholic* and apostolic church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
* universal
Greg West is an ordained Elder in the Global Methodist Church. You can find the full statement of faith in the Doctrines and Discipline of the Global Methodist Church here:
https://globalmethodist.org/what-we-believe/