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English Worship-10:30 a.m.
Spanish Worship-1:00 p.m.
Evening worship-6 p.m.

Wednesday
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Children's & Youth Bible Studies-6:30-8:00 p.m. 


OUR BELIEFS 

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      1. The Scripture Inspired
      2. The One True God
      3. The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ
      4. The Fall of Man
      5. The Salvation of Man
      6. The Ordinances of the Church
      7. The Baptism of the Holy Ghost
      8. Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Ghost
      9. Sanctification
      10. The Church and Its Mission
      11. The Ministry
      12. Divine Healing
      13. The Blessed Hope
      14. The Millennial Reign of Christ
      15. The Final Judgment
      16. The New Heavens and the New Earth
      17. Human Sexuality

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  • The Scripture Inspired

    The scripture, both Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and the revelation of God to man the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21).

    • The One True God

    The one true God has revealed himself as the eternally self-existent "I AM", the Creator of heaven and earth and the redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10-11; Matthew 28:19; and Luke 3:22).

  • The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ

    The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The Scriptures declare:

    1. His Virgin Birth (Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:31 & 35)
    2. His Sinless life (Hebrews 7:26; 1 Peter 2:22)
    3. His Miracles (Acts 2:22; 10:38)
    4. His Substitutionary work on the cross (1 Corinthians 15:3; 2 Corinthians 5:21)
    5. His Bodily resurrection from the dead (Matthew 28:6; Luke 24:39; 1 Corinthians 15:4)
    6. His Exaltation to the right hand of God (Acts 1:9 & 11; 2:33; Philippians2:9-11; and Hebrews 1-3)

  • The Fall of Man

    Man was created good and upright; for God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation form God (Genesis 1:26-27; 2:17; 3:6; and Romans 5:12-19).

  • The Salvation of Man

    Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God

    1. Conditions of Salvation

      Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By washing of regeneration and renewing of the the Holy Ghost, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God according to the hope of eternal life (Luke 24:47; John 3:3; Romans 10:13-15; Ephesians 2:8 and Titus 2:11; 3:5-7).

    2. The Evidences of Salvation

      The inward evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:16). The outward evidence to all man is life of righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:24; Titus 2:12).


    • The Ordinances of the Church

      1. Baptism in Water

        The ordinance of baptism by immersion is commanded in the scriptures. All who repent and believe on Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord are to be baptized. Thus they declare to the world that they have died with Christ and they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 10:47-48; and Romans 6:4).

      2. Holy Communion

        The Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements - bread and the fruit of the vine - is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:4; a memorial of His suffering and death (I Corinthians 11:26); and a prophecy of His second coming; and is enjoined on all believers "till He come".


  • The Baptism of the Holy Ghost

All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Ghost and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian church. With it comes the endowment of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of ministry (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4,8; I Corinthians 12:1-31). This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the new birth (Acts 8:12-17; 10:44-46; and 15:7-9). With the baptism in the Holy Ghost comes such experiences as an overflowing fullness of the Spirit (John 7:37-39; Acts 4:8). a deepened reverence for God (Acts 2:43; Hebrews 12:28), an intensified consecration to God and dedication to His work (Acts 2:24), and more active love for Christ, for His Word and for the lost (Mark 16:20).

  • Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Ghost

    The baptism of the believer in the Holy Ghost is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the spirit of God gives them utterance (Acts2:4). The speaking in tongues in this instance is the same in essence as the gift of tongues (I Corinthians 12:4-10, and 28), but different in purpose and use.

  • Sanctification

Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God (Romans 12:1-2; I Thessalonians 5:23; and Hebrews 13:12). The scriptures teach a life of "holiness without which no man shall see the Lord" (Hebrews 12:14). By the power of the Holy Ghost we are able to obey the command: "Be ye holy for I am holy" (I Peter1:15-16). Sanctification is realized in the believer by recognizing his identification with Christ in His death and resurrection, and by faith reckoning daily upon the fact of that union, and by offering every faculty continually to the dominion of the Holy Spirit (Romans 6:1-11, 13; 8:1,2,13; Galatians 2:20; Philippians 2:12,13 and I Peter 1:5).

  • The Church and Its Mission

The Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for fulfillment of her great commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the General Assembly and Church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven (Ephesians 1:22,23; 2:22; and Hebrews 12:23).

Since God's purpose concerning man is to seek and to save that which is lost, to be worshiped by man, and to build a body of believers in the image of His Son, the priority reason for being of Full Gospel Center as part of the church is:
  1. To be an agency of God for evangelizing the world (Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:19,20; and Mark 16:15 & 16).
  2. To be a corporate body in which man may worship God (I Corinthians 12:13).To be a channel of God's purpose to build a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son (Ephesians 4:11-16; I Corinthians 12:28; and I Corinthians 14:12).

Full Gospel Center exists expressly to give continuing emphasis to this reason for being in the New Testament apostolic pattern by teaching and encouraging believers to be baptized in the Holy Ghost. This Experience:

  1. Enables them to evangelize in the power of the Spirit with accompanying supernatural signs (Mark 16:15-20; Acts 4:29-31 and Hebrews 2:3.4).
  2. Adds a necessary dimension to worshipful relationship with God (I Corinthians 2:10-16; and I Corinthians 12, 13 &14).
  3. Enables them to respond to the full working of the Holy Spirit in expression of the fruit, gifts and ministries as in the New Testament times for edifying of the body of Christ (Galatians 5:22-26; I Corinthians 14:12; Ephesians 4:11, 12; I Corinthians 12:28 and Colossians 1:29).

  • The Ministry

A divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the threefold purpose of leading the church in:

  1. Evangelization of the world (Mark 16:15-20).
  2. Worship of God (John 4:23 & 24).
  3. Building a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son (Ephesians 4:4-11).

  • Divine Healing

Divine Healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers (Isaiah 53:4; Matthew 8:16 & 17; and James 5:14-16).

  • The Blessed Hope

The resurrected of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and Their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the church (I Thessalonians 4:16 & 17; Romans 8:23; Titus 2:13; and I Corinthians 15:51 & 52).

  • The Millennial Reign of Christ

The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of the saints, which is our blessed hope, followed by the visible return of Christ and his saints to reign on earth for one thousand years (Zechariah 15:5; Matthew 24:27 & 30; Revelation 1:7, 19 and 20; Romans 11:26 & 27) and the establishment of universal peace (Isaiah 11:6-9; Psalm 72:3-8; and Micah 4:3 &4).

  • The Final Judgment

There will be final judgment in which the wicked will be raised and judged according to their works. Whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet will be consigned to everlasting punishment in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death (Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:43-48; Revelation 19:20; 20:11-15 and 21:8).

  • The New Heavens and the New Earth

"We according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness"(2 Peter 3:13; and Revelation 21 and 22).

  • Human Sexuality

We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of the marriage between a man and a woman. We believe any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery and pornography are sinful perversions of God's gift of sex (Genesis 2:24, 19:5-7, 13, 26:8-9; Leviticus 18:1-30, 20:13; Romans 1:26-29; I Corinthians5:1, 6:9; I Thessalonians 4:1-8; and Hebrews 13:4). We believe that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24; Romans 7:2; I Corinthians 7:10; and Ephesians 5:22-23).
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