I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost,
the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
Also we acknowledge five offices of apostles, prophets,
evangelists, pastors and teachers, as is written in Ephesians 4:11,
"It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some
to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers.(NIV)"
We believe in the 9 spiritual gifts (including speaking in tongues,
healing, and prophecy) of 1 Corinthians 12, and we practice them.
We believe that church is the Body of Christ, and when we become a child
of God by believing Jesus, we become also a part of the Universal Chruch
to which all the true Christians belong; and a part of the body of each
individual churches.
As for the Holy Communion, in this service we treat the bread and wine
not as a symbol but as Blood and Body of Christ.
We do not celebrate Christmas in our church because there is no records
of celebrating the nativity in the Bible; and because it (December 25th)
is not historically the actual date of Jesus' birth. Also because it
is a succession of a pagan festival of "the Unconquerable Sun (Sol
Invictus)." However, since it has a traditional significance in
the present days, we use this occasion for the purpose of evagelical
meetings.