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Meet Pastor Dave
Dave Peterson and
his wife Cindy founded Grace Christian Fellowship in 1988, in
Carroll, Iowa. Pastor Dave earned a Bachelor's Degree in... |
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Our Purpose
Grace Christian
Fellowship, a family church, is committed to meeting the needs
of people: spirit, soul, and body.
Our purpose is
two-fold:
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First, to
provide an atmosphere of love and acceptance that is a result of
the love of God in the life of a believer. God shows us in His
word that if we have received His life through Christ Jesus,
then we are members of His family. We want to uphold a strong
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Second, Jesus has
commissioned this church to "make disciples of all nations." To
make a disciple is more than just getting that person "saved,"
or converted to Christianity. to make disciples, we are to bring
Christians into the full knowledge of Christ (Ephesians 4:1-36)
through biblical teaching. |
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Tenets of Faith |
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The Scriptures |
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Baptism in the Holy
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The Bible is the
inspired Word of God, the product of holy men of old who spoke
and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. The New
Covenant, as recorded in the New Testament, we accept as our
infallible guide in matters pertaining to conduct and doctrine
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The Baptism in the
Holy Spirit and fire is a gift from God as promised by the Lord
Jesus Christ to all believers in this dispensation, and is
received subsequently to the New Birth. This experience is
accompanied by the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues
as the Holy Spirit Himself gives utterance (Matt. 3:11; John
14:16-17; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:38-39; Acts 19:1-7; Acts 2:4). |
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The Godhead |
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Sanctification |
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Our God is one, but
manifested in three persons - the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit, being co-equal (Phil. 2:6). God the Father is greater
than all: the Sender of the Word (Logos) and the Begetter. (John
14:28; 16:28; John 1:4). The Son is the Word flesh-covered, the
One Begotten, and has existed with the Father from the beginning
(John 1:1; 1:8; 1:4). The Holy Spirit proceeds forth both the
Father and the Son and is eternal (John 15:26). |
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The Bible teaches
that without holiness, no man can see the Lord. We believe in
the Doctrine of Sanctification as a definite, yet progressive
work of grace, commencing at the time of regeneration and
continuing until the consummation of salvation at Christ's
return (Heb. 12:14; 1 Thess. 5:23; 2 Peter 2:18; 2 Cor. 3:18;
Phil. 3:12-14; 1 Cor. 1:30). |
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Man, His Fall and
Redemption |
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Resurrection of the
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Man is a created
being made in the likeness and image of God, but through Adam's
transgression and fall, sin came into the world. "All have
sinned, and come short of the glory of God. As it is written,
there is none righteous, no one." Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
was manifested to undo the work of the devil, and gave His life,
and shed His blood to redeem and restore man back to God (Rom.
5:14; Rom. 3:10; 3:23; John 3:8). Salvation is the gift of God
to man, separate from works and the law, and is made operative
by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, producing works
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The angels said to
Jesus' disciples, "this same Jesus...shall so come in like
manner as ye have seen him go into heaven." His coming is
imminent. When He comes, "the dead in Christ shall rise first;
then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air." (Acts
1:11; 1 Thess. 4:16-17). Following the Tribulation, He shall
return to earth as King of kings, and Lord of lords, and
together with His saints, who shall be kings and priests, He
shall reign a thousand years (Rev. 20:6). |
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Eternal Life and
the New Birth |
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Divine Healing |
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Man's first step
toward salvation is godly sorrow that worketh repentance. The
New Birth is necessary to all men, and when experienced produces
eternal life (2 Cor. 7:10; 1 John 5:12; John 3:3-5). |
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Healing is for the
physical ills of the human body and is wrought by the power of
God through the prayer of faith, and by the laying on of hands.
It is provided for in the atonement of Christ and is the
privilege of every member of the Church today (Mark 16:18; James
5:14-15; 1 Peter 2:24; Matt. 8:176; Isa. 53:4-5). |
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Water Baptism |
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Hell and Eternal
Retribution |
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Baptism in water by
immersion is a direct commandment of our Lord and is for
believers only. The ordinance is a symbol of the Christian's
identification with Christ in His death, burial, and
resurrection (Matt. 28:19; Rom. 6:4; Col 2:12; Acts 8:36-39). |
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The one who
physically dies in his sins without accepting Christ is
hopelessly and eternally lost in the Lake of Fire and,
therefore, has no further opportunity of hearing the Gospel or
repenting. The Lake of Fire is literal. The terms "eternal" and
"everlasting," used in describing the duration of the punishment
of the damned in the Lake of Fire, carry the same thought and
meaning of endless existence as used in describing the duration
of joy and ecstasy of saints in the presence of God (Heb. 9:27;
Rev. 19:20). |
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