1, THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
We believe that the entire Bible both Old and New Testaments is inspired directly by God Who guided and instructed the writers of scripture to translate and convey His word. The Bible is God's instruction book for all mankind and is the ultimate source of instruction, correction and guidance. It is the only text used by Fathers House Church.
2, THE GODHEAD
We believe that the Bible reveals God to be a Spirit Who exists eternally as three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He is the Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe as well as it's ultimate Ruler and Judge. God is infinite, eternal, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, immutable, all-loving, all-forgiving and absolutely holy. He is totally beyond our comprehension. God is also the Father and Judge of all mankind Who loves all humans unconditionally and longs for a close and intimate relationship with each one of us. He is forever worthy of the worship and adoration of the entire creation.
3, GOD THE FATHER
We believe that God the Father is the absolute Sovereign and Ruler of the entire universe Who created all things as stated in the Bible. He is supremely loving, slow to anger and is all- forgiving whose favour extends to all mankind. In his infinite Love for us, He sent His only Son Jesus Christ so that through Him we might be guided back into eternal fellowship with Him.
4, GOD THE SON
We believe that God the eternal Son is the second person of the Trinity and that He is coequal, consubstantial and coeternal with the Father. It was through the Son that the Father created all things and everything will reach its ultimate fulfilment in Him. Forever truly God, He also became a human-being through the incarnation and was known as Jesus Christ. As Jesus Christ He truly became a man and in total obedience to the Father He lived his life as one of us and lived a perfect, righteous and supremely holy life while loving, guiding, healing and teaching all those around Him. We believe that Jesus Christ willingly emptied Himself of His power and laid His life down for us, dying on the cross and taking all our sins and punishment upon Himself. He died and was buried and on the third day He rose gloriously from the dead having successfully purchased the eternal salvation of the entire human race. He then ascended into heaven where He now ministers at the right hand of the Father as our glorified all powerful mediator and High Priest Who longs for us to come into a forever friendship with Him. He will finally return at the end of this age as King of Kings and Lord of lords to set up His Kingdom over all nations of the world.
5, GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that God the Holy Spirit is a person Who is our ultimate Teacher, Instructor and Guide. He proceeds from the Father and the Son and is the third person of the Godhead. He is coequal and consubstantial with the Father and the Son. We believe that the entire Bible was written by men and women who were directly moved and inspired by the Holy Spirit and that He distributes spiritual gifts to the church as He wills including speaking in tongues and prophecy. The Holy Spirit is the author of grace and we believe that this present church-age was instigated by him.
6, MAN
We believe that God created all human beings through Christ in His own image and that originally Man was created perfect, holy, pure and powerful. God originally placed him in the Garden of Eden where he could truly fulfil his divine destiny on this earth. However the supernatural enemy of mankind was mysteriously allowed to tempt him resulting in man's ultimate fall from grace. Since then man has been cut off from God's glorious presence, but we believe through Christ's ultimate sacrifice and death on the cross and then through His resurrection and glorification, man can now come back into eternal fellowship with God especially through the institution and fellowship of the church.
7, THE CHURCH
We believe that the universal church is the mystical body of all Christians called together in Jesus Christ through the sanctification and grace of the Holy Spirit. We believe that for the last 2,000 years mankind has been living in the age of the Holy Spirit and that the Church is the grouping together of "called out" and sanctified believers. Fathers House Church we believe has been directly inspired by the ministry and grace of the Holy Spirit Who right now is calling renewing and rebuilding an entire new generation of believers and placing them into a new thriving and dynamic community of grace, an environment where this new generation can be taught, instructed and trained to serve and function as God' new ambassadors for His Kingdom at this crucial and pivotal time of earth's history.
8, BAPTISM
We believe as a sign of our eternal forever friendship with Christ and our fellowship with the church at Fathers House that all believers be baptised, as the Lord Himself was, by total immersion in water. This signifies commitment and of course a public declaration of our faith in Christ and we believe that the Holy Spirit uses this symbol of water-baptism to unify and gather us all into one universal and Christ-centered community of believers.
9, SPIRITUAL GIFTS
We believe at Fathers House Church in the importance of spiritual gifts. That the Spirit distributes gifts as He wills. As a church we are all individual members and we believe that God has given each one of us a unique role in His church. In the Bible are mentioned various gifts such as wisdom, knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, miraculous powers, prophecy, distinguishing between spirits, speaking in tongues and the interpretation of tongues. At Fathers House we welcome the gifts of the spirit and we treasure all our future members. We believe strongly in revival and that the world is heading for a new and exciting age in the Holy Spirit.
10, MORAL RESPONSIBILITY
We believe at Fathers House in the moral responsibility of the individual. In the church as a body of believers we all have the duty to counsel and look out for one another. But this special duty of conduct is not just confined to Fathers House Church. Believing as we do that God is calling an entire new generation of human beings we believe that Fathers House is destined to become a light-house of faith and hope for our troubled world. This includes us as individual believers showing love, respect and compassion to everyone we come across in our daily lives. As individuals we all hold different jobs and professions and we may come from a variety of different backgrounds but in our own circles God calls us to radiate His Love to all those around us of all colours and creeds, backgrounds and religions. We all have this calling to help our fellow man and show him that God does exist and that He loves each and everyone of us. Also as God's chosen believers we are being called to become kings and priests under Christ in the World Tomorrow, so at Fathers House we are kind of the embryo of the Kingdom of God.
11, THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
We believe in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and that His coming will be visible, sudden and in power and great glory, witnessed by the entire world simultaneously. He will come at His Second Advent as the all-powerful King of Kings and lord of Lords and with Him will come all the angels of heaven in a tremendous display of indescribable light and sound. Christ will then receive all the resurrected and glorified saints from their graves who will rise to meet Him in the air. He will then rule with the saints on the earth for a thousand years establishing the Kingdom of God over all nations.
12, THE MILLENNIUM
We believe that Christ with all His saints will establish the Kingdom of God upon the earth for His one thousand-year reign commonly known as the millennium. It is during this millennial reign under Christ and His saints that the whole earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of God just as the waters cover the sea. The world shall enjoy the greatest level of freedom, happiness, joy, peace, health and progress since the Garden of Eden, with all inhabitants of mankind discovering the total happiness and satisfaction of loving and serving God and enjoying face to face communion with the glorified Christ and all His saints. The enemy of humanity shall be cast into the bottomless pit for a thousand years, no longer able to use his powers to deceive and mislead human beings. All nations and peoples of the earth will then finally learn God's way, resulting in total peace and tranquility.
13, THE NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH
We believe at the close of the millennium that all un-resurrected members of the human race will be restored back to life and given a new chance to respond to God's wonderful plan of salvation. The enemy will then be released from his prison to deceive the nations once more. However Christ will then cast him into the lake of fire for eternity resulting in the enemy's final ultimate defeat. After this the entire universe as we know it will be consumed by fire and then re-created by God as the "new heaven and new earth." Finally God the Father will then descend to the new earth in His heavenly city, the new Jerusalem where he will make all things new. He shall then wipe away all tears from our eyes and the former things shall have passed away. The redeemed throngs of humanity shall spend all eternity in His presence while the Godhead reside upon the new earth. This new earth will then become the headquarters of the entire universe where God shall finally become "all in all." The salvation of humanity shall finally be completed and the Godhead shall reign forever and ever. Amen.