1) In God

 i) The Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. That Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross, a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He is now our High Priest and Advocate.

ii) That the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and, during this age, to convict men, regenerate the believing sinner, and indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly living and service.

iii) That man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is, therefore, lost, and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained.

iv) That the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and, thus become children of God.

v) That water baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances to be observed by the Church during the present age. They are, however, not to be regarded as means of salvation.

vi) That the true Church is composed of all such persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united together in the Body of Christ of which He is the Head.

vii) That only those who are, thus, members of the true Church shall be eligible for membership in the local church.

viii) That Jesus Christ is the Lord and Head of the Church and that every local church has the right, under Christ, to decide and govern its own affairs. In the personal premillennial and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and that this "Blessed Hope" has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer. In the bodily resurrection of the dead; of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord; of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment.

ix) That the Bible is an absolute truth that has not changed from the time God inspired men to write down His words until now when I hold it in my hands. God himself has promised to preserve His words forever, not just the general meaning or story, but word for word. (Psalms 12:6-7). The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.       Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

2) That Jesus Christ is truly the Son of God:

The Word made flesh, the only begotten Son of the Father who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. As ministering Servant, He lived, suffered and died on the cross. He was buried, He rose from the dead on the 3rd day and ascended bodily into heaven to be with the Father, from whence he shall return. He is eternal Saviour and Mediator, who intercedes for us, and by Him all men will be judged. Acts 17:3; Col.2:9 Heb. 2:16; Acts 2:22; 4:10 John 1:14 Isaiah 7:14; Matt. 1:23 Acts 1:3; 1 Cor. 15:3-8 Acts 1:9-11; Acts 2:22-24. Heb. 4:14-16; 7:25; 1Tim. 2:5 8. 11 Cor. 5:10; Rev. 20:11-15

3) The Holy Spirit:

The Holy Bible declare that the Holy Spirit proceeds from and is one Being with the Father and the Son. He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment. He leads men, through faithful response to the Gospel, into the fellowship of the Church. He comforts, sustains, empowers and sanctifies the faithful, and guides them into all truth. John 15:26,27; John 14:16,17 Acts 5:3,4 John 16:8-11 4. John 16:7,12,13; John 14:26

4) Depravity and prevenient grace:

The Holy Bible declare that through the transgression of Adam, man is fallen from original righteousness and apart from the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Man in his own strength, without divine grace, cannot do good works pleasing and acceptable to God. The Holy Scriptures further declare that man is a free moral agent and that he is responsible for his eternal destiny, and that, influenced and empowered by the Holy Spirit and due to the prevenient grace of God is enabled to exercise his will for good and to the glory of God. Eph. 1; Rom. 3:10-18,23 John 3:3-7 2. Gen. 6:5; Ps. 51:5; 58:3 Rom. 2:4 5. Acts 17:24-28; Rom. 5:15-21; Phil. 2:13; Titus 2:11; Eph. 2:8,9

5) Provision for salvation:

The Holy Bible declare that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. The offering of Christ freely made on the cross through the shedding of His blood is the perfect and sufficient sacrifice for the sins of the world, both original and actual, so that no other satisfaction is required. John 19:30; Heb. 7:26; 9:26; 10:12

6) Justification, regeneration, adoption:

The Holy Bible declare that we are never accounted righteous before God through our works or merit, but that those who truly repent of their sins are justified or accounted righteous before God only by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Regeneration is the renewal of man in righteousness through Jesus Christ after the image of God by the power of the Holy Spirit, whereby we are made partakers of the divine nature and experience newness of life. This is initial sanctification.

By this new birth the believer becomes a child of God, receives the spirit of adoption, and is made an heir of the Kingdom of Heaven. The Holy Spirit bears witness to this gracious work and immediately assures the regenerate believer that he has passed from death unto life, that his sins are all forgiven and that he is a child of God. Isaiah 64:6; Gal. 2:16 Eph. 2:8,9; Rom. 5:1,2; 4:3-5; Gal. 5:5,6 Titus 3:5; 2 Cor. 5:17; John 1:12 1 Jn.3:1; 2 Cor.6:18 Rom.8:14-16; Gal.4:4-7

7) Sanctification:

The Holy Bible declare that sanctification begins in the new birth and is the work of God's grace through the Word and the Holy Spirit, by which those who have been born again and delivered from the willful practice of sin are enabled to live in accordance with God's will, and to seek earnestly for holiness without which no one will see God.

Entire Sanctification is that second definite, instantaneous work of God, wrought in the heart of the believer, subsequent to regeneration, by which God cleanses the heart from all inherited sin and fills the soul and spirit with the person of the Holy Spirit, thus enabling us to love God with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength and to love our neighbour as ourselves.

This gracious work is conditioned upon total consecration of the whole self to God, total death to all inherited sin and faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on Calvary. There is a clear distinction that must be made between consecration and entire sanctification.

Consecration is that more or less gradual process of devoting oneself wholly to God, consummating in the crucifixion of the old self or death to the Adamic nature, by the help of the Holy Spirit which comes to a completion at a point in time.

Total consecration of necessity precedes and prepares the way for that definite act of faith which brings God's instantaneous sanctifying work to the soul. This gracious work does not deliver us from the infirmities, ignorance and mistakes common to man, nor from the possibility of further sin. A person is freed so that he may experience a continued growth in divine knowledge, spiritual strength and good works to the glory of God.

The Christian must continue to guard against the temptation to spiritual pride and seek to gain victory over this and every temptation to sin. There also follows a life of Christian perfection which consists in a purity such as that of Jesus, resulting in the same mind which was also in Him, and enabling us to walk even as He walked. Acts 15:9; Rom. 8:1-4; 6:6; 1 Thess. 5:23,24 Heb. 12:14 Col. 1:9-14 Matt. 22:37; Gal. 5:22,23; 1 Pet. 1:22; 1 John1:9 Rom. 6:1,2,11-14; 12:1,2 1 John 3:3 Heb. 12:10-15; Phil.2:1-5 Phil. 2:2

8) Security of the believer:

The Holy Bible declare that the believer is secure in Christ as long as he walks in obedience and faith. The Scriptures also declare that it is possible after the experience of regeneration and/or the experience of entire sanctification to depart from grace and fall into sin, and if one remains in this state to be eternally lost.

However, by the grace of God, a man may through repentance and faith rise again from a backslidden state and be restored to righteousness and true holiness. Phil. 1:6; 2:12 Gal. 6:1-2. Heb. 6:1-6; 10:26-31; Matt. 18:15-35; Gal. 5:4

9) Help Ministries and Good works:

The Holy Bible declare that good works are the necessary fruits of faith and follow regeneration but they do not have the virtue to remove our sins or to avert divine judgment.

We believe that good works, pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, spring from a true and living faith, for through and by them faith is made evident even as a tree is discerned by its fruit. Eph. 2:10 Gal. 2:16 John 15:1-8; James 3:10-13; 2:17,18; Phil. 1:10-11; Hebrews 6:10

10) Sacraments:

The Holy Scriptures declare that the sacraments, ordained by Christ, are not only pledges and symbols of the Christian's profession, but they are also signs of God's love and grace toward us, by which He works invisibly in us, quickening, strengthening and confirming our faith in Him.

Two sacraments are ordained by Christ our Lord, namely Water Baptism and the Lord's Supper/Holy Communion. The Lord's Supper is a representation of our redemption, a memorial of the sufferings and death of Christ, and a token of love and union which Christians have with Christ and with one another.

Those who rightly, worthily and in faith eat the broken bread and drink the blessed cup partake of the body and blood of Christ in a spiritual manner until He comes. Luke 22:19-22; 1Cor. 11:23-29

11) Water Baptism:

The Holy Bible declares that water baptism signifies entrance into the household of faith, and is a symbol of repentance and inner cleansing from sin, a representation of the new birth in Christ Jesus and a mark of Christian discipleship, and is to be administered to those who receive Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord. Through water baptism, we identify with death, burial and the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Every adult person is baptised by immersion in water. Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 2:38-41; Romans 6: 3-11, Col 2:12; 2 Cor 5:17; John 1:28, 33; Gal 6:15;

12) Child Dedication:

We dedicate new born babies unto the Lord because our faith informs us that our children belong to God, and are entrusted into our hands for but a season. We therefore do not baptize children under the age of 12 years. Parenting, at its best, is a calling from God through those years to love and protect, to challenge and to gradually release these precious children. Parenting is not for the weak-hearted but the good news is that parents do not fill these shoes alone.

Jesus himself spoke God’s mother-like desire to "gather (her) children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings..." (Matthew 23:37). He also told of God’s patience which is like a father waiting for a prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32). The Lord is there all along the way of a child’s growth, and many are the resources our Maker provides, if only we ask, and seek, and find. Luke 2:22; Eph: 6:4; 1 Samuel 1:24-28; Deut 6:4-7; Psalm 22:9-10; Psalm 139:13-16;

13) Healing:

The Holy Bible declare that God is able to heal and that we ought to pray for the sick. Although healing cannot be demanded of God, it may be sought in accordance with the instructions in James. God heals in three ways:                     

a) Through the natural processes of the human body which may be aided by medical help,

b) Through the instantaneous intervention of God bringing healing to the body, and

c) Through the death and resurrection of the body to glorified state. James 5:13-16

14) The Lord's Day:

 The Holy Bible declare that the Lord's Day is divinely ordained for private and public worship, for rest from unnecessary work, and should be devoted to spiritual improvement, Christian fellowship and service. It is commemorative of our Lord's resurrection and is an emblem of our eternal rest. It is essential to the permanence and growth of the Christian Church, and important to the welfare of the civil community. Matt. 28:1; Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2; Heb. 10:25; Rev. 1:10

15) Public worship:

The Holy Bible declare that divine worship is the duty and privilege of man, who in the presence of God, bows in adoration, humility and dedication. It is essential to the life of the church, and the assembling of the people of God for such worship is necessary to Christian fellowship and spiritual growth.

The Scriptures further reveal that the order of public worship need not be the same in all places but may be modified by the church according to circumstances and the needs of men. It should be in a language and form understood by the people, consistent with the Holy Scriptures to the edification of all, and in accordance with the order and Discipline of the church.

Whosoever willingly and purposely breaks the ordinances, ceremonies and rites of the church to which he belongs ought to be rebuked openly, as one that offends against the order of the Church and wounds the consciences of the weaker brethren, in order that others may be deterred from similar neglect. Ps.95:1,2,6; Eph.5:19 Eph.4:11-16; I Thess.5:11 Acts 5:1 11;1Cor.5:1-7

16) The second coming of Christ:

 The Holy Bible declare the coming of Christ to be a bodily return to the earth and that he will cause the fulfilment of all prophecies made concerning His final and complete triumph over all evil. Faith in the imminence of Christ's return is a rational and inspiring hope to the people of God. Acts 1:9-11; 1 Thess. 4:15-18; Titus 2:11-13

17) The Resurrection, judgment and future state:

The Holy Scriptures declare that there is a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. All men stand under the righteous judgment of God, both now and in that day. The Scriptures further teach an eternal state of rewards in which the righteous dwell in endless life in heaven and the wicked in endless punishment in hell. Ecc. 12:14; Jn. 5:22; Acts 17:31; 11 Cor. 5:10 Isaiah 35:8-10; 11 Cor. 5:8; Rev. 21:22 Matt. 25:41; Rev. 20:11-15; 21:8

18) Christian property:

The Holy Bible declare that God is the owner of all things and that the individual holding property is lawful and is a sacred trust under God. Private property is to be used for the manifestation of Christian love and liberality, and to support the church's mission in the world. All forms of property, whether private, corporate or public, are to be held in solemn trust and used responsibly for human good under the sovereignty of God. Eph. 4:28

19) Civil Government:

 The Holy Bible declare the importance of recognizing the sovereign governments under whose protection we reside. The sovereignty of these governments should be respected. Generally speaking, war and bloodshed are not in keeping with the Gospel and Spirit of Christ; nevertheless, at times, in order to preserve orderly governments in the world, war is the unpleasant alternative. As Christian citizens it is our duty to give moral strength and purpose to our respective nations through sober, righteous and godly living. Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.

Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience. This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.(Matt. 22:17-21; Rom. 13:1-7,  Titus 2:11,12)

20) Tithes and Offerings:

Tithing is Malachi 3:7-11 says; "Ever since the time of your forefathers you have turned away from My decrees and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you," says the LORD Almighty. "But you ask, 'How are we to return?' "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob Me. "But you ask, 'How do we rob You?' "In tithes and offerings!" You are under a curse – the whole nation of you – because you are robbing me. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty. "Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the LORD Almighty. If you can support the Church of God in a financial way, we will be very grateful. Most importantly, we need your prayer support.

Prayer is the fuel that will allow us to be successful as we follow God's leading in ministry. Without prayer, nothing will happen. If you would like to be part of this mission through your financial support, please give us a call, send us an email or donate online.

While money is important, it comes in a distant second to our need for your prayer support. Since prayer support is so important to the success of our mission, we would like to know if we can count on you in that area. Vision and provision goes together.

Our prayer is that God will touch you to partner with us and that you will generously give your finances which will be used to rent a facility and to buy the most needed equipments for the ministry. We are BOLD because we are building something for God.

When you tithe and give your offerings, you will be putting God at stake and provoking Him to bless you in every area of your life. Please know that we will appreciate any help you could offer and that God will bless you for your generosity. Thank you and God bless you!

In Christ's service and mine,

Evangelist-Pastor Betty Wangui. Trünkel,

Jesus Celebration Center (JCC),

Lasallestrasse 15,

A-1020 Vienna-Austria.