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New Hope Fellowship Free Will Baptist Church
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New Hope Fellowship FWB Church
Pastor Jim Christian
4650 State Road 524
Cocoa, Florida 32926
Brevard County
Phone: 321-632-1911
Email: nhffwbc1@bellsouth.net
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About Us
The Holy Scriptures
We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the verbally
and plenary inspired Word of God. The Scriptures are inerrant, infallible and
God-breathed, and therefore are the final authority for faith and life.
The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament are the complete and
divine revelation of God to Man.
The Scriptures shall be interpreted according to their normal
grammatical-historical meaning, and all issues of interpretation and
meaning shall determined by the Pastor
(2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21).
The Godhead
We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - each co-
eternal in being, co-identical in nature, coequal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and
perfections: self-existent, eternal, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, holy, just, merciful,and immutable
(Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; John 14:10 and 26).
The Person and Work of Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy
Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men (Is. 7:14; 9:6; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2 and 14;
2 Cor. 5:19-21; Gal. 4:4-5; Phil. 2:5-8).
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ lived a sinless life and accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a
representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and, that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the
dead (Acts 2:18-36; Rom. 3:24-25; 1 Peter 2:24; Eph. 1:7; 1 Peter 1:3-5).
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven, and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He
fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate (Acts 1:9-10; Heb. 9:24; 7:25; Rom. 8:34; 1 John 2:1-2).
The Person and the Work of the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and, that He is the
Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption
(John 16:8-11; Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; 2 Cor 3:6; Eph. 1:13-14).
We believe that He is the Divine Teacher who assists believers to understand and appropriate the Scriptures and that it is the privilege and
duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit (Eph. 1:17-18; 5:18; 1 John 2:20 and 27).
We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowal of spiritual gifts to every believer. God uniquely uses evangelists, pastors, and teachers to
equip believers in the assembly in order that they can do the work of the ministry (Rom. 12:3-8; 1 Cor. 12:4-11 and 28; Eph. 4:7-12).
We believe that the sign gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in tongues and the gift of healing, were temporary. Speaking in tongues
was never the common or necessary sign of the baptism or filling of the Holy Spirit and that the ultimate deliverance of the body from
sickness or death awaits the consummation of our salvation in the resurrection, though God frequently chooses to answer prayers of
believers for physical healing (1 Cor. 1:22; 13:8; 14:21-22).
Salvation
We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious
blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins. We believe that all sins, except the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, are forgivable.
We believe that those who would comply with the condition of salvation (faith) constitute His elect, and that God has given to man the freedom
of choice (common grace), permitting him to yield to the influence of the Holy Spirit or to resist and perish.
We believe that God desires the salvation of all people everywhere (John 1:12; Eph. 1:7; 2:8-10; 1 Peter 1:18-19; Matt. 12:31-32; 1 John 1:9).
Having given ourselves to God, by faith in Jesus Christ, and adopted the Word of God as our rule of faith and practice, we promise, by His
grace, to love and obey Him in all things, to avoid all appearance of evil, to abstain from all sinful amusements and unholy conformity to the
world, from all sanction of the use and sale of intoxicating beverages, and to "provide things honest in the sight of all men".
We agree to faithfully discharge our obligations in reference to the study of the Scriptures, secret prayer, family devotions, and social worship,
and by self-denial, faith, and good works endeavor to "grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ".
We will not forsake the assembling of ourselves together for public worship, the observance of the ordinances of the Gospel, and church
conferences; nor fail to pay according to our ability for the support of the church, of its poor, and all its benevolent work.
We agree to accept Christian admonition and reproof with meekness, and to watch over one another in love, endeavoring to "keep the unity of
the Spirit" in the bonds of peace, to be careful of one another's happiness and reputation, and seek to strengthen the weak, encourage the
afflicted, admonish the erring, and as far as we are able, promote the success of the church and of the Gospel.
We will everywhere hold Christian principle sacred and Christian obligations and enterprises supreme; counting it our chief business in life to
extend the influence of Christ in society, constantly toiling and praying that the kingdom of God may come, and His will be done on earth as it
is in heaven.
To this end we agree to labor for the promotion of educational and denominational enterprises, the support of missions, the success of Sunday
Schools, and evangelistic efforts for the salvation of the world. And may the God of peace sanctify us wholly, and reserve us blameless unto the
coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ.