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Those who receive his salvation are not the strong and accomplished but those who admit they are weak and lost. God put humanity in the garden to cultivate the material world for his own glory and for the flourishing of nature and the human community. Because it points us to a man who died for his enemies, the gospel creates relationships of service rather than of selfishness.

The church serves as a sign of Gods future new world when its members live for the service of one another and their neighbors, rather than for self-focus. As Gods people hear, believe, and do the Word, they are equipped as disciples of Christ and witnesses to the gospel. As a result, all human beings are alienated from God, corrupted in every aspect of their being (e.g., physically, mentally, volitionally, emotionally, spiritually) and condemned finally and irrevocably to deathapart from Gods own gracious intervention. This good news is biblical (his death and resurrection are according to the Scriptures), theological and salvific (Christ died for our sins, to reconcile us to God), historical (if the saving events did not happen, our faith is worthless, we are still in our sins, and we are to be pitied more than all others), apostolic (the message was entrusted to and transmitted by the apostles, who were witnesses of these saving events), and intensely personal (where it is received, believed, and held firmly, individual persons are saved). He did this so that in him we might become the righteousness of God: on the cross he canceled sin, propitiated God, and, by bearing the full penalty of our sins, reconciled to God all those who believe. Reading along the whole Bible. This balance shapes our understanding of discipleship and preaching.

We hope to draw highly secular and postmodern people, as well as reaching religious and traditional people. Such sharing also promotes a radically generous commitment of time, money, relationships, and living space to social justice and the needs of the poor, the oppressed, the immigrant, and the economically and physically weak. Regarding money, the churchs members should engage in radical economic sharing with one anotherso there are no needy among them (Acts 4:34). He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and by his powerful and mysterious work regenerates spiritually dead sinners, awakening them to repentance and faith, and in him they are baptized into union with the Lord Jesus, such that they are justified before God by grace alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone. We believe in the bodily resur- rection of both the just and the unjustthe unjust to judgment and eternal conscious punishment in hell, as our Lord himself taught, and the just to eternal blessedness in the presence of him who sits on the throne and of the Lamb, in the new heaven and the new earth, the home of righteousness. There is great hope if we can unite on the nature of truth, how best to read the Bible, on our relationship to culture, on the content of the gospel, and on the nature of gospelcentered ministry. 3. In this imbalance there is little emphasis on vigorous evangelism and apologetics, on expository preaching, and on the marks and importance of conversion/the new birth. There is a fastgrowing charismatic movement with emphasis on glorious, passionate, corporate worship. We believe such a balance will produce churches with winsome and theologically substantial preaching, dynamic evangelism and apologetics, and church growth and church planting. On the one hand, we are troubled by the idolatry of personal consumerism and the politicization of faith; on the other hand, we are distressed by the unchallenged acceptance of theological and moral relativism. God created both soul and body, and the resurrection of Jesus shows that he is going to redeem both the spiritual and the material. The biblical revelation is not just to be known, but to be lived (Deut 29:29). These priorities will all be combined and will mutually strengthen one another in each local church. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both Jew and Gentile to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. The good news of the Bible is not only individual forgiveness but the renewal of the whole creation. In addition to all this, gospelcentered churches will have a bias toward church planting as one of the most effective means of evangelism there is. If we undercontextualize, it suggests that we want the trappings of our own subculture too much. We must work for the eternal and common good and show our neighbors we love them sacrificially whether they believe as we do or not. Living as salt in a world that is decaying and light in a world that is dark, believers should neither withdraw into seclusion from the world, nor become indistinguishable from it: rather, we are to do good to the city, for all the glory and honor of the nations is to be offered up to the living God. God will be all in all and his people will be enthralled by the immediacy of his ineffable holiness, and everything will be to the praise of his glorious grace. We adopt a chastened correspondencetheory of truth that is less triumphalistic than that of some in the older evangelicalism.

Therefore the person who does not generously give away his or her wealth to others is not merely lacking in compassion, but is unjust. The gospel moves people to holiness and service out of grateful joy for grace, and out of love of the glory of God for who he is in himself. Indifference to the poor and disadvantaged means there has not been a true grasp of our salvation by sheer grace. Its ultimate goal, however, is not simply to teach but to lead the hearers to worship, individual and corporate, that strengthens their inner being to do the will of God. More recently, postmodernism has critiqued this set of assumptions, contending that we are not in fact objective in our pursuit of knowledge, but rather interpret information through our personal experiences, selfinterests, emotions, cultural prejudices, language limitations, and relational communities. The Holy Spirit is himself the down payment of the promised inheritance, and in this age indwells, guides, instructs, equips, revives, and empowers believers for Christ-like living and service. The Spirit of God not only converts individuals (e.g., John 16:8) but also renews and cultivates the face of the earth (e.g., Gen 1:2; Psalm 104:30). The Plan of God We believe that from all eternity God determined in grace to save a great multitude of guilty sinners from every tribe and language and people and nation, and to this end foreknew them and chose them. On that day the church will be presented faultless before God by the obedience, suffering and triumph of Christ, all sin purged and its wretched effects forever banished. It must welcome them in hundreds of ways. We believe that in many evangelical churches a deep and broad consensus exists regarding the truths of the gospel. If you need to claim a listing you can do so by searching for the church and clicking on its name. In corporate worship Gods people receive a special lifetransforming sight of the worth and beauty of God, and then give back to God suitable expressions of his worth. In love God commands and implores all people to repent and believe, having set his saving love on those he has chosen and having ordained Christ to be their Redeemer. But the gospel of grace, centered on a man dying for us while we were his enemies, removes selfrighteousness and selfishness and turns its members to serve others both for the temporal flourishing of all people, especially the poor, and for their salvation. We believe that by his incarnation, life, death, resurrection, and ascension, Jesus Christ acted as our representative and substitute. Instead of calling people to individual conversion through a message of grace, people are called to join the Christian community and kingdom program of what God is doing to liberate the world. We confess that both our finitude and our sinfulness preclude the possibility of knowing Gods truth exhaustively, but we affirm that, enlightened by the Spirit of God, we can know Gods revealed truth truly. We believe that on the contrary the two, at their best, are integral for grasping the meaning of the biblical gospel. In the ministry of the church, both men and women are encouraged to serve Christ and to be developed to their full potential in the manifold ministries of the people of God. Countercultural community. Moreover, this God is a speaking God who by his Spirit has graciously disclosed himself in human words: we believe that God has inspired the words preserved in the Scriptures, the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, which are both record and means of his saving work in the world. 3. And while, in Gods grace, there is an encouraging number of bright spots in the church, we see no broad movement yet of this gospelcentered ministry.

The purpose of the Bible is to produce wisdom in usa life wholly submitted to Gods reality. The Tri-une God We believe in one God, eternally existing in three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who know, love, and glorify one another. We believe that Scripture is pervasively propositional and that all statements of Scripture are completely true and authoritative.

Adam and Eve were made to complement each other in a one-flesh union that establishes the only normative pattern of sexual relations for men and women, such that marriage ultimately serves as a type of the union between Christ and his church. CONCLUSION If we seek service rather than power, we may have significant cultural impact. We believe that salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name given under heaven by which we must be saved. How this reading of the Bible shapes us. This universal church is manifest in local churches of which Christ is the only Head; thus each local church is, in fact, the church, the household of God, the assembly of the living God, and the pillar and foundation of the truth. At the same time, we are more flawed and sinful than we ever dared believe, yet we are more loved and accepted than we ever dared hope. At the same time, and in the same congregations, there will be engagement with the social structures of ordinary people, and cultural engagement with art, business, scholarship, and government. https://1drv.ms/f/s!At3X_4DaJZuyhtUmBgC5rO1aQHRpxg We believe the Holy Spirit who inspired the words of the apostles and prophets also indwells us so that we who have been made in the image of God can receive and understand the words of Scripture revealed by God, and grasp that Scriptures truths correspond to reality. Truth is not only a theoretical correspondence but also a covenantal relationship. Contact the place of worship : Click here to send a message to the place of worshipGeneral information : HOW TO CONTACT THE CAMACOP NATIONAL OFFICE:, Mobile: 0908-8917306 - Office of the President, Email: [emailprotected], Landlines: (632) 6317947 / 6352259, I was granted another three years of missionary visa together with my wife's visa for another three years visa as a dependent, We were surprised when a new Japanese believer who was with us in Manila made a great decision to submit himself to water baptism in a swimming pool of one of our YCAF members, The said Japanese believer with the whole family is now actively involved in our church, 5) for our youngest son Jairus and his visa application for him to be with us here in Japan, Refreshed and revived for missions is an added joy for us, It is very comforting to know that we are remembered and being prayed for while in the frontline, Our children are all doing fineWe had a good bonding time together last December 2018, Our Lubin Legnica team is very much busy with the coming Bid Move of the Lubin Church to the newly constructed church building, Kindly pray with us as we do the braham Walk, We praise God for all the things HE hath done and is doing in the lives of these new believers as most of them can now pray in public, A place to rent for Sunday church service at 10 am that can accommodate 200 with rooms for children, A self supporting missionaries/youth pastor from Camacop to work with us next year, Gods favor as we build friendships with 4 families as of the moment, Photos from Camacop - Christian & Missionary Alliance Churches of the Philippines's post, ATTENTION: The Dropbox link for the Missions 2020 sermons have been disabled instead please use this link to access all materials for Missions 2020 at Onedrive: Missions sermons(English & Cebuano), Bible Study/Small Group Materials(English & Cebuano), Prayer Guide for prayer meetings and daily prayers(English Only) and Posters and Introduction Materials. As pastors, we intend to do this in our churches through the ordinary means of his grace: prayer, the ministry of the Word, baptism and the Lords Supper and the fellowship of the saints. The gospel itself holds the key to appropriate contextualization. Regarding the family, the church should affirm the goodness of marriage between a man and a woman, calling them to serve God by reflecting his covenant love in lifelong loyalty, and by teaching his ways to their children. Ironically, this approach can be very legalistic. It brings out the purpose of salvation, namely, a renewed creation. (See below, point 5c.). The church is the body of Christ, the apple of his eye, graven on his hands, and he has pledged himself to her forever. It brings out the means of salvation, namely the substitutionary work of Christ and our responsibility to embrace it by faith. The Kingdom of God We believe that those who have been saved by the grace of God through union with Christ by faith and through regeneration by the Holy Spirit enter the kingdom of God and delight in the blessings of the new covenant: the forgiveness of sins, the inward transformation that awakens a desire to glorify, trust, and obey God, and the prospect of the glory yet to be revealed. By being a counterculture. You can seek to be your own lord and savior by breaking the law of God, but you can also do so by keeping the law in order to earn your salvation. Copyright 2022 The Gospel Coalition, INC. All Rights Reserved. It therefore inevitably establishes a new community of human life together under God.

We want to encourage a passion for sound doctrine, but we know that Christian growth is not simply cognitive information transfer.

There are many seekerdriven churches that help many people find Christ. The Bible is to be believed, as Gods instruction, in all that it teaches; obeyed, as Gods command, in all that it requires; and trusted, as Gods pledge, in all that it promises. The church is the corporate dwelling place of Gods Spirit, and the continuing witness to God in the world.

We desire to advance along the Kings highway, always aiming to provide gospel advocacy, encouragement, and education so that current- and next-generation church leaders are better equipped to fuel their ministries with principles and practices that glorify the Savior and do good to those for whom he shed his lifes blood.

We have become deeply concerned about some movements within traditional evangelicalism that seem to be diminishing the churchs life and leading us away from our historic beliefs and practices. Together they are simultaneously Gods pledge to us, divinely ordained means of grace, our public vows of submission to the once crucified and now resurrected Christ, and anticipations of his return and of the consummation of all things. We desire to champion this gospel with clarity, compassion, courage, and joygladly linking hearts with fellow believers across denominational, ethnic, and class lines. Because the gospel calls us to holiness, the people of God live in loving bonds of mutual accountability and discipline. 4. He is the Creator of all things, visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy to receive all glory and adoration. But to speak of truth only as propositions weakens our appreciation of the incarnate Son as the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and the communicative power of narrative and story, and the importance of truth as living truly in correspondence to God. The core dynamic of gospelcentered ministry is therefore worship and fervent prayer. At the heart of corporate worship is the ministry of the Word.

In Gods wise purposes, men and women are not simply interchangeable, but rather they complement each other in mutually enriching ways.

It is through the power of the Holy Spirit that we receive the words of the gospel in full assurance and conviction (1 Thess 1:5). Bringing Christian joy, hope, and truth to embodiment in the arts is also part of this work. 3.

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We have a vision for a church that sees conversions of rich and poor, highly educated and less educated, men and women, old and young, married and single, and all races. The integration of faith and work. We affirm that truth is correspondence to reality. The kingdom of God is an invasive power that plunders Satans dark kingdom and regenerates and renovates through repentance and faith the lives of individuals rescued from that kingdom. If you would like to have it removed, please. 2. It is a community which so loves and cares practically for its members that biblical chastity makes sense. The distinctive leadership role within the church given to qualified men is grounded in creation, fall, and redemption and must not be sidelined by appeals to cultural developments. Such a church will not only support Christians engagement with culture, but will also help them work with distinctiveness, excellence, and accountability in their trades and professions. . But we have a vision for a church that equips its people to think out the implications of the gospel on how we do carpentry, plumbing, dataentry, nursing, art, business, government, journalism, entertainment, and scholarship. We must be a counterculture for the common good. Also, its preaching, though expository, was sometimes moralistic and did not emphasize how all biblical themes climax in Christ and his work.

2. Because the gospel removes both fear and pride, people should get along inside the church who could never get along outside. Rather, we expect to meet our neighbors as we work for their peace, security, and wellbeing, loving them in word and deed. But we also reject a view of truth that sees truth as nothing more than the internally coherent language of a particular faithcommunity. Religion and morality in general tend to make people tribal and selfrighteous toward other groups (since their salvation has, they think, been earned by their achievement). We want to generate a unified effort among all peoplesan effort that is zealous to honor Christ and multiply his disciples, joining in a true coalition for Jesus. Many today (but not all) who major in the first of these two ways of reading the Biblethat is, reading along the whole Bibledwell on the more corporate aspects of sin and salvation. Creation of Humanity We believe that God created human beings, male and female, in his own image. There will be calls for radical Christian community in which all members share wealth and resources and make room for the poor and the marginalized. If you are a representative of this church, you can claim this listing in order to update and maintain your church's profile. CONFESSIONAL STATEMENT [and] was raised). But the truth of Scripture cannot be exhausted in a series of propositions. The gospel replaces superiority toward the poor with mercy and compassion. Lingay, Bonfal East, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, If you are a representative of this church, you can claim this listing in order to update and maintain your church's profile.

Secularism and religion conform people to behavioral norms through fear (of consequences) and pride (a desire for selfaggrandizement). Religions operate on the principle: I obey, therefore I am accepted, but the gospel principle is: I am accepted through Christ, therefore I obey. So the gospel differs from both irreligion and religion. We believe that God justifies and sanctifies those who by grace have faith in Jesus, and that he will one day glorify themall to the praise of his glorious grace. The Restoration of All Things We believe in the personal, glorious, and bodily return of our Lord Jesus Christ with his holy angels, when he will exercise his role as final Judge, and his kingdom will be consummated.

The gospel opens our eyes to the fact that all our wealth (even wealth for which we worked hard) is ultimately an unmerited gift from God. This one true and living God is infinitely perfect both in his love and in his holiness. III. The Gospel Coalition supports the church by providing resources that are trusted and timely, winsome and wise, and centered on the gospel of Jesus Christ. We do all of this because the gospel of God leads us to it, even while we recognize that the ultimate restoration of all things awaits the personal and bodily return of our Lord Jesus Christ (CS[13]). See some wrong information about this listing? The cross is seen mainly as an example of sacrificial service and a defeat of worldly powers rather than substitution and propitiation for our sins. We want to be a church that not only gives support to individual Christians in their personal walks with God, but one that also shapes them into the alternative human society God creates by his Word and Spirit. We do not believe that in best practice these two ways of reading the Bible are at all contradictory, even though today, many pit them against each other. It will do little to make them comfortable but will do much to make its message understandable. Therefore God is concerned not only for the salvation of souls but also for the relief of poverty, hunger, and injustice.

Inasmuch as Christ was given by the Father for us, and his obedience and punishment were accepted in place of our own, freely and not for anything in us, this justification is solely of free grace, in order that both the exact justice and the rich grace of God might be glorified in the justification of sinners. There are many congregations with strong concern for doctrinal rigor and purity and who work very hard to keep themselves separate from the world. 2. We have committed ourselves to invigorating churches with new hope and compelling joy based on the promises received by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. Immortal and eternal, he perfectly and exhaustively knows the end from the beginning, sustains and sovereignly rules over all things, and providentially brings about his eternal good purposes to redeem a people for himself and restore his fallen creation, to the praise of his glorious grace. This is not an outline of our doctrinal beliefs (see the Confessional Statement), but a statement of how we intend to discharge Christian ministry and interact with our culture in biblical and theological faithfulness.