Word of Life Christian Center will be a loving church that is multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and socially aware of our responsibility to meet the temporal or practical needs of the poor and marginalized in our community and in the world. The ministry will be characterized by a strong emphasis on developing numerous preachers and lay teachers who are able to clearly and accurately expound the Word of God in a relevant manner. Additionally, the development of effective, visionary leaders will be a hallmark of the ministry. Through clear preaching and teaching and the development of visionary leadership, the membership will be brought to Christian maturity—strong in the Word, through a consistent exposure to the transforming Word of God. Furthermore, we will emphasize the importance of mentoring relationships throughout the local assembly in an effort to bring believers to their full potential in God and prepare them for effective ministry in accordance with God’s plan for each person. Moreover, God will allow Word of Life Christian Center to impact the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ via church planting to reach more souls for Christ, and a Multi-Media Ministry that includes television and radio broadcasts and through the writing of Christian books. Statement of Faith WE BELIEVE the Bible to be the inspired, infallible and authoritative Word of God WE BELIEVE that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. WE BELIEVE in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal future return to this earth in power and glory to rule a thousand years. WE BELIEVE in the Blessed Hope, which is the Rapture of the Church at Christ’s coming. WE BELIEVE that the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ at Calvary. WE BELIEVE that the new birth (regeneration) is absolutely essential for personal salvation. WE BELIEVE that the redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing of the human body in answer to believing prayer. WE BELIEVE that the Holy Spirit baptizes each believer into the Body of Christ. WE BELIEVE in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life. WE BELIEVE in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost—the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting damnation. less