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© 2003 by Wesleyan Episcopal Assemblies Pentecostal
We are a cooperative non-denominational fellowship of
Pentecostals, Holy Spirit-baptized saints who are committed to building a
network of local Pentecostal Assemblies of like precious faith throughout the
United States and foreign lands. This fellowship, known as the General Synod of
the Wesleyan Episcopal Assemblies Pentecostal, organized for mutual benefit
voluntarily entered into by its members, for the purpose of providing a
framework for doctrinal and behavioral accountability.
We
extend you a warm welcome to our family and the family of Christ. It is our
prayerful hope that you will find a point of connection and identity among us
where you can experience the love of God, and worship him in spirit and in
truth. We want to be your extended church family; your brothers and sisters in
Christ.
Obviously,
this website cannot answer every question you might have, but we hope that
there will be enough here to show you that you are important to us. We exist to
share God's love to all people and this includes you! If there is any way that
we can be of service to you, please do not hesitate to ask.
Our
Worship
In worship, we sing and praise God for being our creator and loving us enough
to send Jesus to save us. It is exciting and full of Joy because God is indeed
a loving God! We pray to God, acknowledging His mighty power, His transcendent
Love and Grace, and our own flawed humanity, asking Him to take part in our
lives. We are convinced that He gets directly involved in the joy and struggle
of our day-to-day existence. We take time to encourage one another in Christian
living and bear one another's trials and burdens. Frankly, we enjoy the
closeness and warmness of our family fellowship. From what God has given us, we
share with the church and with each other as we collect tithes and offerings.
We regularly share the Lord's Supper and invite all believers to share this
with us. We share God's word through public reading of Scripture and through
enlightening Sermons from our Pastor. We hope to make the timeless truths of
the Bible accessible to our daily lives. We equip ourselves for further works
of ministry. We offer a time of reflection and congregation. We hope that you
will prayerfully consider becoming an active part of God's family here with us.
Our
Purpose
We are a body of believers in Christ who have joined together to function as a
part of the universal church. The local church is ordained by God and provides
a context in which believers corporately worship God, observe the ordinances of
the church, are instructed in the faith and are equipped for the evangelization
of the world. The priority reason for being a member of the Assembly as a part
of the local church is:
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To be an agency of God for evangelizing the world, (Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:19,20;
Mark 16:15,16)
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To be a corporate body in which man may worship God, (1 Corinthians 12:13)
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To be a channel of God's purpose to build a body of saints being perfected in
the image of His Son. (Ephesians 4:11-16; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 14:12)
The
Wesleyan Episcopal Assemblies Pentecostal exists expressly to give continuing
emphasis to this reason for being in the New Testament Apostolic pattern by
teaching and encouraging believers to be baptized in the Holy Ghost. This
experience:
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Enables them to evangelize in the power of the Spirit with accompanying
supernatural signs, (Mark 16:15-20; Acts 4:29-31; Hebrews 2:3,4)
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Adds a necessary dimension to the worshipful relationship with God, (1
Corinthians 2:10-16)
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Enables them to respond to the full working of the Holy Ghost in expression of
fruit and gifts and ministries as in the New Testament times for the edifying
of the body of Christ. (Galatians 5:22-26; 1Corinthians 14:12; Ephesians
4:11,12; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Colossians 1:29)
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