At the Glory Shop, we believe:
- In the One True God, who reveals Himself in three distinct persons; God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The Three being one in united purpose, essence and divine nature, and eternally self-existent as the Great “I AM.” (Mt 28:19; 1 Jn 5:7)
- That Jesus Christ is the Only Begotten Son, physically born of a virgin. He ministered the love and the will of the Father, was, and is, very God and Creator of all things. (Jn 3:16; Isa 7:14; Jn 1:1-3, 8:29) That He was crucified and died for all men, and then overcame death by resurrecting from the grave on the third day that man might have new life in Him. (Acts 2:36; 1 Cor 15:3-4; 2 Cor. 5:17; John 20:31)
- That He ascended to the Father and is seated at the right hand of the Father making intercession for us all. That He has sent forth His Holy Spirit to indwell and empower believers. (Mk 16:19; Acts 2:33-34; Jn 16:7)
- That this same Jesus is LORD of all. (Acts 2:36; Rev 17:14) That He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. (John 14:6) That you must be born-again, receiving Jesus Christ as LORD and Savior, to see the Kingdom of God. (John 3:3; Rom 10:9-10)
- Believers should be baptized with water. (Mark 16:15-16; Acts 2:38) That Jesus will baptize believers with the Holy Ghost and fire. According to Acts chapters one and two, this is evidence of signs and wonders, including speaking with other tongues. (Acts 1:4-5, 2:4, 38; Lk 3:16)
- That all the gifts of the Spirit are operable in the Church of Jesus Christ today. (1 Cor 12:1-12)
- That the Bible is the inspired Word of God. (2 Tim 3:16) That the LORD Jesus Christ will soon return! (1 Thess 4:14-18; Acts 1:9-11)
- In unity of believers of all denominations in the fellowship of the Church in love and worship of Jesus Christ as LORD, in one accord. (John 17:1-26; Eph 4:4)
- That God is no respecter of persons, for, in Christ “…there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free; there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.” (Gal 3:28; Acts 10:34)
- That as believers, we have been given a universal commission to “…go into all the world and preach the gospel.” (Mark 16:15-20; Matt 28:18-20)
- As believers, we must not forsake the assembling of ourselves together. (Heb. 10:25) That Church attendance, fellowship and prayer will play an important part in our service to this world. (Acts 2:42; Heb 10:25)
- That God has set in the Church the five-fold ministry gifts of Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, and Teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ. (Eph 4:10-16)
- We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between one man and one woman. We believe that sex is a gift of God and that any form of homosexuality, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, or pornography is a sinful perversion of this gift. We believe that God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s gender by surgery or appearance. (Gen 2:24; Gen 19:5, 13; Gen 26:8-9; Lev 18:1-30; Rom 1:26-29; 1 Cor 5:1, 6:9; 1 Thess 4:1-8; Heb 13:4) We believe that the only Scriptural marriage is the joining of one man and one woman. (Gen 2:24; Rom 7:2; 1 Cor 7:10; Eph 5:22-23)
At The Glory Shop, you can expect:
- Members individually and collectively seeking to worship God in spirit and in truth… expecting the Holy Spirit’s holy presence to come and save, heal, and deliver as demonstrated and described in the Gospels and the Book of Acts.
- As a “presence” oriented church, you can expect gifts of the Holy Spirit to operate freely.
- As a Bible-oriented church, you can expect anointed preaching and teaching from the Bible.
- As a love-oriented church, you can expect our efforts will be to reach out to you in fellowship and friendship.