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| Rejoice Is: |
...a nondenominational, Spirit-filled, Christ centered and Bible based congregation of joyful Christian believers that began in 1995 as a new church plant. The fellowship is further characterized by its commitment to traditional family values and the strengthening of marriages by providing excellence in ministry to children, teens and adults. Believing that we are better together than we are apart, Rejoice is a multiracial ministry that celebrates the joy of God’s love with all people.
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| Our Mission: |
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...to share the joy of God’s love with all people by bringing people to Jesus and membership in His family, developing them to Christlike maturity, and equipping them for their ministry in the church and their life mission in the world, in order to fulfil God’s Great Big Plan, and magnify God’s name.
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We Accomplish This In Three Ways: |
Evangelism
To reach every available person at every available time by every available means with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Discipleship
To establish them in the local church, teaching and training them to become like Christ.
Mobilization
To mobilize the army of God, to help each person to find his or her place and function in the Body of Christ.
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| Our Regional & National Vision: |
...to plant ten new churches in the next ten years.
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| Our Affiliation: |
Rejoice is a part of the worldwide family of Victory Churches International, now in over thirty nine nations of the world. Victory Churches International was founded in 1979 by Drs. George & Hazel Hill, who also serve as the National Directors for Victory Churches USA. As a founding member of Victory Churches USA, our senior pastor Dr. George Black was instrumental in helping the Hill’s pioneer the Victory Churches movement in the United States, and continues to serve on the board of directors.
For more information, please click on the VCI logo below. |
| The Basic Purpose of Victory Churches International |
To plant church-planting organizations in as many nations in the world as is possible.
To raise up apostolic teams with a key apostolic leader in each nation.
To release developed 5-fold ministry giftings into Holy Spirit directed service to the nations.
To work together as united nations with common purpose to reach the world with the Gospel of Jesus.
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| Our Statement of Faith |
"...to set in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us. " Luke 1:1
We believe the Word of God, the Holy Bible, is the basis of our doctrine and ministry.
(Prov 30:5 NLT) "Every word of God proves true. He defends all who come to him for protection." |
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(Heb 4:12 NLT) "For the word of God is full of living power. It is sharper than the sharpest knife, cutting deep into our innermost thoughts and desires. It exposes us for what we really are."
Specifically we ascribe to the following statement of faith as adopted by Victory Churches International:
1. In one true and living God,
eternally existing and revealed to us as the Father, creator of all things; the Son, Jesus Christ, God incarnate, and the Holy Spirit.
2. In the deity of Jesus Christ,
His virgin birth, death for our sins, bodily resurrection, ascension unto God and imminent return in power and glory.
3. The Holy Scriptures are the inspired
and complete revelation of God's will concerning man's salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.
4. That men are saved solely through faith in God's grace as displayed in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
5. In water baptism as a public declaration that a believer has died with Christ and risen with Him to walk a life of holiness and love.
6. In the unity of all true believers as Members of the universal body of Christ regardless of denominational affiliation.
7. In the celebration of the Lord's Supper
as a remembrance of Jesus.
8. In the ministry of the Holy Spirit:
A. By the inward witness of salvation to the believer.
B. By daily guidance and the growth of Christ-like character.
C. By the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, an experience distinct from and following the new birth, evidenced initially by speaking with other tongues, and subsequently by the manifestation of spiritual power in public testimony and service.
D. By the manifestation of the supernatural gifts of the Spirit as listed in 1st Corinthians 12:8-10.
9. That Jesus Christ is coming again
to gather all His saints unto Himself. Those who have not accepted His redemptive work on their behalf will suffer eternal separation from the Godhead.
10. That following His return Jesus Christ will rule
and reign for one thousand years on the earth. After this there will be a new heaven and a new earth.
Maranatha
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