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Faith in the Church as the body of Christ. The doctrine of the believers' Church should not be confused with that of the free church, which is a concept designating the separate churches of states. [21] [22] Some Christian denominations that can be identified in the free church movement do not adhere to the doctrine of the believers' Church ...
The Conference was founded as the Believers' Meeting for Bible Study in 1875 by evangelical pastors in the United States. [1] The driving force behind the meeting was James H. Brookes, a Presbyterian minister from St. Louis. [2] Brookes publicized the meeting through his magazine Truth, and devoted substantial space to summaries of the speeches.
The operations of Gospel for Asia and Believers Church were scrutinised after Believers Church purchased a 2,268-acre (9.18 km 2) rubber estate in Kerala, India. [32] [33] Opponents claimed the church had diverted foreign funds to amass land for itself and for uses other than declared purposes. [34]
Believers Eastern Church (BEC, previously Believers Church) is a church of Indian origin with congregations and parishes worldwide. It follows an episcopal governance and structure. [ 4 ] It holds Christ as its head ( Col 1:18 ) and further requires that bishops and ordained ministers submit to its metropolitan and his successors.
Bible believer (also Bible-believer, Bible-believing Christian, Bible-believing Church) is a self-description by conservative Christians to differentiate their teachings from others who they see as placing non-biblical or extra-biblical tradition as higher or equal in authority to the Bible. In normal usage, "Bible believer" means an individual ...
Saturday, or the seventh day in the weekly cycle, is the only day in all of scripture designated using the term Sabbath. The seventh day of the week is recognized as Sabbath in many languages, calendars, and doctrines, including those of Catholic, [1] Lutheran, [2] and Orthodox churches. It is still observed in modern Judaism in relation to ...
The Assembly of Believers' Church In India (also known as ABC in India) is a neocharismatic [1] Episcopal denomination in India, rooted in the Saint Thomas Christian tradition and history of Christianity in India. It was established in 1973 by Reginald Burney Clifford and now contains more than 800 churches with around 90000 members.
Oneness Pentecostals have no issue with the prayer itself, but deny that it alone represents saving faith, believing the Bible accordingly mandates repentance, baptism by water and spirit with receipt of the Holy Spirit as a manifestation of the spirit part of the rebirth experience and the true, godly faith obeyed and done by the early Church ...