Statement of Faith

We, Word of Faith Churches Australia, hold the following tenents of faith to be irrefutable truths: 1. There is one God-Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Creator of all things. 2. The Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified, died, was buried, was resurrected, ascended into heaven, and is now seated at the right hand of God the Father and is true God and true man. 3. The Holy Scriptures, the Bible, in its entirety is the inspired Word of God and the infallible rule of faith and conduct. 4. Mankind was created in the image of God and in true righteousness and holiness and in perfect relationship with God. Through disobedience, mankind sinned and was separated from relationship and fellowship with God and thus was lost and hopeless. As a result all mankind, born of man, is born in sin. But God did not leave mankind hopeless but promised that the redeemer would come born of a woman who would restore mankind back to relationship and fellowship with God. 5. Jesus Christ is that redeemer, born righteous, who defeated the works of the devil (1 John 3:8) and in taking sin for all mankind (2 Cor 5:21) and through His shed blood restored and reconciled mankind back to relationship and fellowship with God and has given all mankind a charge to declare this restoration of favour and relationship with God (2 Cor 5:19). 6. Jesus Christ’s redeeming work is appropriated personally by any person who confesses with their mouth Jesus as their Lord and believes in their heart that God raised him from the dead (Rom 10:9). This is the new birth (John 3:3) and is how a lost person is saved. 7. Jesus Christ’s redeeming work is a free gift from God and not of works of man or woman (Eph 2:8) and it is received by faith. 8. Faith, a free gift from God (Rom 12:3), is exercised by the saved out of a personal relationship with God as their Father and Jesus as their Lord and faith alone pleases God (Heb 11:6). 9. The Lord Jesus Christ alone calls, appoints and anoints the five fold ministry, Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers, to the service of the Gospel, for the equipping of believers for the work of the ministry and the building of the church, which is the Body of Christ in the earth (Eph 1:22-23, Eph 4:11-12). The work of the five fold ministry is to “preach the Word of Faith” (Rom 10:8). 10. The Word of God is the final authority in any situation, and: 1. faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen (Heb 11:1); 2. there is no higher kind of faith than to put absolute trust in the Word of God over, and in the face of, contradictory circumstances (c.f. Matt 8:10); and 3. Jesus gave authority to all mankind when He ascended to heaven to sit at the right hand of majesty on high. That authority is exercised through faith and by speaking to the mountain and not doubting in the heart (Mark 11:23). 11. There is a personal catching away of the saved (1 Thes 4:17), a second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ (Matt 24:37), a resurrection of the dead, an eternal heaven for the saved, the eternal punishment for the lost, and the final judgment (Heb 6:2). 12. Sanctification, separation of persons to God, is through the Word of God and by the Holy Spirit. 13. All the saved are called to personal holiness and purity of heart and life. 14. Divine healing is appropriated through faith in the Name of Jesus Christ, and that healing is included in the Redemption, and is available to all the saved. 15. Water baptism is an ordinance for all the saved by the example of Jesus Christ himself. Baptism in the Holy Spirit as distinct from the New Birth, speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives utterance (Acts 2:4, Acts 10:46), the gifts of the Spirit (1 Cor 12:4-11), and the evidence of the fruit of the Spirit are available to all the saved. 16. There is a Christian's hope - the soon-coming, personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ.