Statement of Faith

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At Anchor Your Faith Ministries, our spiritual foundation and doctrinal beliefs are rooted in the historic teachings and Declaration of Faith of the Church of God International Offices headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee. While Anchor Your Faith Ministries operates as an independent nonprofit ministry and is not an official ministry or church affiliation of the Church of God denomination, our leadership has been shaped through years of ministry within the Church of God movement.

Donald Steffy serves as an ordained bishop, and Marcy Steffy serves as an ordained minister within the Church of God. Their ministry convictions, biblical worldview, and approach to Spirit-led ministry flow from this shared theological heritage and commitment to the Word of God.

At Anchor Your Faith Ministries, we believe the Bible is fully inspired by God and serves as the true and authoritative Word of God. The following Declaration of Faith reflects the foundational beliefs upon which we stand. These values guide our mission, shape our decisions, and influence how we serve, disciple, encourage, and minister to others.

• In the verbal inspiration of the Bible.
• In one God eternally existing in three persons; namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
• That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. That He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.
• That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that repentance is commanded of God for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins.
• That justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
• In sanctification subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Ghost.
• Holiness to be God’s standard of living for His people.
• In the baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart.
• In speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
• In water baptism by immersion, and all who repent should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
• Divine healing is provided for all in the atonement.
• In the Lord’s Supper and washing of the saints’ feet.
• In the premillennial second coming of Jesus. First, to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in the air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.
• In the bodily resurrection; eternal life for the righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked.