The Branch

Church

What We Believe

Our Beliefs

These are the foundational truths that shape who we are and how we live.

'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'

John 14:6

What We Believe

Core Beliefs

The greatest of Revelations is Jesus Loves Me! We believe that God so loved the world that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him would not perish but have life everlasting!

(John 3:16)

We believe in the fullness of the Baptisms into Jesus. We believe you must be born again, washed in Jesus’ blood to be saved.  (John 3:3, 1 John 1:7)

Then, as an outward sign of your salvation, we believe in being completely immersed in water and then raising up as a sign of newness of life. Thus, we are buried with Him into baptism and raised to walk in the newness of life that is found only in Jesus.
(Colossians 2:12, Matthew 3:13-17, Luke 5:1, John 15:7, Roman 6:1-4, Matthew 16:24, Mark 16:16, Galatians 2:20)

We believe the third Baptism is the obedience of being filled, baptized fully in the Holy Spirit.  We believe that once a person confesses all sin, believes in his or her heart that Jesus is Lord and accepts Jesus as their substitute for sin and is born again, the Holy Spirit is in that person. We believe in the obedience of asking for the fullness of the Holy Spirit to come inside a person with the evidence of speaking/praying in tongues, thus being baptized into and through the Holy Spirit. 

(Luke 3:16, John 1:33, 14:15-18, 26-31, John 16:13   Matthew 3:11,13-17, Luke 5:1, John 15:7, John 11:9-10)

We know and believe all hinges on salvation, and salvation alone is receiving Jesus as one’s Lord and Savior.  All else is obedience and growth in our Lord.
(John 14:6, Acts 4:12)

We believe in the Apostolic Church as outlined by Jesus in His words and teachings.
(Matthew 16:18)

We believe in the fullness of The New Church Time that is coming and the building up of Jesus Church on the foundations of Jesus’ sent and anointed Apostles & Prophets, with Jesus Christ being the Chief Cornerstone & our only Foundation!
(1 Corinthians 3:11, Ephesians 2:19-20)

We believe in the one true Church established by revelation of and in Jesus the Christ and through His anointed Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, Shepherds, and Teachers.
(Matthew 16:16-18, Ephesians 1:22-23, 4:11-13)

We believe that everyone who is born again in Jesus has a place in the body of Christ that only they can fulfill, being built up all on the ministering of the true Church as defined above, all ministers for the glory of God to the building up of the Church of Jesus Christ until we see Jesus return for His Bride, catching away His Bride, His Church, unto Himself in the clouds delivering His people from the ending Judgement of Sin & Evil & Satan’s lying works.

(Ephesians 4, Romans 12, Romans 11:29)

We Believe in the coming Apostolic 33 Revelations of the Kingdom Coming in time through His anointed Apostles, Prophets, Ministers of His Name & Glory, all to be delivered in Jesus’ Times & Timing.

(Amos 3:7, Acts 3:19-21, Matthew 24:14, Ephesians 3:5, Ephesians 2:19-20, Ephesians 4:11-13, 1st Corinthians 12:28, Revelation 1:1)

We Believe God Is Love and Love wrote His Word that exists & is coming. We believe the Bible, understood by revelation of Jesus in and through the Holy Spirit, is the infallible Word and works of God, Jesus giving all through His Revelation given unto men and women so that All might know His great love and glory for All! We Believe That Jesus Is Lord! 

(Isaiah 40:8, Romans 10:9, Ephesians 1:17, 1 Corinthians 2:9-10, 1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:16, 2 Timothy 3:16-17)

Statement of Faith

"We stand on the unchanging truth of God's Word — these are not opinions, but the eternal foundations of our faith."

The Branch Church

We believe that there is only one true God who is the eternal King, Creator, and Redeemer of all that is. He is perfectly holy, just, loving, and truthful. He has revealed Himself to be eternally self-existent – one Being in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

We believe that the Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative Word of God.

We believe that humankind was created in the image of God to know and enjoy Him, yet we willfully rejected the Lordship and glory of God for which we were intended. Because of this, sickness, death, and judgment entered the world and now creation experiences the effects and consequences of sin.

We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the one and only Son of God, who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and is God’s Anointed One, empowered by the Holy Spirit to inaugurate God’s kingdom on earth. He was crucified for our sins, died, was buried, resurrected, and ascended into heaven, and is now alive today in the presence of God the Father and in His people. He is “true God” and “true man.”

We believe that we are saved by God’s grace, through faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Anyone can be restored to fellowship with God through repenting, believing, and receiving Jesus as their Savior and Lord. The Holy Spirit convicts, regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and adopts us as we enter the kingdom of God as His sons and daughters.

We believe in the ongoing, sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life and minister supernaturally. The baptism of the Holy Spirit, according to Acts 1:4-8 and 2:4, is poured out on believers that they might have God’s power to be His witnesses.

We believe in the victorious, redemptive work of God on the cross that provides freedom from the power of the enemy – sin, lies, sickness, and torment.

We believe that the Church consists of all who put their faith in Jesus Christ. He gave His Church the ordinances of baptism and communion. The Church exists to carry on the ministry of Jesus Christ and further advance His kingdom by undoing the works of the enemy, preaching and living the good news of God’s love, and discipling the nations – baptizing and teaching them to love and obey God.

We believe in the ever-increasing government of God and in the Blessed Hope, which is the glorious, visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to rule and reign with His overcoming bride – the Church.

We believe that heaven and hell are real places. There will be a resurrection of the lost and the saved, the one to everlasting death and the other to everlasting life.