Statement of Faith
Empower Ministries believes that:
The Old and New Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God. They are a complete revelation of His will, containing all truth necessary for Christian faith and godly living.
There is one God, who is infinitely perfect and exists eternally in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ is true God and true Man. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He died on the Cross as a substitutionary sacrifice for our sins. He arose from the dead according to the Scriptures and ascended to heaven where He now acts as our High Priest. Jesus Christ will return to earth a second time, in bodily form, to judge the nations and establish His Kingdom.
The Holy Spirit is a divine Person, sent to indwell, guide, teach, and empower the believer, and to convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgement.
Man was originally created in the image and likeness of God. He fell through disobedience, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All men and women are born with a sinful nature; they are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of Jesus Christ.
Salvation (forgiveness of sin and the establishment of a personal relationship with God) has been provided for us by the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross. Those who repent and believe in Him are born again of the Holy Spirit, receive the gift of eternal life, and become the children of God.
There shall be a bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved into a resurrection of everlasting life and joy; and they that are lost unto a resurrection of judgement and eternal death.
The Church consists of all those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed through His blood, and are born again of the Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of the Body, and Church, whose members have been commissioned by Him to go into all the world as a witness, preaching the Gospel to all nations.