The CEFMORSI MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL, to maintain and stay steadily steady in the pursuit and follow up of the cause and course of its commission in vision and mission, and to fulfil its community outreach platform of REDEMPTION LIFE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH and its global outreach platform of the 42nd GENERATION FOUNDATION, must ascertain as a matter of principle, responsibility and accountability to the tenets of faith in honour of the Gospel to the local and international basis and mode of operando.
Therefore, the CEFMORSI MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL concept of Faith values is summed up in this multifaceted setting which is firstly a multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-generational in Ministry and Ministering, and secondly as a trans-denominational and multidimensional in Doctrine or doctrinal setting; and we are unified by the concept of our diversity, by our common faith in whom we believe, love, serve acceptably and worship worthily in the person of Jesus Christ – who is our Lord and Saviour King. He is our REDEMPTION and LORD OF LORD, in our summation of faith in God. As a charismatic and dynamic body of Christ, the doctrinal basis (tenets) of faith will be the fundamental truth of Christianity as revealed in the Word of God including but not limited to:
1. We believe in the unity of the eternal Godhead of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 1 John 5:7; 2 Corinthians 13:14.
2. We believe in the divine inspiration and infallibility of Holy Scriptures as originally given and its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conducts i.e., we stand for the whole Bible as the revelation of God in Christ and is every true believer heritage. 2 Timothy 3:16.
3. We believe in the sovereignty of God in creation, providence, revelation, redemption and in all and the final judgement as in the Holy Scriptures. Ecclesiastes 12:14; Acts 17:30-31.
4. We believe in the universal sinfulness and guilt of human nature since the fall, rendering man subject to God’s wrath and condemnation. Romans 6:23; Ecclesiastes 7:20.
5. We believe in the redemption from guilt, penalty and power of sin is by the grace of God and is SOLELY through Jesus Christ’s sacrificial death as our representative and substitute and as the saviour of mankind. Salvation is by grace through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and righteousness as a free given gift of God. Ephesians 2:8-9; 2 Corinthians 5:21.
6. We believe in the virgin birth, sinless life, the works, teachings, crucifixion, atoning death, burial, triumphant resurrection from the dead, visible, and literal ascension of Jesus Christ. We believe in the abiding intercession of our Lord Jesus Christ, His second coming visibly and literally as in His ascension, millennial reign, the judgement seat of Christ, white throne judgement, the new eternal heaven, and the new eternal earth. Isaiah 9:6; Romans 4:24-25; Acts 1:9-11; John 14:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelation 1:7; John 5:28-29; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Revelation 20:4-15; 22:12.
7(i) We believe in the necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit to make the death of Christ effective to the individual sinner enabling repentance towards God and faith in Jesus Christ. Acts 20:21
(ii) We believe that repentance is godly sorrow for sin, and it is an inevitable experience preceding the regeneration and justification of the sinner by the grace of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Proverbs 28:13; Acts 20:21, 2 Corinthians 7:9-10.
(iii) We believe that he who does not believe in the only begotten Son of God is already condemned to eternal death. John 3:18-19, 1 John 5:10-13.
8. We believe the baptism, indwelling and work of the Holy Spirit with the supernatural evidence of speaking in other tongues as a promise to every believer to enrich and equip them with spiritual gifts for God’s service and to bring forth the fruit of the spirit in their character; and endowed with power for effectiveness in the Lord’s vineyard. Acts 1:8, 2:1-4, Mark 16:17 and the operation of the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit for the edification, exhortation and comfort of the church which is the Body of Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:8-11; 14:3, 12.
9. We believe in the one Holy Universal Church, which is the Body of Christ, to which all true believers belong and in which the Holy Spirit freely distributes His gifts as He wills for the benefit of all and Jesus Christ is the head and Lord of the Body. 1 Corinthians 12:13, 27; Revelation 5:9.
10. We believe that the Miracles of the book of Acts are to be perpetuated and divine healing is for us in the sense of its being part of the atonement through faith. Isaiah 53:4-5; 1 Peter 2:24; Matthew 8:16-17.
11. We believe in the new kind of love that Jesus brought to the law of the brethren and we are to walk in that love. John 13:34-35; 1 Corinthians 13; 1 John 4:7-21.
12. We Believe that the OLD TESTAMENT Scriptural Ministry which is of the Father God was/is fulfilled in Christ Jesus in the GOSPEL Scriptural Ministry of the NEW TESTAMENT (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) and are written FOR us, while the NEW TESTAMENT Epistles (The Acts of the Apostles of The Holy Spirit to Revelation Book) which is of the Holy Spirit, are written TO us as of the HOLY SPIRIT. (Therefore, The OLD TESTAMENT is of – God The Father, The GOSPEL (of The NEW TESTAMENT) is of – God The Son; while The EPISTLES (of The NEW TESTAMENT) till date is of – God The Holy Spirit) 1 John 5:6-7; John 1:1-5, 12-14; Hebrews 1:1-4; John 1:45; Luke 24:44-45; Romans 10:3-5; Galatians 3:629; Galatians 5:6, 14; Galatians 6:14-15; James 2:8-13; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21; 1 Timothy 3:16; Revelation 19:10; Revelation 12:11; Isaiah 8:20.
13. We believe that the great commission of our Lord Jesus Christ is for us to obey as a command not as an advice. An Intensive and extensive World Evangelism and Missionary work in accordance with the great commission with signs and wonders following. To establish people in Christ and to establish Christ in people. Matthew 24:14, 28:18-20, Luke 14:23 Mark 16:15-20.
MISSION FOR CHURCH GROWTH AND BLESSINGS TO MANKIND
“Our Global, Inescapable & Supreme task”
“CRUSADING THE WORD . . . EQUIPPING THE CHURCH . . . REDEEMING THE WHOLE-MAN”
“Ministering wholeness to . . . The Thirst and Hunger of Nations”
(Matthew 5:6; Matthew 24:14; I Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 4:12)
14. We believe in church governance by apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers, elders, deacons, and deaconesses etc. Ephesians 4:7-16, 1 Corinthians 12:28-31, 1 Tim 3:1-15, Titus 1:5-9, Romans 16:1-3.
15. We believe in the possibility of falling from grace. Galatians 5:4, Romans 9:31-32, Hebrews 12:15; 6:1-9
16. Others, but not limited to:
- We believe in the obligatory nature of tithing, offering and faith seed to prove God’s power in supply and our love for Him, His kingdom plan, purpose, and pursuit on mankind. Malachi 3:10-18, Galatians 6:7, Genesis 8:22, Matthew 23:23, 2 Corinthians 8: 1-12, 9:1-15, 1 Corinthians 16:1-2.
- We believe in the sacraments of water baptism by immersion for all who are born again as in the example shown by our Lord Jesus Christ. Matthew 3:13-17. However, we do not believe in infant baptism but do present and dedicate them to God until they come to knowledge of salvation. Luke 2:1-52.
- We believe that marriage is binding for life, except for fornication and if the unbelieving partner departs applies. 1 Corinthians 7:1-16.
- We believe that Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper as an ordinance or sacraments and so should be observed by the church during this present age. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, John 6, Matthew 26:26-28.
- We believe in all the redemptive acts and processes – justification, restitution, sanctification, regeneration, glorification, forgiveness, imputation, propitiation, and grace.
- We believe that: in essentials – to pursue unity, and in non-essentials – to allow liberty, and in all things – to ensure love (charitable love).
“PROCLAIMING & PUBLISHING THE WORD . . . SAVING THE LOST . . . EQUIPPING THE CHURCH . . . MINISTERING TO THE WHOLE-MAN: SPIRIT, SOUL & BODY FROM THE CHAINS OF POVERTY, SICKNESS & SPIRITUAL DEATH . . . AND AWAITS CHRIST JESUS RETURNS”