Fresh Manna Christian Center's Statement of Faith.
We Believe:
1) In one God, eternally existing in three offices: namely Father, Son, Holy Ghost.
[1 John 5:7; John 1:1; Colossians 1:16; Colossians 2:9].
2) That justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus.
[Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 5:9; Galatians 3:24].
3) In sanctification, subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ through the Word.
[1 Thessalonians 4:3; John 17:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:22-23].
4) Holiness to be God's standard of living for His people.
[Hebrews 12:14; Ephesians 5:27; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; 2 Corinthians 7:1].
5) In the baptism of the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart.
[Acts 1:8; Acts 2:38; Acts 5:32; Acts 10:44; Acts 11:16].
6) In speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance as one of the evidences of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
[Acts 2:4; Mark 16:16-18; Acts 19:6; Acts 10:45; 1 Corinthians 14:5; Isaiah 28:9-11].
7) In water baptism by immersion and that all who repent should be baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
[Colossians 3:17; Acts 2:38-39; Acts 8:38; Acts 10: 44-48; Acts 19:5; Matthew 28:19*].
8) That Divine healing is provided for all in the Atonement.
[Isaiah 53:5; 1 Peter 2:24; Psalm 103:1-3; Matthew 8:17].
9) In the three ordinances left by the Lord that all saints are to follow, which are:
a. Communion [1 Corinthians 11:26; 1 Corinthians 10:16].
b. Washing of saints' feet [John 13:14; Genesis 18:4; Genesis 19:2; 1 Timothy 5:10].
c. Water baptism (see point 7).
10) In the pre-millennial second coming of Jesus (Rapture): First to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in the air.
[1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Romans 8:11; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52].
11) In the bodily resurrection, eternal life for the righteous and everlasting punishment for the wicked.
[Revelation 21:8; Revelation 20:12 & 15].
12) That tithing, faith pledges, and free-will offerings are ordained by God in support of the ministry.
[Luke 6:38; Malachi 3:10; 2 Corinthians 9:7; Hebrews 7:1-7; 1 Corinthians 16:1-2; Nehemiah 10:34-35].
13) That our body is the temple of the Holy Ghost and that Christ dwells in us; therefore, we should not defile our bodies with the unclean things of the world.
[1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; 1 Corinthians 6:19].
14) In Biblical standard for clothing.
[1 Timothy 2:9-10; 1 Peter 3:3; Deuteronomy 22:5].
15) In prayer and fasting.
[1 Thessalonians 5:17; Luke 18:1; Isaiah 58:6; Matthew 6:16-18; Jude 1:20].