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Copyright © 2003 by Wesleyan Episcopal Assemblies Pentecostal
We are a cooperative non-denominational fellowship
of Pentecostals, Holy Spirit-baptized saints who are committed to
building a network of local Pentecostal Assemblies of like precious
faith throughout the United States and foreign lands. This fellowship,
known as the General Synod of the Wesleyan Episcopal Assemblies
Pentecostal, is organized for mutual benefit voluntarily entered into by
its members, for the purpose of providing a framework for doctrinal
and behavioral accountability.
We extend you a warm welcome to our family and the family of Christ.
It is our prayerful hope that you will find a point of connection and
identity among us where you can experience the love of God, and
worship him in spirit and in truth. We want to be your extended church
family; your brothers and sisters in Christ.
Obviously, this website cannot answer every question you might have,
but we hope that there will be enough here to show you that you are
important to us. We exist to share God's love to all people and this
includes you! If there is any way that we can be of service to you,
please do not hesitate to ask.
Our Worship
In worship, we sing and praise God for being our creator and loving us
enough to send Jesus to save us. It is exciting and full of Joy
because God is indeed a loving God! We pray to God, acknowledging His
mighty power, His transcendent Love and Grace, and our own flawed
humanity, asking Him to take part in our lives. We are convinced that
He gets directly involved in the joy and struggle of our day-to-day
existence. We take time to encourage one another in Christian living
and bear one another's trials and burdens. Frankly, we enjoy the
closeness and warmness of our family fellowship. From what God has
given us, we share with the church and with each other as we collect
tithes and offerings. We regularly share the Lord's Supper and invite
all believers to share this with us. We share God's word through
public reading of Scripture and through enlightening Sermons from our
Pastor. We hope to make the timeless truths of the Bible accessible to
our daily lives. We equip ourselves for further works of ministry. We
offer a time of reflection and congregation. We hope that you will
prayerfully consider becoming an active part of God's family here with
us.
Our Purpose
We are a body of believers in Christ who have joined together to
function as a part of the universal church. The local church is
ordained by God and provides a context in which believers corporately
worship God, observe the ordinances of the church, are instructed in
the faith and are equipped for the evangelization of the world. The
priority reason for being a member of the Assembly as a part of the
local church is:
- To be an agency of God for evangelizing the world, (Acts 1:8;
Matthew 28:19,20; Mark 16:15,16)
- To be a corporate body in which man may worship God, (1
Corinthians 12:13)
- To be a channel of God's purpose to build a body of saints
being perfected in the image of His Son. (Ephesians 4:11-16; 1
Corinthians 12:28; 14:12)
The Wesleyan Episcopal Assemblies Pentecostal exists expressly to give
continuing emphasis to this reason for being in the New Testament
Apostolic pattern by teaching and encouraging believers to be baptized
in the Holy Ghost. This experience:
- Enables them to evangelize in the power of the Spirit with
accompanying supernatural signs, (Mark 16:15-20; Acts 4:29-31;
Hebrews 2:3,4)
- Adds a necessary dimension to the worshipful relationship with
God, (1 Corinthians 2:10-16)
- Enables them to respond to the full working of the Holy Ghost
in expression of fruit and gifts and ministries as in the New
Testament times for the edifying of the body of Christ. (Galatians
5:22-26; 1Corinthians 14:12; Ephesians 4:11,12; 1 Corinthians
12:28; Colossians 1:29)
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