Fundamental Beliefs of the United Church of God booklet

Fundamental Beliefs of the United Church of God

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We trace our origins to the Church that Jesus founded in the early first century. We follow the same teachings, doctrines and practices established then. Our commission is to proclaim the gospel of the coming Kingdom of God to all the world as a witness and teach all nations to observe what Christ commanded.

Table of Contents

The Word of God

5 minutes
We believe that Scripture, both the Old and New Testament, is God's revelation and His complete expressed will to humanity. Scripture is inspired in...

The Sabbath Day

5 minutes
We believe that the seventh day of the week is the Sabbath of the Lord our God. On this day we are commanded to rest from our labors and worship God...

The Resurrections and Eternal Judgment

7 minutes
We believe that the only hope of eternal life for mortal humans lies in the resurrection through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. We believe that at...

Satan the Devil

5 minutes
We believe that Satan is a spirit being who is the adversary of God and the children of God; Satan has been given dominion over the world for a...

The Passover

6 minutes
We believe in observing the New Testament Passover on the night of the 14th of Abib, the anniversary of the death of our Savior (Leviticus 23:5; Luke...

Jesus Christ's Return and Coming Reign

6 minutes
We believe in the personal, visible, premillennial return of the Lord Jesus Christ to rule the nations on earth as King of Kings and to continue His...

Humanity

8 minutes
We believe that humanity was created in the image of God with the potential to become children of God, partakers of the divine nature. God formed...

God's Food Laws

7 minutes
We believe that those meats that are designated unclean by God in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 are not to be eaten.

The Festivals of God

9 minutes
We believe in the commanded observance of the seven annual festivals that were given to ancient Israel by God; were kept by Jesus Christ, the apostles...

The Sacrifice of Jesus Christ

5 minutes
We believe God so loved the world of helpless sinners that He gave His only begotten Son, who, though in all points tempted as we are, lived without...

Military Service and War

3 minutes
We believe that Christians are forbidden by the commandments of God from taking human life directly or indirectly and that bearing arms is contrary to...

God's Law and Sin

8 minutes
We believe that sin is the transgression of the law. The law is spiritual, perfect, holy, just and good. The law defines God's love and is based upon...

Promises to Abraham

6 minutes
We believe in God's enduring righteousness. That righteousness is demonstrated by God's faithfulness in fulfilling all the promises He made to the...

Three Days and Three Nights

5 minutes
We believe that the Father raised Jesus Christ from the dead after His body lay three days and three nights in the grave, thus making immortality...

God's Purpose for Mankind

7 minutes
We believe God's purpose for mankind is to prepare those whom He calls—and who elect through a life of overcoming sin, developing righteous character...

Preface

2 minutes
We consider the teaching of these beliefs to be critical to building on the right foundation of a proper reverence for God's Word, especially as...

Repentance and Faith

6 minutes
We believe that all who truly repent of their sins in full surrender and willing obedience to God, and who by faith accept Jesus Christ as their...

The Church

11 minutes
We believe that the Church is that body of believers who have received and are being led by the Holy Spirit. The true Church of God is a spiritual...

God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit

9 minutes
We believe in one God, the Father, eternally existing, who is a Spirit, a personal Being of supreme intelligence, knowledge, love, justice, power and...

Water Baptism and the Laying on of Hands

3 minutes
We believe in the ordinance of water baptism by immersion after repentance. Through the laying on of hands, with prayer, the believer receives the...

Tithing

6 minutes
We believe in tithing as a way of honoring God with our substance and as a means of serving Him in the preaching of the gospel, the care of the Church...