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The
Alaska District is a ministry arm of the International Pentecostal
Holiness Church and is part of the Home Mission Conference.
The Alaska District encompasses the State of Alaska and part of
the Yukon Territory.
The
International Pentecostal Holiness Church is a progressive,
contemporary, visionary, and evangelistic Pentecostal denomination
which traces its origin to three great revival movements:
the 17th-century Reformation movement, the Holiness Revivals of
the 19th century and the Pentecostal/Charismatic renewals of the
20th century.
We
are Trinitarian in belief and a part of the National Association
of Evangelicals and the Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches of
North America.
The heartbeat of the Alaska District is
"Releasing Ministery and Renewal through out Alaska."
ARTICLES
OF FAITH
We
Believe...
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...that
there is but one living and true God, everlasting, of infinite
power, wisdom and goodness; Maker and Preserver of all things,
both visible and invisible. And in the unity of this
Godhead, there are three Persons of one substance, of eternal
being, and equal in holiness, justice, wisdom, power and
dignity: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
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...that
the Son, who is the Word of the Father, the very and eternal
God, of one substance with the Father, took man's nature in
the womb of the blessed Virgin; so that two whole and perfect
natures, that is to say, the godhead and manhood, were joined
together in one person, never to be divided, whereof is one
Christ, very God and perfect man, who actually suffered, was
crucified, dead and buried, to reconcile the Father to us, and
to make atonement, not only for our actual guilt, but also for
original sin.
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...that
Christ did truly rise again from the dead, and took again His
body, with all things appertaining to the perfections of man's
nature, and ascended into heaven and there sits until He shall
return to judge all men at the last day.
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...that
the Holy Spirit, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of
one substance, majesty and glory, with the Father and the Son,
very and eternal God.
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...in
the verbal and plenary inspiration of the Holy Scriptures,
known as the Bible, composed of sixty-six books and divided
into two departments, Old and New Testaments. We believe
the Bible is the work of God, the full and complete revelation
of the plan and history of redemption.
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...that
eternal life with God is heaven is a portion of the reward of
the finally righteous; and that everlasting banishment from
the presence of the Lord. and unending torture in hell, the
wages of the persistently wicked (Matt. 25:46; Ps. 9:17; Rev.
21:7,8).
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...that
Jesus Christ shed His blood for the remission of sins that are
past; and for the regeneration of penitent sinners, and for salvation
from sin and from sinning (Rom 3:25; I John 3:5-10; Eph.
2:1-10).
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...teach
and firmly maintain the scriptural doctrine of justification
of faith alone (Rom.5:1).
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...that
Jesus Christ shed His blood for the complete cleansing of the
justified believer from all indwelling sin and from its
pollution, subsequent to regeneration (I John 1:7-9).
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...in
Sanctification. While sanctification is initiated in
regeneration and consummated in glorification, we believe that
it includes a definite instantaneous work of grace received by
faith subsequent to regeneration (Acts 26:18; I John 1:9).
Sanctification delivers from the power of dominion of sin.
It is followed by lifelong growth in the grace and knowledge
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 4:16; 2 Pet.
3:18).
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...that
the Pentecostal Baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire is
obtainable by a definite act of appropriating faith on the
part of the fully cleansed believer, and the initial evidence
of the reception of this experience is speaking with other
tongues as the Spirit gives utterance (Luke 11:13; Acts 1:5;
2:1-4; 8:17; 10:44-46; 19:6).
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...in
divine healing as in the atonement (Is. 53:4-5; Matt. 8:16-17;
Mark 16:14-18; James 5:14-16; Ex. 15:26).
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...in
the imminent, personal premillennial second coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ (I Thess. 4:15-18; Titus 2:13; 2 Pet. 3:1-4;
Matt. 24:29-44) and we love and wait for His appearing (2 Tim.
4:8).
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...that
it is the responsibility of every believer to dedicate his
life to carry out the work of the Great Commission (Matt.
28:18-20; Mark 16:15-20; Acts 1:8).
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