St. James Missionary Church: Mission Statement
St. James mission is to magnify God’s name by spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ locally and globally by bringing people to Christ and fellowship in his family, developing them to spiritual maturity, equipping them for life, service in the church and community, expressing love to everyone encountered, empowering the powerless and helping the helpless.
St. James Missionary Church: Statement of Faith
We believe in God – the creator of heaven and earth and Redeemer of mankind manifested in three persons: Almighty Father, Divine Son and Holy Ghost. (Genesis 1:1; John 1:1; 1 John 5:7; Matthew 10:20; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18)
We believe in the Bible as the inspired, infallible word of God and the only rule of faith, guide for practice and indisputable and ultimate authority of the revelation of God, His will and His way. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Psalm 19:7-11; 2 Peter 1:16-21)
We believe in the Deity of Jesus Christ, the incarnation of the Father, born of a virgin, very God of very God for whom and by whom all things were created. (1 John 1:1-10)
We believe that through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all have sinned (Rom. 5:12) And the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. We believe that for our salvation the word of God became flesh, was born of the virgin, was crucified, died, and was buried; and was raised from the dead, and that there is salvation in no other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)
We believe in the physical resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and that He ascended bodily into the heaven and is now at the right hand of the Father as our mediator, high priest and advocate. (Acts 3:12-26; John 20; Hebrews 9:24; 1 Corinthians 15:12-28)
We believe in water baptism and Holy Communion – the Lord’s Supper as the ordinances of the church to be observed as public declaration of salvation through Jesus and in commemoration of his death, burial and resurrection in victory over Satan, death, hell and the grave. (Romans 6:3-4; Luke 3:16, 21,22; Matthew 26:26, Mark 14:22)
We believe in the personal, visible, imminent return of Jesus Christ both “for” His Saints and “with” His Saints in reign to victory. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:50-55; Revelation 19:19-20, 20:1-6)
We believe in the authority of the believer over Satan, who is the enemy. The victory is gained by the authority in the area of deliverance, healing and holiness. (Ephesians 1:20-23, 6:10-17)
We believe in the reality of Satan, as the enemy of the Kingdom of God. We believe in the Saints of the Lord, and in Satan’s ultimate defeat by the Lord Jesus Christ, and Satan’s defeat in the lives of Spirit-filled believers clothed in the armor of God. (Revelation 12:9-10; Matthew 4:2-11; Isaiah 14:12-17; John 8)
We believe that by one spirit we are all baptized into one body, the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. We believe in “One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism” according to Ephesians 4:5. (1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 1:23)
We believe in the autonomy of the local church as an independent entity with regard to matters of government, polity operation and discipline. (1 Cor. 5:5; 2 Thess. 3:6, 14-15v, Acts 6:35, 11:22, 14:23, Titus 1:5)