Answering the Holy Calling of God is a path that requires profound selfless sacrifice and love for others in total surrender to Jesus Christ and bear the fruit of that relationship with him. This will require the highest degree of honesty, integrity, humility and unconditional love for others.
As chosen vessels you must be willing to stand alone sometimes to defend the afflicted without respect for persons because of wealth, education, religious stature, or other power.
This is no ordinary calling, for you truly are the salt of the earth and the light of Christ in a dark and dying world. Sincerity is a MUST! All who know you must know your sincerity as a servant of the Lord Jesus.
UCFM INTRODUCTION
PURPOSE AND MISSION
It is
the purpose and mission of the United Christian Faith Ministries
to represent the body of Christ as described in the Old and New
Testaments, to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ as led by the
Holy Spirit, to bring the unsaved to Jesus Christ; to build up
the body in principles of communion and Godly living, to have a
vital part in missions here and abroad, and to strive toward
unity in the Body of Christ. Being sovereign and governed by the
commandments of God revealed in the Bible, it is resolved that
all members in covenant agree to obey the guidance and
leadership given of the Holy Spirit united in one accord for the
following purposes:
1. To
proclaim in fullness the Gospel of Jesus Christ worldwide.
2. To present salvation unto the lost.
3. To promote, praise and worship God and oversee places of
worship and be their covering.
4. To teach, edify, lead, guide, disciple, unify, and protect
the Body of Christ.
5. To establish and oversee charters, departments, institutions,
offices, and be their covering.
6. To license, and to oversee ministers of the gospel and be
their covering.
7. To Administer Church discipline.
8. To perpetrate all the above until the return of Christ.
GOVERNANCE
The
Holy Spirit guides the affairs of The United Christian Faith
Ministries giving authority to those appointed to oversee, lead,
and guide in administering the affairs of the Church. We
therefore claim the right to be governed under the Headship of
Jesus and His authority over the Church, and reject all claims
by the civil government to Headship or sovereignty over this
Church.
AFFILIATION
While maintaining
sovereignty the United Christian Faith Ministries shall seek
associations to maintain voluntarily cooperative fellowship with
other Christian organizations that are equally Biblically yoked
holding Evangelical Christian doctrines, purpose, mission, and
deeds to serving Christ.
BASIC TENETS OF FAITH
The Holy Bible: We believe the Bible
(66
books of the Old and New Testaments) is the "God-breathed"
sole source of written divine revelation, and that its original
autograph manuscripts are free from errors and contradictions.
We believe the Bible is the only infallible, authoritative, and
trustworthy rule for faith and life.
One God: We believe there is one true and eternal Holy God, who is the sovereign Sustainer of all things whose fullness and Glory is beyond all human comprehension. We believe this one God is Triune, existing eternally and simultaneously as three distinct persons of the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe all three persons in the Godhead equally and completely share one divine nature being coequal in nature, glory, unity, and who are the only proper object of all worship and faith.
God the Father: We believe the Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and allows for the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all-powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
God the Son: We believe in the eternal existence of Jesus as the Son of God. We believe that Jesus is the promised Messiah who is wholly God (second person of the Trinity) and wholly man (Incarnate Son of God) who came to earth to be born of the flesh by the conception of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary.
We believe that Jesus lived a sinless and perfect life in the flesh. He gave Himself as a substitute sacrifice to be crucified on the cross as payment in full for the penalty of the sins of all humanity. We believe that Jesus bodily arose from the dead on the third day and ascended to heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father where he ministers as our High Priest and Advocate and who is deserving of all honor, glory, and reverence unto which every knee should bow in worshipping Him as very God.
God the Holy Spirit: We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Divine third Person of the Godhead sent to minister salvation, to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, to regenerate believers to repentance for the forgiveness of sins. We believe the Holy Spirit literally indwells believers as a new creation in Christ that protects, guides, instructs, comforts believers, and gives empowering gifts for godly living and spiritual service. We believe the Holy Spirit seals the believer unto the day of final redemption and that his indwelling presence is the guarantee that God will bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ in worship, evangelism, and service.
Mankind: We believe God created mankind distinct in kind from all other life on earth being created in His image and likeness. We believe that Adam and Eve, the first human beings, chose to listen to the serpent and rebelled against God resulting of this original sin of mankind to be inherently sinful, and being separated and facing just punishment from God. Because of this original sin, mankind cannot on its own restore its place with God. We believe that God in His great love and mercy for mankind sent his Son to redeem mankind and save him from the eternal judgment of God.
Substitutionary Atonement: We believe that the Father manifested his love and mercy to mankind to send His only begotten Son who in his body bore the sins of mankind in His sinless body on the cross and died in our place is alone all sufficient for our justification and reconciliation to the Father, and not by the works or merits of mankind.
Salvation: We believe that salvation is the undeserved gift of God by His grace alone, given through faith alone in Jesus, as a finished work of Christ whom the Father imputes in believers the righteousness of Christ to raise them from spiritual death to eternal spiritual life.
The Church: We believe that Jesus is the Founder and living Head of the Church. We believe the Church is the spiritual body of Christ a universal divine spiritual organism of those purchased and redeemed in the blood covenant to have a common shared life as a family being joined together by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit to enjoy the presence of Jesus among us forever.
The Family: We believe that the marriage covenant is entered only between one man and one woman, and that God has appointed the Husband as the head of the family even as Christ is the Head of the Church. That parents should exercise dominion over the family to bring every area of life into obedience to God so that His presence and blessings are enjoyed forever. Therefore, let none divide what God has joined together.
Covenant Ordinances: We believe Jesus gave the Church two ordinances as signs and seals of our covenant relationship with God. The first ordinance of Baptism is administered only once using water and the triune name of God as a ceremonial washing of the outward sign of an inward reality of our life-surrender and obedience to Jesus in His death, burial, and resurrection.
We believe the second ordinance of our covenant with the Lord is the sharing the Lord’s Supper to be observed by the Church until the end of the world as a perpetual memorial of His sacrifice, the sealing of all benefits of true believers, their spiritual nourishment, edification, and our shared union with Him joined together as his Body. This memorial when administered as the "Lord's Supper" it is common to share an agape meal of those redeemed by the blood of Christ.
Stewardship: We believe that Christians are to continually, cheerfully, and liberally be givers in worship of God to make disciples of all nations and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus for the redemption of the lost, by giving of our time, talents, and material blessings as taught in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.
Religious Freedom: We believe that God alone reigns Sovereign and has established civil governments and therefore, it is the duty of Christians to obey and render loyal obedience to civil governments who do not act contrary to the will of God. We further believe that it is the duty under the authority of God for civil governments to protect the freedom of the Church to freely worship and practice beliefs without interference, prejudice or bias, and without limiting or defining the dimension, practices or mission of the Church. We believe that civil governments have no power or right to impose penalties for religious opinions of any kind, nor impose any taxes on the Church as it is the Body of Christ.
We believe that Jesus is the Head of the Church of whom we can only pledge our full allegiance as His Bride. We further believe that the Holy Spirit guides the affairs of the Church giving authority of those appointed to administer and oversee in the affairs of the Church. Therefore, Christians are not to resort to bringing Church matters before civil governments for which Christ has appointed and ordained Elders of the Church to rule over.
Ordination: We believe God calls those according to His will without respect to gender, race or culture to receive ministry gifts of the Holy Spirit. Therefore the Church shall qualify, equip, and recognize by ordination those called of God to Minister to the Body of Christ, and shall hold accountable Ministers to their callings by those appointed of God to oversee the work of the ministry. [15]
The Future: We believe that at the appointed time Jesus will bodily return to earth in great glory and majesty to fulfill the purposes of God, to establish the Kingdom of God on earth, to raise all people to judgment bringing eternal life to the redeemed and eternal condemnation to the lost, and to establish a new heaven and new earth.
Giving
as an action of worship
We do not
participate in deceptive practices of stating something is free
and then asking for a suggested love gift offering of $$$$. We do not teach that the Old Testament laws were
nailed to the cross, only to resurrect the law of tithing. Giving Is A Matter Of Worship!
We do not solicit letters begging for money for our Ministry!
Giving is as much a part of worship as is prayer. Would one pray in secret and then go tell others what he prayed about, hoping to gain something?
Of course that would be wrong and we feel tax-deductions are robbing us of spiritual blessings of worship. There is no greater violation of the spiritual principles taught in Matthew chapter 6 than to be rewarded with a tax-deduction by the government.
We believe that giving should be done freely
as a testament of value determined by the giver,
not to gain something in return on your taxes.
The UCFM does not claim Tax
Exempt status even though as a
Church we are already exempt from taxation per the U.S. constitution.
We believe persons claiming tax deductions
are
lowering giving its dignity in worship!
Therefore any contributions given
to the UCFM should not
be claimed as a tax-deductible.
2 Cor.
9:10-12
(10) The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for
food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest
of your righteousness. (11) You are being enriched in every way
for all generosity, which through us produces thanksgiving to
God, (12) for the administration of this public service is not
only supplying the needs of the holy ones but is also overflowing
in many acts of thanksgiving to God. (13) Through the evidence of
this service, you are glorifying God for your obedient confession
of the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your
contribution
to them and to all others, (14) while in prayer on your behalf
they long for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon
you. (15) Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! (NAB)
Mat 10:7-10
(7) As you go,
make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand. (8)
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost
you have received; without cost you are to give. (9) Do not take gold or silver or
copper for your belts; (10) no sack for the journey, or a second
tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his
keep. (NAB)
2Co 9:7
(7) Let each
man give
according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under
compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.(NAB)
Mat
6:1-4
(1) Be careful
that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or
else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. (2)
Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet
before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in
the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most assuredly I
tell you, they have received their reward. (3) But when you do
merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right
hand does, (4) so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. (NAB)
Legal Issues
Every nation, state, or locality has varying laws regarding
certain degrees of the ministry. It is the full responsibility of
every ordained minister to know and follow the laws in their
region. It would be totally impossible for us to know the laws of
every region in the world, or to monitor the actions of very
ordained minister. The legal responsibility of every ordained
minister is solely upon themselves who shall hold the UCFM
harmless as a result their operation, actions, practices,
beliefs, and calling.
Association
Persons ordained by the UCFM are independent ministers, and
in no way represent the UCFM, or does the UCFM represent the
newly ordained ministers. We exist as independent entities
practicing freedom of religion in our perspective callings from
the Lord Jesus Christ.
Christian Ceremonies
Countries outside the United States may have varying laws
regarding the Officiating of certain Ceremonies and rites.
However in the USA Ministers are only required to present
credentials or other paperwork if they are going to officiate a
marriage ceremony. But to be a minister and Officiate any other
ceremony does not require registration as far as we are aware.
However it is your professional responsibility to know the
restrictions governing you region of the world.
Divorced Ordained?
As a result
of great sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross for our sins we
can stand before the Throne of God innocent of ALL our sins!
Every bit as clean, and white, as Christ. To say any differently
would to be saying that his sacrifice is not good enough, and his
cruel beating and death on the cross was all in vain.
Christianity is about forgiveness and healing, and yet divorce,
is being promoted as some kind of sin that even the blood of
Christ cannot fix.
Some religions promote that those involved in a divorce have to
carry this bag of sin around for the rest of their lives.
How could Jesus heal the crippled, give sight to the blind,
forgive a prostitute, raise the dead, and make the deaf, hear.
Yet, according to some, he just was not big enough to forgive the
sins of a bad marriage that resulted in a divorce.
Which is worse a person who has been divorced or a murderer? The
Apostle Paul was responsible for the death of many Christian men,
women, and CHILDREN, yet he became one of the greatest ministers
of the early Church.
Your sins according to Christ are forgiven... end of story! Never
ever, let any man stand between you and the Salvation of God.
If you have asked God for forgiveness of you sins, including the
sins that caused your divorce, He PROMISES to forgive them. That
is all... it is complete in Christ, your sins are forgiven.
Online Ordination
Legitimate?
The
Constitution of the United States guarantees our right to
Freedom of Religion. Yes, online Christianity is every bit as
much legit as any Christian ordination.
The UCFM is a non-denominational Christ-centered ministry that
promotes unity in faith and fellowship in the joy of Salvation.
The thousands of UCFM members worldwide labor in the Love for one another even as Jesus loves us.
Our members are like the husband and wife minister team in Canada who ask nothing of others to takes abandoned street children into their home to give them food, shelter, clothes, and to share with them the love and victory of our Lord Jesus.
Another Husband and Wife team in Florida ministers brings the powerful message of salvation to the poor, and our hope in Christ to those afflicted with substance abuse. Again in the Love of Christ they just do what needs to be done - never asking a dime from anybody to help.
Many of our members hold real college accreditations from recognized universities, and several are even College Professors. Others
are just plain ordinary people without any ministerial training
having nothing more than a calling from the Lord and the courage
to act in faith in response to their callings.
Most members of the Evangelistic Association are members of
respected mainstream Christianity, who reach out to a worldwide
audience of brothers and sisters using the internet as an
Evangelism tool.
The list goes on and on of those who have answered their
callings; who unselfishly labor in Love to their brothers and
sisters throughout the world.
Many scoffers doubted the legitimacy of Jesus Christ and
his misfit group of followers, which today has grown to a
worldwide body of believers known as Christianity.
The disciples for the most part were poor uneducated men and
women totally unworthy of being chosen by the Lord to spread
Christianity worldwide.
The Pharisees and Sadducees blinded by their religious educated
self-righteousness passed judgment on Christ and his followers as
foolishness, but in Christ what seems foolish to the world is the righteousness of Christ.