A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library
A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library
A History of Christian Doctrine denominations, COGIC has been quite willing to have fellowship with the Charismatic movement. The Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) (CG) (4,000,000), is the largest predominantly white organization among Second Work Pentecostals. Its foreign missions efforts have benefited greatly from mergers with several large indigenous Pentecostal churches. In the U.S. it grew from 202 churches and 7,784 adherents in 1916 to 6,060 churches and 753,230 adherents in 1996. The CG has a number of black members. In 1936, 42 of 1081 churches were identified as black. From 1920 to 1966, black and white congregations were segregated in the official structure. Today, however, there are no such barriers, and the Council of Eighteen (international governing body) must always have black membership. R. G. Spurling, the founder of the Christian Union in 1886 (which became the CG), was opposed to creeds of any kind. By 1910, however, the church found it necessary to publish its basic beliefs. A committee report, which became the official teachings, stated, “The Church of God stands for the whole Bible rightly divided. The New Testament as the only rule for government and discipline.” It then listed twenty-five prominent teachings, as follows (excluding Scripture references): 156 128 (1) Repentance. (2) Justification. (3) Regeneration. (4) New Birth. (5) Sanctification subsequent to Justification. (6) Holiness. (7) Water Baptism by immersion. (8) Baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to cleansing: The enduement of power for service. (9) The speaking in tongues as the evidence of the baptism with the Holy Ghost. (10) The full
Trinitarian Pentecostal Organizations restoration of the gifts to the church. (11) Signs following believers. (12) Fruits of the Spirit. (13) Divine healing provided for all in the Atonement. (14) The Lord’s supper. (15) Washing the saints’ feet. (16) Tithing and giving. (17) Restitution where possible. (18) Premillennial second coming of Jesus: First, to resurrect the dead saints, and to catch away the living saints to meet Him in the air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years. (19) Resurrections. (20) Eternal life for the righteous. (21) Eternal punishment of the wicked. No liberation, no annihilation. (22) Total abstinence from all liquor or strong drinks. (23) Against the use of tobacco in any form, opium, morphine, etc. (24) Meats and drinks [citing passages of Scripture granting liberty]. (25) The Sabbath [citing passages of Scripture granting liberty]. In the 1940s a controversy erupted over sanctification as a second work of grace. In response, the church adopted it first official Declaration of Faith, which has remained unchanged. It consists of fourteen points affirming the verbal inspiration of the Bible; the trinity; the deity, humanity, death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and exaltation of Jesus Christ; the sinfulness of humanity and necessity of repentance; justification, regeneration, and new birth by faith in the blood of Jesus; “sanctification subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Ghost”; holiness as “God’s standard of living for His people”; “the baptism of the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart”; speaking in tongues as the initial evidence of the Spirit baptism; water baptism by immersion in the 129
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restoration <strong>of</strong> the gifts to the church. (11) Signs following<br />
believers. (12) Fruits <strong>of</strong> the Spirit. (13) Divine<br />
healing provided for all in the Atonement. (14) The<br />
Lord’s supper. (15) Washing the saints’ feet. (16)<br />
Tithing and giving. (17) Restitution where possible.<br />
(18) Premillennial second coming <strong>of</strong> Jesus: First, to<br />
resurrect the dead saints, and to catch away the living<br />
saints to meet Him in the air. Second, to reign on the<br />
earth a thousand years. (19) Resurrections. (20)<br />
Eternal life for the righteous. (21) Eternal punishment<br />
<strong>of</strong> the wicked. No liberation, no annihilation.<br />
(22) Total abstinence from all liquor or strong drinks.<br />
(23) Against the use <strong>of</strong> tobacco in any form, opium,<br />
morphine, etc. (24) Meats and drinks [citing passages<br />
<strong>of</strong> Scripture granting liberty]. (25) The Sabbath [citing<br />
passages <strong>of</strong> Scripture granting liberty].<br />
In the 1940s a controversy erupted over sanctification<br />
as a second work <strong>of</strong> grace. In response, the church<br />
adopted it first <strong>of</strong>ficial Declaration <strong>of</strong> Faith, which has<br />
remained unchanged. It consists <strong>of</strong> fourteen points<br />
affirming the verbal inspiration <strong>of</strong> the Bible; the trinity;<br />
the deity, humanity, death, burial, resurrection, ascension,<br />
and exaltation <strong>of</strong> Jesus Christ; the sinfulness <strong>of</strong> humanity<br />
and necessity <strong>of</strong> repentance; justification, regeneration,<br />
and new birth by faith in the blood <strong>of</strong> Jesus; “sanctification<br />
subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the<br />
blood <strong>of</strong> Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy<br />
Ghost”; holiness as “God’s standard <strong>of</strong> living for His people”;<br />
“the baptism <strong>of</strong> the Holy Ghost subsequent to a<br />
clean heart”; speaking in tongues as the initial evidence <strong>of</strong><br />
the Spirit baptism; water baptism by immersion in the<br />
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