Shortoff Mountain in the foothills of the Appalachians
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 under News and Updates.
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News and Updates
Welcome to Morganton First Church of God…
We are so glad you are visiting our website. Please feel free to look around! If you have any questions, please email us at mfchog@charterinternet.com Read more »
Posted: August 12th, 2008 under News and Updates.
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The Decision to Believe and Begin…
To begin our look at the Church of God, what it is and what it teaches, it is appropriate to ask you to meet us at the cross, for we believe that the cross is the starting point for each Christian. It is there that we come face-to-face with the overwhelming love of God that prompted the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. As Paul put it, “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8, niv). Read more »
Posted: August 12th, 2008 under News and Updates.
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The Spirit-Filled Life…
For many years, one of our ministers, Charles Weber, challenged people to “live out of the overflow.” He spoke of the Spirit-filled life. With similar emphasis, the late Marcus Morgan has stated that for Christians the challenge is to “realize the full influence of His power and presence in our living.” John the Baptist proclaimed,
I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. —Matthew 3.11, niv
Posted: August 12th, 2008 under News and Updates.
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This Is How We View Membership…
We like the way the Church of God identifies its members. No one person decides that another will or will not be admitted to membership in a local group. Neither congregations nor congregational leaders vote on who shall be received as members. The Church of God believes that when one accepts Jesus Christ as Savior, God places that person in the church (Acts 2:47; 1 Corinthians 12:18). Salvation is the criterion for membership in a congregation of the Church of God. The first preachers and lay workers of this reformation movement sang lustily about that type of membership: We reach our hands in fellowship to every blood-washed one, While love entwines about each heart in which God’s will is done.5
Posted: August 12th, 2008 under News and Updates.
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The Bible Is Our Rule of Faith…
The Church of God movement has maintained a sure belief that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. As noted preacher Raymond Jackson used to say, “I may jump all over the Bible, but I will not jump out of it.” We believe the Bible is the foundation for instruction in the Christian faith. Paul said, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16, niv).
The Bible is a moving chronicle. It tells the story of Jesus—”the greatest story ever told.” It tells of men and women who found life at its highest and also experienced life at its most dreadful depths—persons such as Jonah, Job, Esther, Joseph, Moses, Ruth, and Matthew.
Posted: August 12th, 2008 under News and Updates.
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Ordinances Are Rich Experiences for Believers…
Ordinances are worship and faith disciplines which have specifically been ordained by Jesus in his instructions to his followers. We believe the ordinances are symbolic of something that is happening in the believer as a direct act of God’s Spirit. The symbolic act witnesses to an inner reality. These symbols affirm and remind us of what God has done in Christ.
Posted: August 12th, 2008 under News and Updates.
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Children’s Ministry
Posted: August 11th, 2008 under News and Updates.
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