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The Statement of Fundamental Truths is a description of the 16 essential doctrines adhered to by the General Council of the Assemblies of God in the United States of America. These doctrines are heavily based on evangelical confessions of faith but differ by being clearly Pentecostal.〔Margaret M. Poloma and John C. Green, ''The Assemblies of God: Godly Love and the Revitalization of American Pentecostalism'', (New York: New York University Press, 2010), p.7.〕 Of the 16 articles, four are considered core beliefs "due to the key role they play in reaching the lost and building the believer and the church".〔Assemblies of God (USA), (Our Core Doctrines ), accessed December 21, 2010.〕 They are the doctrines concerning salvation, the baptism in the Holy Spirit, divine healing, and the Second Coming of Christ. It was adopted in 1916 and has virtually remained unchanged. ==Contents== Most of the statement reiterates basic tenets of evangelicalism while adding articles on "healing by the atonement" and tongues as "initial evidence" of baptism in the Holy Spirit.〔 Article 12 concerns divine healing. The official church teaching is that Christ paid for all physical suffering with his atoning work and that as a consequence, when Christians get sick they can be supernaturally healed by the Holy Spirit. Article 9 reflects a non-Wesleyan/holiness perspective on sanctification. Articles 13-16 deal largely with the subject of eschatology. The Assemblies of God has a premillennial dispensationalist perspective on the future, including belief in the rapture and a literal earthly millennium. The following is a summary of the 16 Fundamental Truths: #The Bible is inspired by God and is "the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct". #There is only one true God who exists as a Trinity. #Jesus Christ is the Son of God and, as the second person of the Trinity, is God. #Man was created good by God but was separated from God through original sin. #Salvation "is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ". #There are two ordinances. Believer's baptism by immersion is a declaration to the world that the believer has died and been raised together with Christ, becoming a new creation. The Lord's Supper is a symbol expressing the believer's sharing in the divine nature of Christ, a memorial of Christ's suffering and death, and a prophecy of Christ's second coming. #Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a separate and subsequent experience following conversion. Spirit baptism brings empowerment to live an overcoming Christian life and to be an effective witness. #Speaking in tongues is the initial physical evidence of the baptism in the Holy Spirit. #Sanctification is "an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God". It occurs when the believer identifies with, and has faith in, Christ in his death and resurrection. It is understood to be a process in that it requires continual yielding to the Holy Spirit. #The Church's mission is to seek and save all who are lost in sin; the Church is the Body of Christ and consists of all people who accept Christ, regardless of Christian denomination. #Divinely called and scripturally-ordained ministers serve the Church. #Divine healing of the sick is provided for in the atonement. #The "imminent and blessed hope" of the Church is its rapture preceding the bodily return of Christ to earth. #The rapture of the Church will be followed by the visible return of Christ and his reign on earth for a thousand years. #There will be a final judgment and eternal damnation for the "wicked dead". #There will be future new heavens and a new earth "wherein dwelleth righteousness". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Assemblies of God Statement of Fundamental Truths」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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