A Short Overview of Our Church
The Church of God (7th Day) is a body of believers who follow the mandates of the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments. We use the King James version of the scriptures. Our doctrinal points are taken from the Word of God only. The Church’s organization continues to be the same as when Jesus first established
it, i.e. the twelve apostles and the seventy elders. The
Church’s finances are managed by the board of seven. We believe it is imperative to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus as we read in Revelation 14:12, “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”
We believe it is necessary to keep all of the commandments of God which include the Ten Commandments found in Exodus 20, the law of the clean and the unclean as found in Leviticus 11, the law of tithing as expressed in Malachi 3:8-12, and baptism by immersion in the name of the “Lord Jesus Christ”. The laying on of hands occurs after baptism for the reception of the Holy Spirit. The seventh day
Sabbath is to be kept from sundown on Friday evening to sundown on Saturday evening. Jesus and the Heavenly Father are two distinct individuals who both took part in creating the earth while the Holy Spirit is their power sent to man on earth. We wait for the return of Jesus when the resurrection of the dead will occur, and we who are alive at that time will be changed into spiritual beings. The Lord’s Supper is to be kept once a year on the fourteenth day of the first month and is to be conducted as Jesus instituted it. The foot washing (the act of humility) is done first: then comes the partaking of the unleavened bread and the grape juice (fruit of the vine). These represent the body and blood of Jesus. If you do not eat of the body and drink the blood of Jesus then you have no life in you.