Sunday Worship Celebration:
Worship Service: 9:00 am and 10:30 am
Children's Classes 10:30 am
Family Life Classes 9:00 am and 10:30 am
Nursery Care for newborn thru 5th grade at 10:30 am
Senior Pastor: Steve Johnson
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-260-244-7603
Cell: 1-260-229-9381
Assoc. Pastor: John Carter
Email: [email protected]
Cell: 1-260-241-2343
Admin-Secretary: Brittney Guiff
Email: [email protected]
Cell: 1-260-244-3052
Worship-Children's Director: Kristina Hayden
Email: [email protected]
Cell: 1-260-415-6786
WHAT WE BELIEVE
We live in an age that has very few absolutes. In an ever changing society it is good to have an anchor. WE BELIEVE
The Bible is the word of God and is God’s Inerrant and infallible message to humanity in both Old and New Testaments. (II Peter 1:19-20)
That the one true God exists in three persons, Father (planner), Son (performer), and Holy Spirit (power giver). He is our creator and redeemer. (Gen. 1:1-2, Matt. 3:13-17, Col. 1:15-16)
That Jesus Christ is God’s eternal son and in his taking a human body is both fully God and fully human. (John 1:1,14, Phil. 2:5-11)
That Jesus died as the sinless sacrifice for sinful humanity. His virgin birth assures humanity of an acceptable savior. (2 For. 5:18-21)
That as a human being places his or her faith in Jesus Christ that their sins are forgiven and he/she receives eternal life. A believing person’s spirit goes to heaven upon death This faith for salvation is constantly exercised. (Eph. 2:8-10, Titus 3:5-6)
In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit as Baptizes, fills, keeps, convicts and leads believers to new spiritual heights. (Eph. 5:18, I Thess. 5:232)
That the local church is comprised of those who have repented and committed to Christ and the local body. These believers are encouraged to be baptized, participate in the Lord’s Table, follow the example of the washing of feet and exercise their spiritual gifts within the Body. (Matt. 28:19-20, John 13). In the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, His second coming and the resurrection of believers at the His coming. (I For. 15:3-4, 51-58, I Thess. 4:13-18). That marriage is between one and one woman for life. (Matt. 19:1-6)
The name of the denomination has changed several times. First known as the Church of God, in keeping with Winebrenner's view that "there is but one true Church, namely: the Church of God." The phrase in North America was added by the first General Eldership in 1845. In 1896 the name was made plural: Churches of God in North America. In 1974 two changes were made. The phrase "In North America" was eliminated in recognition of the Churches of God members in India, Bangladesh, and Haiti. "General Eldership" was changed to "General Conference" in recognition that delegates were no longer limited to "elders." Thus, the name today is Churches of God, General Conference. The Churches of God is a Bible Believing, revivalistic Jesus movement. It began as movement and became organized in the years after 1840. There are many groups today which use the name "Church of God." Some are like us, and some are very different. We were the first in the United States to use the name. Our official name is "Churches of God, General Conference." The official history is below. The website is cggc.org. Check us out. We believe the historic creeds like the Apostle's and Nicene Creeds. We are a Bible and Christ centered movement. Check out our beliefs. An early motto we used was:
NO BOOK BUT THE BIBLE, NO CREED BUT CHRIST! Historical Introduction the Churches of God, General Conference
The Churches of God, General Conference began in 1825 because of the labors, revivals, and ideas of John Winbrenner, a German Reformed pastor who ministered in and around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. During the late 1820's, Winebrenner came to the theological conclusions about the nature and government of the Church, the importance of the regenerating experience of the new birth and the ordinances (Believers Baptism by immersion, Lord's Supper and Feet Washing). He reaffirmed the believe that the Bible was the "only authoritative rule of faith and practice." In 1830 he joined five other "teaching elders," or ministers , in central Pennsylvania in forming an "eldership" for the purpose of adopting a system of cooperation. As Churches of God settlers moved west, they established new churches and elderships in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Michigan. By 1900 the denomination had spread to West Virginia, Maryland, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. The California Eldership began in 1948. Since 2000, congregations have formed in New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Churches of God periodicals, The Gospel Publisher (1835-1845) and The Church Advocate (1846-present), have played a key role in distributing information about and for the Churches of God. Foreign mission work was established at Uluberia, India, in 1898 and at Bogra (now Bangladesh) in 1905. Members of Slovak descent started mission churches in Eastern Europe in 1922, but communist governments thwarted this effort. Project HELP was begun in Haiti in 1967 and a ministry to Navajos began in New Mexico in 1976. In 1994, ministry was launched in Brazil followed by new ministry efforts in Kenya in 2008. Throughout the 2000's God has graciously opened opportunities to start ministries in Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Honduras. Findlay College (University of Findlay) was incorporated in 1882 and opened for classes in 1886. Winebrenner Seminary began as a graduate department of theology in 1942 and was chartered as a separate institution in 1960.
