Welcome to our church!

At our church we are a close-knit group of people who care for each and every person who walks through the door - whether you're here for the first time or you've been here all your life. We believe that God loved us by sending us His son - who is our example because He loved us enough to die for our sins. We strive to be loving towards everyone we meet because to share love is to share Christ.

We believe in the seventh day sabbath - as God commanded. Jesus kept the sabbath and he is our example. He did not come to abolish the law as it was given to Moses, but through grace and truth he added the dimension of spirit to the church and has perfected it. We follow the laws because we love Him enough to do so. We strive to restore the truth of Christianity's Judaic heritage to our practices & beliefs. We have a desire to do what is right as commanded by God himself in His Word.

We welcome you to our services and pray that God blesses you in all you do! It is our prayer that you find something here that will help you in your spiritual walk with God and to develop a closer personal relationship with Him.


Restoration of the Church



The early church Jesus established during the time of His ministry reaped many thousands of members who made up the great "spiritual house," the temple of the Lord (1 Peter 2:5).

In its latter years after the death of the apostles and the apostolic fathers, evil men as grievous wolves crept in unawares to overthrow the faith of many by using the grace of God as a pretext for lasciviousness and substituting human traditions for the truth of God. This brought about an eventual revelation in the spiritual realm of the prophetic situation about which Isaiah spoke concerning Judah: "How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers." (Isaiah 1:21)

The great church which Jesus established went down into the darkness and eventual death of apostasy by adopting the pagan traditions of the Roman Empire in return for safety and welath that its rulers guaranteed the church. WHen it sold out hte sacred truth of the Word of God whcih Jesus, Himself, had revealed, the church became Mystery, Babylon the Great (Revelation 17:1-5)

When the early church consummated its union with the state of Rome, the covenant of the body was broken, and the church died. For centuries the light of the church was not seen, though the faith of God conituned to be manifest in His kingdom. Finally God raised upon brave men to reinstate the doctrines of the kingdom of God and to preach spiritual rebirth. Other doctrines of the kingdom were reestablished including sanctification and baptism by the Holy Spirit.

It was about the time when the Holy Spirit began to be poured out that the revelation of the need for a resurrection and restoration of the church in the last days was made known by Bishop A.J. Tomlinson. He implemented the revelation to bring about the resurrection of the church in a small body of people in Cherokee County, NC in 1903 (Isaiah 52:1-2, 60:1)

Since that time the doctrines of the early church have been progressively restored to the church in this day. Following the Reformation of the church in 1957, this work was accelerated with Chief Bishop Grady R. Kent, restoring the governmental pattern of the church - with apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers (Ephesians 4:11-13). This is a fulfillment of Isaiah 1:26: "I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors at thy beginning; afterward thou shalt be called The City of Righteousness, the faithful city."

The restoration of the church among the Gentiles is the focal point of the prophetic programs that God will bring to pass in the time of the end of the age. All other prophetic programs revolve around and are contingent upon the restoration of the church. The one word which characterizes the work of God for this generation is restoration, and the restoration of the church leads the way in this work.

The objective of The Church of God is to bring about a complete restoration of the church of the Bible with every doctrine and practice fully implemented and with every gift and office fully operational. This is the prophetic work that is to be accomplished when the spiritual tabernacle of David is restored among the Gentiles in the last days in preparation for the second coming of Jesus (Amos 9:11, Acts 15:15-17). 

 




Upcoming Events Calendar

• Jan 6: MIA practice at 6, Timbrel Corp at 7, Praise Team at 8.

• Jan 7: Bible Study at 6:30pm

• Jan 9: Prayer time begins at 6:50pm. Worship service begins at 7pm.

• Jan 10: Sabbath School begins at 9:45, Youth Service begins at 11. Nursing Home Visit to Walnut Ridge at 2pm.

• Jan 13: MIA practice at 6, Timbrel Corp at 7, Praise Team at 8.

• Jan 14: Bible Study at 6:30pm

• Jan 16: Prayer time begins at 6:50pm. Worship service begins at 7pm. Nursing Home Visit to Greensburg Care Center at 2pm

• Jan 20: MIA practice at 6, Timbrel Corp at 7, Praise Team at 8.

• Jan 21: Bible Study at 6:30pm

• Jan 23: Prayer time begins at 6:50pm. Worship service begins at 7pm.

 

One Year
Reading Plan

Scripture for 01/05

• Genesis 13-15

Prayer Requests

• Leadership of the Church

• Leadership of the Country

• Youth & Elderly

• Service Men & Women

• Unsaved Loved Ones

• If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer - See Matthew 21:22

• The first rule of holes: When you are in one....stop digging. - See Psalm 40:2-3

• Being at peace with yourself is a direct result of finding peace with God. - See Philippians 4:7

• If the roots are deep and strong, the tree needn't worry about the wind. - See Jeremiah 17:7-8

 


What is Love?

The most basic definition of love is described as a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. Everything hinges on Love. We need to learn to love God, love each other, and even love our enemies.

Matthew 22:36-40 talks about the greatest commandments. Love is the center of these. Can we love God with all our heart without loving each other or our enemies? We need to be careful not to tell God we love him with all our heart if we can't love those around us.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13 speaks as to what love is but it also tells us that Jesus is Love. He loved us enough to die for our sins and He is our example. There are 551 instances in scripture to love. It's that important. Can we live without it?

Romans 13:9-10 sums up love in one - love your neighbor as yoursefl. Love does not harm its neighbor.

Love is impartial. In Deuteronomy 10:19 we can conclude that we should love regardless of any possible faults because we all have faults. Jesus didn't pick and choose who to love. He loved all of us.

Colossians 3:12-17 sums it all up. Love binds us together. Love comes from the heart and Jesus is in our heart. If we show love to others, we are sharing Christ with others. Isn't that why we're here? "For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life."- John 3:16NLT