We believe the old and New Testament scriptures in all matters of controversy between Christians, must be excepted as the supreme court of appeal. We believe that the Bible is the word of God and contains one harmonious and sufficiently complete system of doctrine, that all of its parts are consistent with each other, and that it is our duty to trace out this consistency by a careful investigation of the meaning of particular passages.
The word of God concerning our doctrines (THEOLOGY, CHRISTOLOGY, PNEUMATOLOGY, ANGELOLOGY, DEMONOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, HAMARTIOLOGY SOTERIOLOGY, ECCLESIOLOGY AND ESCHATOLOGY) is the great and final tribunal before which they must be brought and by which they must be tried and the validity of our belief is measured by our corresponding agreement with or diversity from that form of doctrine, which is set forth in the unerring revelation that God has given to us in his inspired word.
We believe in the full inspiration of the word of God by inspiration we mean the act whereby God, the Holy Ghost gave us the Scriptures, communicating the truth to us through the agency of fallible men of any kind, and that even to the most minute detail we might receive the truth which God the primary author intended to convey to us. By this definition, we acknowledge, the human authorship of the scripture; that God is the primary author 2Peter 1:21 2Timothy 3:16 and it concerns itself with the original writings and not copies or other versions in these original writings there was no error it was a perfect book.
We hold the word of God to be the only authority in all matters and assert that no doctrine can be true or essential if it does not find a place in the bible.
Quoted from COGIC OFFICIAL MANUAL of which I, Pastor Alfred Johnson Jr, am an ordained elder
We also believe that the church not only should be organized biblically but administratively as well, by administration we mean an administrative board chaired by our church administrator for the purposes of:
· Creating a strategic plan for accomplishing goals,
· Making sure board governance is in place
· Establish a structured, budgetary process,
· Manage the task, goals and strategies of the church.
· Create a scheduled maintenance program
· Build and foster a universal culture of support
· Make church finances, a priority
· Be transparent with our congregation
along with an ecclesiastical/governing board for the purpose of:
· Spiritual support
· Missional fulfillment
· Policy guidance
· Strategic planning
· Intentional communication
· Document curation
· Fiduciary responsibility
A trustee board to manage all property/real-estate business