TENETS OF FAITH

EUCC is committed to the whole teachings of the scriptures and encourages
individuals to live their lives to glorify GOD by following biblical rules and principles.
Believers are followers of Jesus Christ who committed their whole lives to honor God in
what they believe and practice as ultimately responsible to God. We believe the
Statement of EUCC beliefs to be an accurate summary of what Scripture teaches.

  1. The Scriptures
    The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation
    of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author,
    salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore,
    all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God
    judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the true center of
    Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and
    religious opinions should be tried. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself
    the focus of divine revelation. This Church receives the Holy Bible, King James
    Authorized Version, as its authority in all matters of faith, practice, and that Bible will be
    used in all public speaking, teaching, and worship services.
    Deuteronomy 4:1-2; 17:19; Psalms 19:7-10; 119:11,89,105,140; Isaiah 40:8;
    Jeremiah 15:16; Matthew 5:17-18; 22:29; Luke 21:33; 24:44-46; John 5:39; 17:17; Acts
    17:11; Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 4:12; 1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 1:19-21.
  2. God
    There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and
    personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is
    infinite in holiness and all other perfections. God is all powerful and all knowing; and His
    perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future
    decisions of His free creatures. To Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and
    obedience. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
    with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.
    A. God the Father
    God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and
    the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all
    powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who
    become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude
    toward all men.
    Genesis 1:1; 2:7; Exodus 6:2-3; Deuteronomy 6:4; 32:6; Isaiah 43:3,15; 64:8;
    Jeremiah 10:10; Matthew 6:9; 7:11; John 4:24; 5:26; 14:6-13; Romans 8:14-15; 1
    Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 4:6; Colossians 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 John
    5:7.
    B. God the Son
    Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ, He was
    conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly revealed and
    did the will of God, taking upon Himself human nature with its demands and necessities
    and identifying Himself completely with mankind yet without sin. He honored the divine
    law by His personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross He made
    provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was raised from the dead with a
    glorified body and appeared to His disciples as the person who was with them before
    His crucifixion. He ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God
    where He is the One Mediator, fully God, fully man, in whose Person is effected the
    reconciliation between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the
    world and to consummate His redemptive mission. He now dwells in all believers as the
    living and ever-present Lord.
    Genesis 18:1; Psalms 2:7; 110:1; Isaiah 7:14; 53; Matthew 1:18-23; 3:17; 8:29;
    11:27;
    14:33; 16:16,27; 17:5; 28:1-6; Mark 1:1; 3:11; Luke 1:35; 4:41; 22:70; 24:46; John 1:1-
    18,29;
    10:30; 11:25-27; 12:44-45; 14:6-11; 16:28; 17:1-5, 20:24-28; Acts 1:9; 2:22-24; 7:55-56;
    9:20; Romans 1:3-4; 3:23-26; 5:6-8; 8:1-3,34; 10:4; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 8:6; 15:24-28; 2
    Corinthians
    5:19-21; Galatians 4:4-5; Ephesians 1:20; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:13-22; 2:9; 1
    Thessalonians 4:14-18; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; 3:16; Hebrews 1:1-3; 4:14-15; 9:12-15,24-28;
    12:2; 13:8; 1 Peter 2:21-25; 3:22; Revelation 1:13-18; 19:11-16.
    C. God the Holy Spirit
    The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine. He inspired holy men of old to
    write the Scriptures. Through illumination He enables men to understand truth. He
    exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to
    the Savior, and effects regeneration. At the moment of regeneration, He baptizes every
    believer into the Body of Christ. He cultivates Christian character, comforts believers,
    and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God through His Church. He seals
    the believer unto the day of final redemption. His presence in the Christian is the
    guarantee that God will bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ. He
    enlightens and empowers the believer and the Church in worship, evangelism, and
    service.
    Judges 14:6; Job 26:13; Psalms 139:7; Isaiah 61:1-3; Joel 2:28-32; Matthew 1:18;
    4:1; Luke 1:35; 4:18-19; 12:12; John 4:24; 14:16-17,26; 15:26; 16:7-14; Acts 1:8; 2:1-4;
    4:31; 5:3;
    10:44; 13:2; Romans 8:9-11,14-16,26-27; 1 Corinthians 2:10-14; 3:16; 12:3-11,13;
    Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 1:13-14; 4:30; 5:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:19; Hebrews 9:14; 2 Peter
    1:20-21; 1 John 4:13; 5:6-7.
  3. Man
    Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them
    male and female as the crowning work of His creation. The gift of gender is thus part of
    the goodness of God’s creation. In the beginning man was innocent of sin and was
    endowed by his Creator with freedom of choice. By his free choice man sinned against
    God and brought sin into the human race. Through the temptation of Satan man
    transgressed the command of God and fell from his original innocence whereby his
    posterity inherit a nature and an environment inclined toward sin. Therefore, as soon as
    they are capable of moral action, they become transgressors and are under
    condemnation. Only the grace of God can bring man into His holy fellowship and enable
    man to fulfill the creative purpose of God. The sacredness of human personality is
    evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man;
    therefore, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worthy of respect and
    Christian love.
    Genesis 1:26-30; 2:7,15-22; 3; Psalms 1; 8:3-8; 51:5; Isaiah 6:5; Jeremiah 17:5;
    Matthew 16:26; Acts 17:26; Romans 1:19-32; 3:10-18,23; 5:12,19; 7:18-24; 1 Corinthians
    15:19,21-22; Colossians 1:21-22.
  4. Salvation
    Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man and is offered freely to all
    who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal
    redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration,
    justification, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal
    faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.
    A. Regeneration, or the new birth, is a work of God’s grace whereby
    believers become new creatures in Christ Jesus. It is a change of heart wrought by the
    Holy Spirit through conviction of sin, to which the sinner responds in repentance
    toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Repentance and faith are inseparable
    experiences of grace.
    Repentance is a genuine turning from sin toward God. Faith is the acceptance of
    Jesus Christ and commitment of the entire personality to Him as Lord and Savior.
    B. Justification is God’s gracious and full acquittal upon principles of His
    righteousness of all sinners who repent and believe in Christ. Justification brings the
    believer unto a relationship of peace and favor with God.
    C. Sanctification is the experience, beginning in regeneration, by which the
    believer is set apart to God’s purposes, and is enabled to progress toward moral and
    spiritual maturity through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in him.
    Growth in grace should continue throughout the regenerate person’s life.
    D. Glorification is the culmination of salvation and is the final blessed and
    abiding state of the redeemed.
    Genesis 3:15; Exodus 6:2-8; Matthew 1:21; 16:21-26; John 1:11-14,29; 3:3-
    21,36; 5:24;
    10:28-29; Acts 2:21; 4:12; 15:11; 16:30-31; Romans 1:16-18; 3:23-25; 5:8-10; 8:29-39;
    10:910,13; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 6:19-20; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8; Titus
    2:11-14; Hebrews 5:8-9.
  5. God’s Purpose of Grace
    Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates,
    justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners. It is consistent with the free agency of man and
    comprehends all the means in connection with the end. It is the glorious display of
    God’s sovereign goodness, and is infinitely wise, holy, and unchangeable. It excludes
    boasting and promotes humility.
    Those whom God has accepted in Christ, and sanctified by His Spirit, will never
    fall away from the state of grace. Believers may fall into sin through neglect and
    temptation, whereby they grieve the Spirit, impair their graces and comforts, and bring
    reproach on the cause of Christ and temporal judgments on themselves; yet they shall
    be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.
    Exodus 19:5-8; Jeremiah 31:31; Matthew 21:28-45; 24:22,31; 25:34; Luke 1:68-
    79; 2:2932; 24:44-48; John 1:12-14; 3:16; 5:24; 6:44-45,65; 10:27-29; 15:16; 17:6,12,17-
    18; Acts 20:32;
    Romans 8:28-39; 10:12-15; 11:5-7; 1 Corinthians 1:1-2; Colossians 1:12-14; 2
    Thessalonians
    2:13-14; 2 Timothy 1:12; 2:10,19; James 1:12; 1 Peter 1:2-5,13; 2:4-10; 1 John 1:7-9;
    2:19; 3:2. 6. The Church
    A New Testament Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local
    congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship
    of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising
    the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the
    gospel to the ends of the earth. Each congregation operates under the Lordship of
    Christ through democratic processes. In such a congregation each member is
    responsible and accountable to Christ as Lord. Its scriptural officers are pastors and
    deacons. While both men and women are gifted for service in the Church, these
    scriptural offices of pastor and deacons shall be filled and occupied by men. This
    Church does not ordain women as deacons or pastors.
    The New Testament speaks also of the Church as the Body of Christ which includes
    all of the redeemed of all the ages, believers from every tribe, and tongue, and people,
    and nation.
    Matthew 16:15-18; 18:15-20; Acts 2:41-42,47; 6:3-6; 13:1-3; 14:23,27; 16:5;
    20:28; 1 Corinthians 12; Ephesians 3:8-11,21; 5:22-32; Philippians 1:1; Colossians 1:18; 1
    Timothy 2:9-14; 3:1-15; Revelation 2-3; 21:2-3.
  6. Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
    Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the
    Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s
    faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the
    old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony
    to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a Church ordinance, it is
    prerequisite to the privileges of Church membership and to the Lord’s Supper. The
    Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the Church, through
    partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer
    and anticipate His second coming. This Church practices closed communion.
    Matthew 26:26-30; 28:19-20; Mark 14:22-26; Luke 22:19-20; Acts 2:41-42; 8:35-
    39; 16:30-33; 1 Corinthians 11:23-29.
  7. The Lord’s Day
    The first day of the week is the Lord’s Day. It is a Christian institution for regular
    observance. It commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and should
    include exercises of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and private. Activities
    on the Lord’s Day should be commensurate with the Christian’s conscience under the
    Lordship of Jesus Christ.
    Exodus 20:8-11; 31:16-17; Matthew 12:1-12; 28:1; Mark 2:27-28; 16:1-7; Acts
    20:7; Romans 14:5-10; I Corinthians 16:1-2; Colossians 2:16; Revelation 1:10.
  8. The Kingdom
    The Kingdom of God includes both His general sovereignty over the universe and
    His particular kingship over men who willfully acknowledge Him as King. Particularly the
    Kingdom is the realm of salvation into which men enter by trustful, childlike
    commitment to Jesus Christ. Christians ought to pray and to labor that the Kingdom
    may come, and God’s will be done on earth. The full consummation of the Kingdom
    awaits the return of Jesus Christ and the end of this age.
    Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 9:6-7; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Matthew 3:2; Mark 1:14-15; Luke 8:1;
    12:3132; 17:20-21; John 3:3; 18:36; Acts 1:6-7; 17:22-31; 1 Corinthians 15:24-28;
    Colossians 1:13; Hebrews 12:28; 1 Peter 2:4-10; Revelation 5:10; 11:15; 21-22.
  9. Last Things
    God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate
    end.
    According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the
    earth; The Second Coming of Christ includes the rapture and a return to earth by Christ
    with His saints for a thousand-year reign.; The dead will be raised; and Christ will judge
    all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the place of
    everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will
    receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord. (Romans 8:23; 1
    Corinthians 15:51-52; Zechariah 14:5; Matthew 24:17, 30). There will be a final
    judgment at which all men will be judged. (Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:43-48; Revelation
    19:20). The New Heaven and Earth – All of God’s children will reign forever in a new
    heaven and a new earth. (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21, 22)
    Isaiah 2:4; 11:9; Matthew 16:27; 18:8-9; 19:28; 24:27,30,36,44; 25:31-46; 26:64;
    Mark 8:38; 9:43-48; Luke 12:40,48; 16:19-26; 17:22-37; 21:27-28; John 14:1-3; Acts
    1:11; 17:31;
    Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 15:24-28,51-57; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Philippians 3:20-
    21;
    Colossians 3:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9; 2; 1 Timothy 6:14; 2
    Timothy 4:1,8; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 9:27-28; James 5:8; 2 Peter 3:7; 1 John 2:28; 3:2;
    Jude 14; Revelation 3:11; 19:11-21; 20:1-15.
  10. Evangelism and Missions
    It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every Church of the
    Lord
    Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations. The new birth of man’s spirit
    by God’s Holy Spirit means the birth of love for others. Missionary effort on the part of
    all rests thus upon a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life and is expressly and
    repeatedly commanded in the teachings of Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ has
    commanded the preaching of the gospel to all nations. It is the duty of every child of
    God to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal witness undergirded by a
    Christian lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ.
    Isaiah 6:1-8; Matthew 9:37-38; 28:18-20; John 20:21; Acts 1:8; 2; 13:2-3;
    Romans 10:13-
    15.
  11. Stewardship
    God is the source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual; all that we have and
    are we owe to Him. Christians have a spiritual debtorship to the whole world, a holy
    trusteeship in the gospel, and a binding stewardship in their possessions. They should
    serve Him with their time, talents, and material possessions; and should recognize all
    these as entrusted to them to use for the glory of God and for helping others. According
    to the Scriptures, Christians should contribute of their means cheerfully, regularly,
    systematically, proportionately, and liberally for the advancement of the Redeemer’s
    cause on earth.
    Leviticus 27:30-32; Deuteronomy 8:18; Malachi 3:8-12; Matthew 6:1-4,19-21;
    Luke 12:16-21; 16:1-13; Acts 2:44-47; 20:35; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 4:1-2; 6:19-
    20; 16:1-4; 2 Corinthians 8-9; Philippians 4:10-19; 1 Peter 1:18-19.
  12. Cooperation
    Christ’s people should, as occasion requires, organize such associations and
    conventions as may best secure cooperation for the great objectives of the Kingdom of
    God. Such organizations have no authority over one another or over the Churches. They
    are voluntary and advisory bodies designed to elicit, combine, and direct the energies of
    our people in the most effective manner. Members of New Testament Churches should
    cooperate with one another in carrying forward the missionary, educational, and
    benevolent ministries for the extension of Christ’s Kingdom. Christian unity in the New
    Testament sense is spiritual harmony and voluntary cooperation for common ends by
    various groups of Christ’s people. Cooperation is desirable between the various
    Christian denominations, when the end to be attained is itself justified, and when such
    cooperation involves no violation of conscience or compromise of loyalty to Christ and
    His Word as revealed in the New Testament.
    Exodus 17:12; Judges 7:21; Ezra 1:3-4; 2:68-69; Nehemiah 4; Mark 2:3; Luke
    10:1; Acts 1:13-14; 2:1; 4:31-35; 13:2-3; 15:1-35; 1 Corinthians 1:10-17; 3:5-9; 12; 2
    Corinthians 8-9; Ephesians 4:1-16; Philippians 1:15-18.
  13. The Christian and the Social Order
    All Christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ supreme in
    our own lives and in human society. Means and methods used for the improvement of
    society and the establishment of righteousness among men can be truly and
    permanently helpful only when they are rooted in the regeneration of the individual by
    the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ. In the spirit of Christ, Christians should oppose
    racism, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all forms of sexual immorality,
    including adultery, homosexuality, and pornography. We believe that God has
    commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage
    between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism,
    polygamy, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are
    sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex. We believe that God disapproves of and forbids
    any attempt to alter one’s gender by surgery or appearance. We believe that the only
    legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman. We should work to
    provide for the orphaned, the needy, the abused, the aged, the helpless, and the sick.
    We believe that human life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living
    human being. Abortion constitutes the unjustified, unexcused taking of unborn human
    life. Abortion is murder. We reject any teaching that abortions of pregnancies due to
    rape, incest, birth defects, gender selection, birth or population control, or the physical
    or mental wellbeing of the mother are acceptable. We should speak on behalf of the
    unborn and contend for the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death.
    Every Christian should seek to bring industry, government, and society as a whole under
    the sway of the principles of righteousness, truth, and brotherly love. In order to
    promote these ends Christians should be ready to work with all men of good will in any
    good cause, always being careful to act in the spirit of love without compromising their
    loyalty to Christ and His truth.
    Exodus 20:3-17; Leviticus 6:2-5; 18:20-23; 20:13; Deuteronomy 27:17; Psalm
    101:5;
    Micah 6:8; Zechariah 8:16; Matthew 5:13-16,27-28,43-48; 22:36-40; 25:35; Mark 10:21;
    Luke 4:18-21; 10:27-37; 20:25; John 15:12; 17:15; Romans 1:24-28; 1Corinthians 5:9-10;
    6:1-7, 9-10; Colossians 3:12-17; 1 Thessalonians 3:12; James 1:27; 2:8.
  14. Religious Liberty
    God alone is Lord of the conscience, and He has left it free from the doctrines
    and commandments of men which are contrary to His Word or not contained in it.
    Church and state should be separate. The state owes to every Church protection and
    full freedom in the pursuit of its spiritual ends. In providing for such freedom no
    ecclesiastical group or denomination should be favored by the state more than others.
    Civil government being ordained of God, it is the duty of Christians to render loyal
    obedience thereto in all things not contrary to the revealed will of God. The Church
    should not resort to the civil power to carry on its work. The gospel of Christ
    contemplates spiritual means alone for the pursuit of its ends. The state has no right to
    impose penalties for religious opinions of any kind. The state has no right to impose
    taxes for the support of any form of religion. A free Church in a free state is the
    Christian ideal, and this implies the right of free and unhindered access to God on the
    part of all men, and the right to form and propagate opinions in the sphere of religion
    without interference by the civil power. Matthew 22:21; John 8:36; Acts 4:19-20;
    Romans 13:1-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-2; 1 Peter 2:12-
    17.
  15. The Family
    God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It
    is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption.
    Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant
    commitment for a lifetime. It is God’s unique gift to reveal the union between Christ
    and His Church and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework
    for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical
    standards, and the means for procreation of the human race.
    The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in
    God’s image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. A
    husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the Church. He has the God-given
    responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit
    herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the Church willingly
    submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and
    thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve
    as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation.
    Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the
    Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God’s pattern for marriage. Parents
    are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them, through
    consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical
    truth. Children are to honor and obey their parents.
    We believe that God disapproves of divorce and intends marriage to last until
    one of the spouses dies. Although divorced and remarried persons or divorced persons
    may hold positions of service in the Church up on approval of the Church Governance
    and be greatly used of God for Christian service, they may not be considered for the
    offices of pastor or elders.
    Marriage Process
    a) The marriage is accordingly done when a member of the church,
    either a man or a woman, applies so that his/ her marriage ceremony
    done in the church. However, the following criteria are needed to be
    fulfilled.
    b) A written application should be submitted to the pastor six months
    ahead of the wedding day.
    c) When an application of marriage is submitted, the pastor shall give
    attention to their request and facilitates for marriage after he
    received an application.
    d) An applicant shall attend pre-marriage lessons and counseling
    provided through the pastor and the marriage counselor of the
    church.
    e) The marriage counselors and the elders of the church through the
    pastor must interview the couple. (A sample of the interview is
    attached on an appendix of this manual)
    f) Engaged couples should submit a certificate of medical proof they
    are free of sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV AIDS to the
    church, and the certificate would be attached with their file.
    g) If one of the couples is from another evangelical denomination or
    local church, he/she should bring a recommendation letter from his/
    her church regarding his/her life testimony.
    h) During the wedding, either the pastor or a delegated elder shall
    perform the wedding ceremony.
    i) Evangelical Unity Church does not involve in, facilitate nor accept
    divorce. Even in case of extramarital infidelity, the Church shall
    promote true repentance of the offender and forgiveness from the
    offended parties for mending and redeeming their marriage;
    however, if the offended party so chooses to end the marriage, the
    process may proceed through legal courts.
    j) Evangelical Unity Church does not allow, acknowledge not accept
    premarital sexual relations, practices, and cohabitation.
    Genesis 1:26-28; 2:15-25; Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Joshua 24:15;
    Psalms 127; 139:13-16; Proverbs 1:8; 6:20-22; 12:4; 13:24; 17:6; 18:22; 22:6,15; 23:13-
    14; 24:3; 29:15,17;
    Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; 9:9; Matthew 5:31-32; 19:3-12; Mark 10:6-12; Romans 7:1-3; 1
    Corinthians
    7:1-16; Ephesians 5:21-33; 6:1-4; Colossians 3:18-21; 1 Timothy 3:2,12; 5:8,14; Titus 1:6;
    2:3-5; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Peter 3:1-7
    17.The Ministry –
    We believe all believers are gifted by God to be useful in the body of Christ. God
    have also given the Church divinely called, scripturally ordained ministers and
    prayerfully nominated or elected ministers to lead the church in evangelization,
    worship, building the body, and general leadership of the church. (Mark 16:15-20; John
    4:23-24; Ephesians 4:11, 16)
    Accordingly,
    a) Purpose of the ministry shall be based on Biblical purpose, goal oriented,
    and transformational building and maintaining a culture of reproducing
    discipleship (Romans 12:1-2).
    b) Focus on creating small group-communities based on principles of
    intentionality, defined structure, striving for intimacy (James 5:6, Romans
    15;14, 1Thess 5:14, insistent to outreach and committed to reproducing.
    c) Methods should be primarily on Biblical feeding, personal reflection,
    spiritual disciplines, prayer, Worship and praise, support groups and
    benevolence.
    d) Core Values of EUCC include Christ-centered, team leadership, the value of
    unity, love, and peace for the health and growth of the Church, and for the
    glory of God.
    Divine Healing – We believe in the divine intervention and answering prayers
    according to his will. Devine healing is provided for the church in God’s will, God’s ways
    and God’s time for His glory and for the blessings of men according to the Scriptures.
    (Isaiah 53:4-5; Matthew 8:16-17; James 5:14-16; 1 Corinthians 12: 11).