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We are not an organization, nor are we performing superstars. Jesus promised where two or three are gathered in his name that he would be present (Matt. 18:20), that is all we are and that is all we seek. We seek fellowship with one another and thereby fellowship with Jesus Christ (1 John 1:3,6 &7). We meet in our home where I am in charge as the scriptural head of my home, however, I am not the head of the Lord's people, he is, so to the extent that we gather in our home, we desire the Lord to be the head of our gathering. We do not believe in a clergy - laity separation, we believe that we should all seek to build one another up in the most holy faith, anyone who has something to serve others with, should be able to do so without the adherence to traditions, organized service formats, hierarchy; we believe that order is done according to scripture, not tradition. We do believe that there is a spiritual place called Babylon (Rev. 17) that God has called his people to come out of and be separate from.
In Babylon people are bricks, but we believe that people should be lively stones as the scriptures teach, in this system church is an organization of people designed to serve it's self rather than the people it claims to serve, in this system church is a place run like a corporation, we believe that church (the ekklesia) are the people and have nothing to do with the place or any corporate hierarchy, we are not a corporation, but a family and we operate as such. We believe in all holy scripture as the Holy Spirit as our teacher. We believe in the one Triune God, we do not follow so called "Christian Orthodoxy", as some say, we do not believe that "Christian Creeds" are infallible. We are against the murder that has happened in the name of Christianity. We do not believe that we must see eye to eye on everything in order to have real fellowship. (Psalms 34:18 Isa. 57:15 & 66:2)
We are not Calvinist - they are amongst the most hateful proclaiming Christians we have ever met. We are not Arminian - they are works based boot strap theology, we disagree with them. We are not dispensationalist yet our eschatology is somewhat still undefined. We do not believe that one can lose his salvation and at the same time he endures until the end the same shall be saved. We do not believe in carnal Christians, a tree shall be know by it's fruit. We believe that a person is saved by faith, through grace, we believe it is solely a work of God. We do not want to go to "church", but we want to be the church (the ekklesia), the called out ones. We believe that every man should speak the truth to his neighbor, we believe in biblical forgiveness, not feel good forgiveness and We believe that our hope of salvation is not in vain, because the Love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. We are not cessationist (we believe in the gifts of the Spirit) and we do not get behind false manifestations that bring glory to people and not to God, we simply live for his glory and pleasure!
If you are looking for fellowship in the N. San Diego County area, please feel free to call for more information: 760-542-6100 Robert Begnaud
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