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THE MISSION OF FOC
The Mission of Fellowship of Champions Church International is to teach the people of God how to WALK IN LOVE, how to LIVE BY FAITH and how to experience GOD's PROSPERITY in every area of life!
THE VISION OF FOC
The Vision of Fellowship of Champions Church International is to be a church that uses the power of love, faith and prayer to impact and alter people's lives, their cities, and nation. To be a church that is known for its passionate worship, in which worshipers seek to usher in the presence of God. To lead in the development of mature Christian growth were people are free from demonic strongholds and various addictions. To create opportunities for people to experiment, discover, and utilize their spiritual gifts. To provide ongoing leadership training for the continual development of new leaders for expanding ministries; and to lead people to experience the fullness of the Holy Spirit, during which they become consumed with His presence, consistently walking in the Spirit, thereby living an irresistible and contagious life. Lastly, Fellowship of Champions will seek to provide saint-to-saint ministry through small groups that will connect people for the purpose of developing, enhancing, and nurturing relationships within the FOC family and the extended Body of Christ.
FOC's CALLING
We are called to lead people to the place where they operate proficiently in the biblical principles of love, faith, prosperity, healing, redemption and righteousness and then to the place where they can share those principles with others.
We are called to assist people in becoming rooted, grounded and established in the Word of God by teaching them to give God's Word first place in their lives
We are called to build an army of mature believers, bringing them from infancy to maturity, from religion to reality. We are called to train them to become skillful in the word of righteousness and to stand firm in the spiritual warfare against the kingdom of darkness.
FOC CORE VALUES
We value the Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
We believe everything we do must be Biblically based.
We desire to be Christ centered in everything we do.
We value relationship with God and each other (Philippians 3:7-11; Acts 2:42-46)
We believe that relationship with God is our first priority.
We desire to know God intimately and to make Him known to others.
We desire to be a loving, caring fellowship of believers where individual's needs are met.
We believe small groups are essential to building our relationship with God and with other believers.
We desire to strengthen relationships in family units as well as in the family of God.
We value the Body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:12-27)
We believe every member has a specific role in the church.
We desire to experience unity in diversity.
We desire to be closely connected to the body of Christ in our city.
We value excellence (Colossians 3:23-24)
We believe everything we do must be done unto the Lord.
We desire to do everything to the best of our ability.
We value an outward focus (Matthew 28:19-20)
We believe the church exists not to just meet the needs of the body, but to reach out to the community to meet needs and make disciples.
We desire to be aware of the felt needs of our community and to seek God as to how to best meet those needs.
We value prayer (Matthew 7:7-11)
We believe that prayer is essential to everything we do.
We desire for our church to pray without ceasing.
We value praise and worship (Romans 12:1-2)
We believe we should experience the manifest presence of God in our worship.
We desire to be a "worship-driven" church.
We value the grace of God (Romans 6:14)
We believe everything God gives is by His grace.
We desire to be a grace-oriented church.
We value openness and honesty (James 5:16)
We believe the church is a place for people to be real.
We desire to be a safe place where people can experience healing and wholeness.
We value spirit-led ministry and leadership (Ephesians 4:11-13)
We believe spiritual leaders are to seek God for direction in ministry and to equip the saints to minister.
We believe that ministries function best in teams.
We believe every believer has received spiritual gifts.
FOC STATEMENT OF BELIEFS
We believe that there is only one true God and one mediator between God and man; that is Jesus Christ the Son of God (I Timothy 2:5).
We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He was crucified, died and buried. On the third day, He arose from the dead and ascended on high where He took His seat at the right hand of God the Father (I Corinthians 15:3-22).
We believe the Bible is the written Word (will) of God inspired by God and that faith is acting out on the Word of God (John 1:1, II Timothy 3:16).
We believe that Jesus promise of a Comforter (John 14, 15, and 16) is revealed in the person of the Holy Spirit.
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person and the third person in the Godhead (I John 5:7).
We believe in the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and that the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is evidenced by speaking in other tongues as the Spirit of God gives utterance (Acts 2:1-4, 38-39).
We believe in the rapture and that the dead in Christ will rise and those who are alive and remain shall be caught up to meet Jesus in the air (I Thessalonians 4:13-18).
We believe in divine healing or the restoration of health to one who believes and acts upon the Word of God and that Jesus is the Healer, that by the stripes of Jesus we are healed (Isaiah 53:5, I Peter 2:24). We believe in tithing and bringing offerings to the local church.
We believe that the tithe is holy and that it belongs to God. In addition, we believe that an offering, which is any amount over and above the first ten percent, should also be given as the Holy Spirit directs each individual (Malachi 3:10).
We believe in water baptism in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38).
WHAT MAKES FOC DIFFERENT
We believe that the family is the building block of the church and society. The family is where Christianity begins. If our Christianity doesn't work in the home, it doesn't work at all. Our highest goal in life is to live before God, starting in our homes. If we can live the Christian life at home we can certainly live it in the world.
We believe in the need for the local church Just as a plant needs to remain in one place long enough to get its roots down before it will bear fruit, so must the Christian do likewise. Membership in a local church is absolutely necessary for accountability, growth, and promotion in the things of God. The times we live in dictate more than ever that we get our roots down into the Lord and in accountable relationships to prepare for the storms ahead of us.
We believe in "Christ-like-ness†and that the test of all ministry, all programs, all preaching, and all prophecy is: does it produce a desire and a hunger to become more like Jesus? God has predestined us to be conformed into the image of His Son. We must beware of the human inclination to just be informed and not transformed into His image.
Furthermore we embrace the fullness of the Holy Spirit and believe every believer can experience the living dynamic presence of God's Spirit every day. Pentecostal denotes the belief in that which was poured out on the church in Acts 2 is still available for every Christian today. Charismatic denotes the openness to the "charisma" gift of the Holy Spirit to operate freely among us
We support and believe in lifestyle evangelism Statistics show that over 90 percent of all Christians were led to the Lord through a friend or relative. We do believe in and practice special evangelistic outreaches, but the heart of evangelism is individual Christians "going and telling" the people in their world about the saving knowledge of Jesus.
Liberty
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Some Christians have a human tendency to be religious. They try to make themselves acceptable to God through a set of rituals, laws, and church traditions. This is what makes them cold, stuffy, and artificial and results in their children wanting nothing to do with God. Mature Christians who are walking in the Holy Spirit are the most real people in the world. These Christians possess the fruit of the Kingdom of God which is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. These collective beliefs are what make FOC distinctively different