CORE VALUES
The Dunamis Christian Church is a non denomination spirit led with that holds the Pentecostal Faith and message as its doctrinal standard.
God Centered
The church today is in need of a re-centering on God and His priorities, and His glory. Thus our church will seek to bring glory to God by praising Him through worship and engaging in His mission through service.
Un-churched People
Core Values and Ministry Covenants: please change both from "people in San Francisco Bay Area' to 'the un-churched people globally'.
Global Missions
God has called His people to join Him on mission. Hence, we seek to be a missional church engaged in the purposes of God. Our mission will be evidenced as our people are engaged on mission in their daily lives. It will be expressed through our global missions emphasis where from the beginning we will adopt to reach an unreached people group globally. Also, our strategy will be to plant one church a year.
Service
Jesus came in Luke 4:18-19 to serve the hurting and we believe as Christians we join Jesus on His mission manifested in His service to people who are hurting by serving in the community and around the world.
Relevant Worship
We are unapologetic God has called us to gather people together to worship Him. We recognize that we live in a unique place and time in history and our church services will reflect excellence, relevance –all around our God-centered passion.
Authentic Community
Christian life is best lived with others on a journey. Hence, we value and participate in small groups as a central function of our church. We are not a church with small groups, but a church of small groups.
Effective Discipleship
We believe in the central importance of disciple making because Jesus puts it central to the Great Commission. In the Great Commission, Jesus says to make disciples to all nations. We believe that will require an active and ongoing commitment to deeper spiritual maturity among our people – that includes knowledge and action in their everyday lives.
MEMBERSHIP COVENANT
Ministry Covenants
he Bible nowhere gives believers a specific copy of what a local church covenant should look like. However, the Bible does describe the relationships between people in local churches as covenantal. Christians are commanded to care for one another, participate in ministry together, confess sin to one another, submit to the leadership of their local pastor/elders, etc. Pastors are called to care for the flock entrusted to their care, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to expect God to hold them accountable to this holy calling, etc. It is for this reason that many churches throughout the history of Christianity have written local church covenants.
Upper Room Fire Prayer Membership Covenant
Upper Room Fire Prayer COVENANTMinistry Covenants
he Bible nowhere gives believers a specific copy of what a local
church covenant should look like. However, the Bible does describe the
relationships between people in local churches as covenantal. Christians
are commanded to care for one another, participate in ministry
together, confess sin to one another, submit to the leadership of their
local pastor/elders, etc. Pastors are called to care for the flock
entrusted to their care, to equip the saints for the work of ministry,
to expect God to hold them accountable to this holy calling, etc. It is
for this reason that many churches throughout the history of
Christianity have written local church covenants.
This covenant seeks to briefly explain the expectations given to the
pastor/elders and to the membership of Upper Room Fire Prayer. (We use
the term “pastor” to mean pastor and elder as we see those terms as
interchangeable in scripture.)
We the pastors of Upper Room Fire Prayer covenant :
- To have pastors and deacons that meet the qualifications described in the Scriptures (1 Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9; 1 Peter 5:1-4).
- To continually and prayerfully seek God’s guidance for Upper Room Fire Prayer, and to steward the resources entrusted to the church to the best of our abilities (Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:1-4).
- To care for the church and seek her growth in grace, truth, and love (Matthew 28:16-20; Ephesians 4:15-16 Colossians 1:28; James 5:14; 1 Peter 5:1-4).
- To provide teaching and counsel from the entirety of Scripture (Acts 20:27-28; 1 Timothy 4:16; 2 Timothy 4:1-5; Titus 2:1).
- To equip the members of the church for the work of ministry (Ephesians 4:11-16).
- To be on guard against false teachers and false teachings (Matthew 7:15; Acts 20:28-31; 1 Timothy 1:3-7; 1 John 4:1).
- To lovingly exercise church discipline when necessary, for the glory of God, for the good of the one disciplined, and for the health of the church as a whole (Matthew 18:15-20; 1 Corinthians 5; Galatians 6:1; James 5:19-20).
- To set an example by joining the members in fulfilling the obligations of church membership stated below (Philippians 3:17; 1 Timothy 4:12; Titus 2:7-8; 1 Peter 5:3).
We are not seeking to be a church that simply gathers up Christians from churches. Rather it is our goal, desire and plan to actively engage the un-churched people in San Francisco Bay Area so they may hear the claims of the gospel and respond by grace through faith.
God has called His people to join Him on mission. Hence, we seek to be a missional church engaged in the purposes of God. Our mission will be evidenced as our people are engaged on mission in their daily lives. It will be expressed through our global missions emphasis where from the beginning we will adopt to reach an unreached people group globally. Also, our strategy will be to plant one church a year.
Jesus came in to serve the hurting and we believe as Christians we join Jesus on His mission manifested in His service to people who are hurting by serving in the community and around the world.
We are unapologetic God has called us to gather people together to worship Him. We recognize that we live in a unique place and time in history and our church services will reflect excellence, relevance –all around our God-centered passion.
Christian life is best lived with others on a journey. Hence, we value and participate in small groups as a central function of our church. We are not a church with small groups, but a church of small groups.
We believe in the central importance of disciple making because Jesus puts it central to the Great Commission. In the Great Commission, Jesus says to make disciples to all nations. We believe that will require an active and ongoing commitment to deeper spiritual maturity among our people – that includes knowledge and action in their everyday lives.
The Dunamis Upper Room Fire Ministries UK of Fundamental Truths
I. 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.
UPPER ROOM FIRE PRAYER MINISTRY
Whereas we, being an incorporate body of people of like precious
faith, believing in the Lord Jesus Christ individually for eternal life
through His vicarious death and the power of His resurrection; believing
the Bible to be God’s Word and the revelation of His will to man and
accepting it as our all-sufficient rule for faith and conduct; and
believing that Christian fellowship, mutual edification and evangelical
effort, in and through, the form and body of local churches is God’s
ordained order for His people and that those of each local ministry are
enjoined to assemble themselves together for worship, fellowship,
counsel, and instruction in the Word of God, and the work of the
ministry; and for the exercising of those mutual gifts and offices
provided for in the New Testament’ and that the local ministry is
charged by the Word of God to walk in the light of that Word by the
Spirit in all godly fear and love; and believing that these things are
essential to obtaining the Christian goal, “Be ye therefore perfect even
as your Father in heaven is perfect”; and further, believing that God
has called us, anointing us to emphasize the fullness of the Gospel in
and through the Baptism with the Holy Ghost (which is our distinctive
testimony) according to the Scriptures. (Acts 1:4, 5: 2:4, 39; 10:44-47;
19:2, 6)
Therefore we have accepted the following Statement of Fundamental Truths
and have adopted the Constitution, which do herein appear. We shall
seek, by the grace of God, to be governed by the Constitution as are
herein set forth and will also seek to teach and propagate the doctrines
as are contained in the Statement of Fundamental Truths.
Statement of Fundamental Truths
1. The Scriptures Inspired. The Bible is the inspired
Word of God, a revelation from God to man, the infallible rule of faith
and conduct, and is superior to conscience and reason, but not contrary
to reason. (II Timothy 3:15, 16; I Peter 2:2)
2. The One True God. The one true God has revealed
himself as the eternally self-existent, self-revealed “I AM” and has
further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and
association, i.e., Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Deuteronomy 6:4; Mark
12:29; Isaiah 43:10, 11; Matthew 28:19)
3. Man, His Fall and Redemption. Man was created good
and upright for God said, “Let Us make man in our image, after our
likeness.” But man, by voluntary transgression, fell and his only hope
of redemption is in Jesus Christ the Son of God. (Genesis 1:26-31;
3:1-7; Romans 5:12-21)
4. The Salvation of Man. (A) Conditions of Salvation.
The grace of God, which brings salvation, hath appeared to all men,
through the preaching of repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord
Jesus Christ; the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy
Ghost, and being justified by hope of eternal life. (Titus 2:11; Romans
10:13-15; Luke 24:47; Titus 3:5-7) (B) The Evidence of Salvation. The
“inward evidence” to the believer of His salvation is the direct witness
of the Spirit. (Romans 8:16) The “outward” evidence to all men is a
life of righteousness and true holiness.
5. Baptism in Water. The ordinance of Baptism by a
burial with Christ should be observed as commanded in the Scriptures, by
all who have really repented and in their hearts have truly believed in
Christ as Savior and Lord. In so doing, they have the body washed in
pure water as an outward symbol of cleansing, while their heart has
already been sprinkled with the Blood of Christ as in inner cleansing.
Thus they declare to the world that have died with Jesus and that they
have also been raised with Him to walk in newness of life. (Matthew
28:19; Acts 10:47, 48; Romans 6:4; Acts 20:21; Hebrews 10:22)
6. The Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper, consisting of
the elements, bread and the fruit of the vine, is the symbol expressing
our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ (II Peter 1:4); a
memorial of His suffering and death (I Corinthians 11:26); a prophecy
of His second coming (I Corinthians 11:26); and is enjoined on all
believers “until He comes.”
7. Regeneration. All persons who turn from their sins
and put their faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ receive a new
berth by which their life is regenerated by the power of God’s Holy
Spirit. (John. 3:3-6; Tit. 3:5). At that time forth the regenerated
person has God’s Holy Spirit dwelling within them enabling them to live a
holy life. (I Corinthians 3:16; II Pet.1: 3-4). Also giving them power
to be witnesses for Jesus Christ(Acts 1:8)
8. The promise of the Father. All believers are
entitled to, and should ardently expect, and earnestly seek, the promise
of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Ghost and fire, according to the
command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all
in the early Christian Church. With it comes a deeper spiritual life
and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of
the ministry. (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4,8 I Corinthians 12:1-31) This
wonderful experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience
of the new birth. (Acts 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9)
9. The evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost. The
Baptism of believers in the Holy Ghost is witnessed by the initial sign
of speaking with other tongues as the spirit of God gives them utterance
(Acts 2:4). The speaking in tongues in this instance is the same in
essence as the gift of tongues (1 Corinthians 12:4-10, 28), but
different in purpose and use.
10. Sanctification. The Scriptures teach a life of
holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. By the power of the
Holy Spirit we are able to obey the command, “Be ye holy, for I am
holy.” Sanctification is the will of God for all believers, and should
be pursued by walking in obedience to God’s Holy Spirit. Sanctification
is experienced in basically three ways:
A. Instant or Positional Sanctification. This is what
happens to each and every person the minute they put their trust in the
finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ. When we are saved through faith
in Jesus, we are sanctified in the eyes of God through the Blood of the
cross. As God the Father looks at us, He sees the holiness of Jesus,
which is imputed to us, and does not see our sin. (Heb. 10:10 & 14)
B. Progressive or Practical Sanctification. This is
that process by which we strive to live on a day to day basis by
considering ourselves dead to sin and alive to God in holy living
through the power of God’s divine nature within our lives. (Rom. 6;
Philippians 2:12,13; 2 Peter 1:3,4)
C. Final Sanctification. This is when we are totally
set free from the presence of sin within our life after seeing Jesus our
Lord and being made like Him because of seeing Him as He really is in
all His glory. (I John. 3:2)
11. The Church. The Church is the body of Christ, the
habitation of God through the Spirit with divine appointments for the
fulfillment of her great commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit,
is an integral part of the Church of the First-born, which is written in
heaven. (Ephesians 1:22, 23; 2:22;Hebrews 12:23)
12. The Ministry and Evangelism. A divinely called and
Scripturally ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for a
two-fold purpose: (A) The evangelization of the world, and (B) The
edifying of the Body of Christ. (Mark 16:15-20; Ephesians 4:11-13)
13. Divine Healing. Deliverance from sickness is
provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers.
(Isaiah 53:4, 5; Matthew 8:16, 17)
14. The Blessed Hope. The resurrection of those who
have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation, together with those
who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord, is the imminent
and blessed hope of the Church. (I Thessalonians 4:16, 17; Titus 2:12; 1
Corinthians 15:51; Romans 8:23)
15. The Millennial Reign of Jesus. The revelation of
the Lord Jesus Christ from heaven, the salvation of national Israel, and
the millennial reign of Christ on earth are the Scriptural promise and
the world’s hope. (II Thessalonians 1:17; Revelation 19:11-14; Romans
11:26, 27; Revelation 20:1-7)
16. The Lake of Fire. The devil and his angels, the
beast and the false prophet, and whosoever is not found written in the
Book of Life, shall be consigned to everlasting punishment in the lake,
which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
(Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10-15)
17. The New Heavens and the New Earth. We, “according
to His promise, look for new heavens, and a new earth wherein dwells
righteousness.” (II Peter 3:13; Revelation 21 and 22)
CONSTITUTION
Preamble
We declare and affirm these principles in the light of the Scriptures to govern the body in an orderly manner. These principles will preserve the liberties of each individual church member and the freedom of action of this body in its relation to other churches.