Guidelines For Church Or Ministry Membership

The following are guidelines for church government relative to FOCAM providing ministry accountability and ministry development. 

● Develop plans concerning your church or ministry structure and what objectives you plan to accomplish during the year or upcoming year.

● Maintain integrity and Biblical stewardship in managing the money and/or resources of your church.

● Abide by civil laws regarding administration and operation of the local church as an exempt 501(C)3 organization. Obtain exempt status at both federal and state level (Applicable dependent upon church or ministry location).

● Statement of Faith and Bylaws are consistent with scripture. Beliefs of church should conform to doctrine as outlined in scripture regarding the New Testament Church. (Ephesians 2:20).

● The pastor of the church is the supreme authority under Jesus Christ in the local church (1 Peter 5:1-4). Following the senior pastor are elders and deacons. Elders are associate pastors, assistant pastors, or teachers.

● Maintain healthy family relationships.

● Membership in the fellowship can be renewed annually.

● Be an example to the flock as outlined in 1 Timothy 3:15 and 1 Peter 5:1-3.

● Participation in the fellowship can be terminated by either party at any time.

This fellowship accepts the Holy Scriptures as the revealed will of God, the all-sufficient rule for faith and practice, and for the purpose of maintaining general unity, adopts the following statement of fundamental truths:

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired and only infallible, authoritative Word of God
• We believe that there is one God; eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
• We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in the blessed hope of His personal, visible, future return to this earth to receive to Himself His blood-bought church that it may be with Him forever.
• We believe that the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Christ.
• We believe that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation.
• We believe that the redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing of the human body in answer to believing prayer.
• We believe, according to Acts 2:4, that the baptism with the Holy Spirit, with the evidence of speaking in other tongues is given to Believers who ask for it.
• We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a holy life.
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting damnation.
• We believe in water baptism by immersion and observance of the Lord’s Supper.

This fellowship accepts the Holy Scriptures as the revealed will of God, the all-sufficient rule for faith and practice, and for the purpose of maintaining general unity, adopts the following statement of fundamental truths:

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired and only infallible, authoritative Word of God
• We believe that there is one God; eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
• We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in the blessed hope of His personal, visible, future return to this earth to receive to Himself His blood-bought church that it may be with Him forever.
• We believe that the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Christ.
• We believe that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation.
• We believe that the redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing of the human body in answer to believing prayer.
• We believe, according to Acts 2:4, that the baptism with the Holy Spirit, with the evidence of speaking in other tongues is given to Believers who ask for it.
• We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a holy life.
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting damnation.
• We believe in water baptism by immersion and observance of the Lord’s Supper.