Bible Correspondence Course

God is the eternal, omnipresent, all-powerful, supreme Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe. God is one, composed of spirit and comprising a family revealed as presently consisting of God the Father and Jesus Christ the Son. God is a … Read More

The Bible is the divinely-inspired Word of God, the repository of His plan of salvation and the record of His participation in history. The Bible is God’s revelation of knowledge that man cannot discover for himself. It is the foundation … Read More

Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ, the Son of God and the Son of man. He was the prophesied Messiah of the Old Testament and is described throughout the New Testament as being both fully human and fully divine. As … Read More

The Holy Spirit is the essence, power, mind, and spiritual extension of God. God begets Christians as His sons through this Spirit. It strengthens a Christian spiritually, converts his mind, and serves as an earnest or guarantee of eternal life.  … Read More

Doctrinal Overview The Kingdom of God is, in its most narrow sense, the immediate family of God, composed now of only two beings (the Father and the Son, Jesus Christ). In a more general sense, it includes every being and … Read More

The gospel is the message preached by Christ and by His Church about God’s coming Kingdom, the restoration of His government on earth, and how mankind can enter that Kingdom and government. It includes the message of what Jesus has … Read More

The seventh-day Sabbath is taught and kept holy in accordance with biblical instruction. Instituted at Creation, reaffirmed to Israel as a part of the covenant at Sinai and taught by Jesus Christ who is the Messenger of the New Covenant, … Read More

The greatest truth of the Bible is that God is reproducing Himself through mankind. Hence, humanity’s goal and purpose for existence is, ultimately, to enter God’s family and to become literal sons of God. Human beings are physical beings with … Read More

God has created powerful spirit beings as His aides, agents, and messengers. Since man’s creation, these spirit beings, called angels in the English Bible, function as ministering spirits to help mankind attain salvation. Like man, angels have free moral agency. … Read More

Just as it keeps the weekly Sabbath, the Church of God also observes the annual holy days that were ordered by God, kept by the ancient Israelites and continued by the early New Testament Christians. These seven annual “appointed feasts” … Read More

Salvation is the means by which God, through Christ, saves man from the penalty of sin and gives him eternal life. This process includes one’s calling, repentance, baptism, justification, receiving of the Holy Spirit, a life of faith and obedience … Read More

DOCTRINAL STATEMENT Faith is the sure knowledge that God exists and that He will accomplish those things He has promised. Faith in God, trust in His promises and belief that He is in overall control is a major element in … Read More

DOCTRINAL STATEMENT Repentance is the act of acknowledging one’s sins and resolving to fully obey God. To repent means to change one’s overall attitude from wanting to go his own way to wanting to go God’s way. It begins when … Read More

DOCTRINAL STATEMENT The ceremony of water baptism is performed by immersion for the forgiveness of sins upon true repentance and acceptance of Christ’s sacrifice. After this ceremony, and as a result, one receives the baptism of the Holy Spirit through … Read More

DOCTRINAL STATEMENT The laying on of hands is a ceremony performed by the ministry on special occasions such as for the receiving of God’s Holy Spirit after baptism, at ordination and for other special purposes. It symbolizes one’s submission to … Read More