Faith Foundations
At Teleios Advance Centre, we believe in and adhere to certain fundamental principles of the Kingdom of God that undergird and guide all our processes and our corporate projects. These principles are that:
- The Bible is the inspired Word of God. It is without error and is the ultimate authority in determining truth and the will of God. It is complete and contains all the principles of truth needed in matters of faith and conduct to attain the completion of divine purpose.
- There is one God, eternally existent as three persons, Father, Son (Jesus Christ) and Holy Spirit. God is the creator of all things, visible and invisible, and has total sovereignty over all He has made.
- The human race is fallen from the original standard of the image of God and is irretrievably lost in a sinful condition. Each human being is required by God to have personal faith in Christ, who is the only source of eternal life. His death on the Cross is the only transaction through which man can be redeemed.
- The Lord Jesus, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, is a perfect God and a perfect man who accomplished the work of salvation for mankind.
- The Lord Jesus Christ died for the sins of mankind, rose from the dead on the third day, appeared to His disciples, and ascended to His Father. He will return in glory with His saints to take the church.
- The Holy Spirit resident within every believer enables the producing of the fruit of the character of Christ. He provides guidance, teaching and leading into all truth in accordance with the principles of the Word of God. He provides gifts and graces to enable each believer, and the Church as a whole, to fulfill the purpose of God.
- Water baptism, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues, divine healing, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and the fruits of the Holy Spirit are truths that the church must experience.
- The Church is made up of all persons believing in Christ, who are joined together into one spiritual body making up a spiritual nation for God.
- The end of the journey is the Church achieving perfection, being conformed to the character of Christ, the personal return of Christ and the attaining of immortality.
- The Church is required to cooperate with God in the management and accomplishment of His purpose. This cooperation is not passive, but involves taking initiatives as God allows and directs in the progress of the Kingdom.
- The Kingdom of God advances through a more and more complete proclamation of the revealed Word of God, the receiving of that Word in the hearts of men, and the activation of that Word into more effective accurate lifestyle and precise strategic purpose.
- Believers in Christ are required to absolutely separate themselves from wrong worldly values and principles; they are required to penetrate and prevail in the systems of the world in order to fulfill their God given purpose and influence the world to submit to the Kingdom of God.
- The Church is responsible for policing itself independent of the political State. Local Kingdom communities are to be autonomous, self governing and the primary source of life and fellowship for God’s people.