We Believe: An Introduction to the Faith and Practice of the Jesus FellowshipMultiply Publications, 2000 - 44 pages An introduction to the faith and practice of the Jesus Fellowship. This booklet is based on a series of studies produced for discussion at the weekly Jesus Fellowship “agape” meals. It covers the biblical basis of the abbreviated version of the ‘Statement of faith and practice’ of the Jesus Fellowship Church. Questions printed at the side of each study have been included to provoke discussion and thoughtful meditation. |
Contents
The Bible | 25 |
Sacraments | 26 |
FootWashing | 27 |
Right Hand of Fellowship | 28 |
Laying on of Hands | 29 |
Exorcism | 30 |
Children | 31 |
Marriage | 32 |
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The Body of Christ | 16 |
Renouncing All | 17 |
Community | 18 |
God and Mammon | 19 |
Worldly Authority | 20 |
Common Grace | 21 |
Evangelism | 22 |
Holiness | 23 |
Church Discipline | 24 |
Celibacy | 33 |
Male Leadership | 34 |
Deacons | 35 |
Discipline of Leaders | 36 |
Special Days | 37 |
Prayer and Fasting | 38 |
The Body | 39 |
The Last Judgement | 40 |
Statement of Faith | 41 |
The Creeds | 42 |
Common terms and phrases
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Popular passages
Page 8 - You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Page 20 - Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
Page 43 - And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures, And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And He shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead : Whose kingdom shall have no end.
Page 14 - Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Page 43 - Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father.
Page 3 - How can this be, since I have no husband?' And the angel said to her. The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
Page 19 - And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Page 5 - I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee ; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Page 5 - Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Page 17 - If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.