Call to Calvary Ministries in Shepherd, Texas

I. THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD, verbally inspired writings (2 Tim. 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21).

II. THE HOLY TRINITY, composed of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, with all power vested in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Co-existent, Omniscient, Omnipresent (Deut. 6:4,5; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor.13:14; Luke 1:35; John 1:14.

III.THE SALVATION OF MAN through repentance toward God and Faith in Jesus Christ, man is saved by the washing of regeneration, whereupon he is born again, and being justified by grace, through faith, he becomes an heir of God (John 3:3,5,7;Titus 2:11; 3:5,7). The inward evidence is the witness of the Spirit (Rom 8:16). The outward evidence is a life of righteousness,

IV. ENTIRE SANTIFICATION is the will of God for all believers and should be earnestly pursued by walking in obedience to God's Word.

V. BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST there is, for every believer whose heart has been cleansed, an endowment of power for service, the Baptism of the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:4; 10:44-48; 19:6).

VI. SPIRITUAL GIFTS if we abide in Him, it is possible to have the "signs following" and the spiritual gifts spoken of in Corinthians, operating in the Church (1 Cor. 12:1-11; Mark 16:17).

VII. HEALING IN THE ATONEMENT "Himself took our infirmities and bore our sickness" and "by His stripes we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5). It is our privelege to lay hands on the sick and annoint them with oil in the Name of the Lord and "the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up" (James 5:14,15).

VIII. THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF OUR LORD the rapture of the prepared saints, the great tribulation, the return of the Lord with His saints in the power and glory to reign upon the earth a thousand years. (1 Thes. 4:14-17; Matt. 25:31; Acts 1:11; Rev. 20:4; Jude 14,15)

VIIII. THE RESURRECTION of the crucified body of our Lord, the resurrection of the just before a thousand years, and the unjust after a thousand years. (Acts 2:22-24; John 20:27,28; Rom. 8:34; Dan. 12:2,3; Rev. 20:4,5)

X. HEAVEN AND HELL the everlasting blessedness and reward of the righteous, and the everlasting punishment of the wicked.

(Matt 13:41-42; Rev. 2:7; Luke 16:19-25)

XI. ORDINANCES the Lord's supper should be observed (Luke 22:19,20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26). Water Baptism by immersion, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, according to His command "In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Ghost". (Matt.28:19; 3:15-17; Acts 2:38; Rom. 6:3-4).

XII. THE CHURCH is the body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with diving appointments for its Great Commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the general assembly and church of the Firstborn, which are written in Heaven. (Heb 12:23; Eph. 1:22-23; 2:22) A divinely called and spiritually qualified ministry has been provided by our Lord for the evangelization of the world and edifying of the body of Christ. (Mark 16:15-20)