The Pentecostals are a community church, located in Wilmington, NC, that is family oriented with a world vision! We seek to offer a connection to Jesus Christ through our worship and fellowship. We endeavor to reach beyond traditional Pentecostalism with our message and burden in loving the lost, helping the hurting, and showing mercy and forgiveness to a lonely world. Regardless of race or belief, we greet you with an inclusive gospel of whosoever will, let him come. You won't be criticized or condemned, but called to a higher purpose.
Thanks for stopping by our website! Please peruse its pages to learn more about a wonderful dynamic church on the beautiful waters of the Atlantic! How can you get involved? For more information on classes, electives, special ministries, please contact us by phone, fax, or email. We'd love to consider you one of our own, so please visit us in the near future...it will be a change for the better!
What We Believe
We believe that the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired and irrefutable Word of the One True God. They are inerrant, infallible, and the final authority for both faith and life. The sixty-six books of the Bible are the complete and divine revelation of God to all of humanity.
We believe in the One True God...the eternal Spirit who created all things for His pleasure. He is absolute in power, infinite in wisdom, holy in His nature, attributes, and purpose, and He possesses total deity. He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of humanity, in that He hears and answers our prayers and that He saves from sin and death all who believe according to His Word. God has revealed Himself as "Father" in creation, as "Son" in the reconciliation of humanity, and as the "Holy Spirit" in the regeneration of our lives.
We believe in Jesus Christ, who is both God and man. He is God incarnate...the image of the invisible God and God manifest in the flesh...that is God's only begotten Son. We believe that as a Son He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, performed miracles, and taught with authority from an early age. He died for all the sins of humanity, had a bodily resurrection, ascended to heaven, and will return to earth again.
We believe that all people are sinners by nature and have become alienated from God. They are totally sinful and unable to remedy their lost condition. Humanity is reconciled to God only by God's grace received through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
We believe that salvation is a gift of God given to humanity by grace and received by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Faith is more than mental assent, intellectual acceptance, or verbal profession. It must include trust, reliance, and commitment. We cannot separate saving faith from obedience. A person is saved by the Gospel that is applied to his life. This takes effect when one sincerely and genuinely repents of his sins, is baptized by full immersion in the name of Jesus for the remission of his sins, and receives the gift of the Holy Spirit.
We believe the church is the living body of believers of which the Lord Jesus Christ is the head. The church functions as Christ would function in the earth seeking to find lost souls for the purpose of bringing them to eternal salvation, and that signs and wonders, including divine healing, follow them.
We believe there is eternal life in a place called heaven that God has prepared for those who accept His grace and receive His gift of Bible salvation, as well as eternal fire, torment, and destruction in a place called hell for those who choose to reject His grace and His gift of eternal life with Him. We accept the fact of a great gulf between the two, where there will be no sign of hope to cross for all of eternity.
