OUR CHURCH

We are a group of Christians who came from Kerala (a southern state of India whose mother tongue is Malayalam); to Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. We initially gathered as a group for prayer and worship in early eighties. Later in 1990 December the group was institutionalized as a Church of independent existence according to a written constitution. 

The Church, Christ being its head, is run by the direction of the Holy Spirit of which six permanent members constitutes the Elders Council to discuss the governing of the church and the suggestions would be introduced to the Elders Board of thirteen members which includes the Elders Council and seven elected / nominated members to approve the decisions taken thereafter.

Vision Statement

It is our aspiration to operate in the full dimension of the Scripturally-prescribed capacity of the New Testament church which is the body of Christ. As a fellowship of believers with a common faith, we seek to lead each other to a more mature relationship in Christ - to enable the spiritual growth and development of the members of the gathering. It is our commitment to work while it is still day and fulfill the Great Commission of Jesus Christ, to be a place where people genuinely interact with God in dynamic corporate worship, and are equipped to serve. It is our desire to reach the lost - to take the saving grace of gospel to a dying world.

Faith Statement

Al Ain Pentecostal Church is a church firmly rooted in the tenets of the Holy Scriptures. Since Scripture is God-breathed and it gives us every instruction for life and holiness, we rely on it as authoritative. Though we do not endeavor to provide an exhaustive list of the elements of our Faith, we below identify certain core tenets:

 We believe:
 

• That the Bible is the immutable, inspired and living Word of God.

• That there is One God eternally existing in three persons; namely, the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost.

• That Jesus is the only begotten Son of the Heavenly Father who became incarnate for the purpose of man’s redemption and was born of the Virgin Mary.

• That Jesus was crucified and buried and then rose from the dead on the third day.

• That Jesus ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor and Advocate for believers.

• That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that repentance is commanded of God for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins.

• That justification and the new birth are wrought by faith in the redemptive and sacrificial work of Jesus Christ.

• Sanctification subsequent to the new birth is also through faith in the blood of Christ and accomplished through the word of God and by the Holy Ghost. 

• That Holiness and separation are God's standard for His people. 

• The Baptism of the Holy Ghost is a necessity and privilege for every believer and is evidenced by the initial physical sign of speaking in other tongues.
  

• That water baptism is to be by immersion and all who repent should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. 

• That divine healing is the privilege of all believers for deliverance from sickness. 

• That the Lord's Supper is a sacred ordinance to be observed regularly in the meeting of believers. 

• That fellowship of the saints is to be strictly observed and that attendance of saints at regular gatherings or church meetings are scripturally mandated.

• That the second coming of Christ is a reality that is soon to occur. The first phase of His coming will evidence the resurrection of the dead in Christ and the rapture of the living saints to meet Him in the air. The second phase will be a public appearance where Jesus will reveal himself to the world and being His reign on the earth for a thousand years.

• That there is bodily resurrection of the righteous who died, eternal life for believers, and eternal punishment for the wicked. 

• That the New Heaven and the New Earth will emerge as detailed in Scripture.