Greater Refuge Church Ministries of Richmond, VA

We believe the Holy Bible was inspired by God and revealed to man. It is infallible and the authorithy for faith and conduct.
We believe there is only one God. He was the Father in creation, the Son in redemption and the Holy Spirit in the Church today. God manifested himself in human form in the person of Jesus Christ and manifests himself to the Church today through the power of the Holy Ghost.
We believe God became incarnated in the form of Jesus Christ for the redemption of mankind by being born to the Virgin Mary. We believe he lead a sinless life, that he preached, taught and performed many miracles during his life on earth. At the end of that life, He was crucified on the cross, buried in a tomb, resurrected from the dead and is now seated on the right hand of the throne of God.

We believe man was created good and upright. However, man willfully sinned and was therefore subject not only to physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.
We believe salvation was made possible through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Further, we accept God's plan of salvation that all people must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, repent of their sins, be baptized in water and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
We believe the ordinance of baptism should be conducted by immersion in water in the name of Jesus Christ of all that have repented and believed on Christ as Savior.
We believe all Christians must be filled with the Holy Ghost. The initial physical evidence is speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives the utterance according to Acts 2:4, 10:44-48 and 19:6. The continuing evidence of being filled with the Holy Ghost is living a holy, righteous and godly lifestyle.
We believe the Church, which is the body of Christ, has been divinely called to evangelize the world, worship God and encourage believers to grow in the likeness of Christ.
We believe the blessed hope of the Church is Christ's return from heaven to rapture the Christians who have died together with those who are alive to be with him forever.
We believe Christ will return with His saints to establish a 1,000 year reign of peace. After this will come the final judgement of the wicked and then a new heaven and a new earth.