City of David Tabernacle - History
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The City of David Tabernacle was incorporated and had her 1st church service in October 2004 at the Paint Branch Elementary School in City of College Park Maryland, but presently the Church is located at 5010 Sunnyside Avenue Beltsville Maryland. USA. The church started with about 4 families coming together for a divine assignment- Bringing healing and restoration to the dying world and since then God has taken it to a higher dimension with branches in Liberia and Ghana and now Nigeria.
The heart of God is people, and we are doing our part to reach the people in our community, nation, and the world with the Restoration Gospel of Jesus Christ; empowering them to be productive spiritually, mentally, physically, and economically so that they will in turn empower others to reach their potentials. We believe that no matter whom you are and where life’s situation has left you, we believe that God has a great plan for your life, and you can be restored.
The church has several outreach programs and missionary works both in the United States and Africa. City of David runs a monthly Healing and Deliverance Outreach to help the oppressed and those bound by devil through addiction and pervasive lifestyles. God has been working diverse miracles and wrought extraordinary healings in the lives of many people thru the ministry outreaches.
With strong Word of faith, prophetic anointing and the miraculous that God is doing, we strongly believe that City of David Tabernacle is a church that is on the move to make a difference in our time. At City of David Tabernacle, our deepest desire for each person is to have fellowship with others in true Christian love, especially true Christians who seek to walk in newness of life. Such fellowship can be found through mutual benefits and responsibilities for both the church and the member.
Expect a personal uplifting worship experience, fellowship, love, and empowering word of God that will change your life. God bless you!
WE ARE HERE FOR YOU!
OUR MISSION
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Transforming People -the lost, downcast, uplifting them into a great army of God;
Passionate for Jesus, fulfilling their purpose in life and establishing the kingdom of God on earth.
OUR VISION
People! People! People!
Restoration of the lost back to God.
Passionate for Jesus, fulfilling their purpose in life and establishing the kingdom of God on earth.
OUR VISION
People! People! People!
Restoration of the lost back to God.
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Evangelism
our supreme task
Mending lives and increasing them in the love and services to God –via Church Planting, missions, and benevolence (widows, orphans and destitute).
Missionary Work
Reaching the un-reached and under-evangelized places through medical missions (Hospitals), water supply, clothing, and food supplies. Also through the media by modern technology, i.e., radio,
audio tapes, video, TV, etc.
TRAINING
Developing heroes of faith through training centers, I.e., kindergarten, elementary schools, and bible training centers.
PRAYER CAMP
A center for prayers and worship for all people to seek the face of God and be empowered to do what the Lord has asked them to do.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
The Bible is the inspired, only infallible, and authoritative word of God. It is our guide in matters pertaining to conduct and doctrine (2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Pet. 1:21, 1 Thess. 2:13).
There is only one true God, eternally existent in three persons –God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (known as the Trinity –2 Cor. 13:14)
In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious, and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father and His personal return to this earth in Power and glory to rein (Matt. 16:16,, 1 Cor. 15:3-4).
Though originally good, as created by God in His image and likeness; man willfully fell into sin, ushering evil and death both spiritually and physically into the world but Jesus the Son of God came to give his life and shed his blood to redeem and restore man back to God (Rom. 5:14, 1 John 3:8).
Every Person can be restored to God through salvation (repentance from sin and accepting Christ’s offer of forgiveness by faith) to have eternal life (John 3:3-5, 2 Cor. 7:10).
We believe in two ordinances (1) Water Baptism by immersion, a direct commandment of our Lord Jesus and meant for believers only. It is a symbol of Christians’ identification with Christ in His death, burial and resurrection (Matt. 28:19, Rom. 6:4, Acts 8:36) (2) Holy communion (the Lord’s supper) as a symbol remembering Christ’s suffering and death for our salvation (1 Cor. 11:23).
Baptism
Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a special experience following salvation that empowers believers for witnessing and effective service, with speaking in new tongues as initial evidence (John 14:16, Acts 18, 2:38-39, Acts 19:1-7, 2:1-4)
We believe that the Bible teaches that without Holiness, no one can see God. The Doctrine of Sanctification is definite yet a progressive work of grace, starting at salvation and continues as believers separates themselves from evil by drawing closer to God until Christ returns (Heb. 12:14, 1 Thess. 5:23, 2 Pet. 3:18, 1 Cor. 1:30).We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Ghost by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life (Gal. 5:16).
The church has a mission to see and save the lost in sin. The church is the body of Christ, consisting of people who have accepted God’s offer of redemption through the death of His son Jesus, regardless of religious denominations.
Divinely called and spiritually ordained leadership serves the church. The Bible teaches that each of us under leadership must commit ourselves to reach others for Christ; worship Him with other believers, and to build up the body of believers in the church (Titus 1:6-9, 1 Tim. 3, Eph. 4:11-12.
Divine healing of the human body is wrought by the power of God through the prayer of faith and the laying on of hands. It is provided by the redemptive work of Jesus Christ on the cross and is the privilege of every member of the church today (James 5:14-15, Mar 16:18, Matt. 8:17, Is 53:4-5, 1 Pet. 2:24).
In the blessed hope when Jesus raptures His saints and the resurrection of the dead in Christ rising to meet in the air before the tribulation: after the tribulation, He shall return as king of kings and Lord of Lords with the saints to reign a thousand years (1 Thess. 4:16-17, Act 1:11, Rev. 5:10, Rev. 6:20).