Live with a clear conscience
The New Covenant is simple: follow the Spirit, love, and keep a clear conscience. No other “rules.”
I already have a church
The church is not an organization, it’s an organism.
The church is not a building, it’s a Body.
FIRM doesn’t build on another man’s foundation (Romans 15:20). We build on God’s Foundations (Hebrews 6:1–2). These are the things that shape how we teach and live.
Know the One God
One God, the Father, with one Lord, Jesus Christ, and one Spirit (Ephesians 4:4–6).
Live for the Kingdom Hope
We live for the Kingdom of God that’s coming, and we want people who’ll endure to the End.
Baptism in water and the Spirit
We insist on both.
Acts 2:42 is our model
The apostles’ doctrine, fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayer. That’s the pattern we follow.
Our guiding revelations
The seven-branched candlestick, and the two times Jesus multiplied the loaves and fish (Matthew 14 and 15).
One Body
Cross-denominational, not non-denominational.
We’re an integral part of the One Body, the Church, wherever we are, whatever someone’s background. We call ourselves “Christians.”
We cross over freely. We’ll accept an invitation to any denomination or congregation, and a FIRM believer is free to minister in any congregation, because there is One Body.
We’re open to association, fellowship, and conversation. If you want to talk, we want to listen.
What we like about your church
- Pentecostal: the use of the gifts.
- Restorationist: in essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty.
- Baptist: love and Bible study.
- Catholic: keeping the ancient traditions.
Ask us about yours.
How FIRM works alongside your congregation
Teaching, homes, and a path to your ministry.
The best theology the Church has ever produced
The Trinity, the Doctrine of Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the traditions we practice: baptism and the Lord’s Supper. We don’t water it down.
Fellowship where you live
We base all of our ministry in the home, like the first Church. Day by day they broke bread in their homes (Acts 2:46). Rebuild the homes, and the Church gets built.
From Fundamentals to your Ministry
We guide each person through F-I-R-M, all the way to a ministry that fits your gift, in one of our works or in any congregation, because there is One Body.
Two gentle challenges
Know a pastor we should meet?
Know a pastor who preaches the Seven Fundamentals?
If you find a pastor who preaches the Seven Fundamentals (Hebrews 6:1–2), please introduce him or her to us. You can even look for one online. Check their “statement of faith.” Ours is the Fundamentals, the “doctrine of the Apostles” (Acts 2:42).
Introduce a pastorKnow a pastor who teaches the Seven Realities?
If you find a pastor who teaches the Seven Realities (Ephesians 4:4–6), we want to know them. Please introduce us as soon as you can. We can work with them. It’s the basis of our unity with other congregations.
Introduce a pastor“So then, brethren, stand FIRM and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.”
2 Thessalonians 2:15 · NASB
Want to talk? We’re open to association, fellowship, and conversation. Exploring faith for the first time? Start there instead.