• What We Believe
• A Short History
• Our Stand On Money Matters

• Eldership
• About Bro. Zac Poonen

1. That the Bible (66 books) is the inspired and infallible Word of God, the sole and sufficient guide for our life on earth.
2. That there is one God eternally existent in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
3. In the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His humanity, His perfectly sinless life, His substitutionary death as an atonement for our sins, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the Father, and His personal return to the earth for His saints.
4. That all human beings are dead in sin and utterly lost and that the only way their sins can be forgiven is through repentance and through faith in the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
5. In the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit, whereby a person is born again to be a child of God.
6. That justification is by faith in Christ alone, the evidence of this being good works that glorify God.
7. In baptism in water, by immersion, after regeneration, in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
8. In the necessity of being filled with the Holy Spirit continually in order to have power to be witnesses for Christ - by life and by word.
9. In the resurrection of the righteous to eternal life and the resurrection of the unrighteous to eternal damnation.

The church of believers that meets at Christian Fellowship Centre (CFC) today commenced with a few families that first met together in Bangalore, India in August 1975. They decided to be disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ first themselves, and then to make disciples in obedience to the Lord's commission in Matthew 28:18-20, emphasizing the new birth, holiness of inner life, mutual love, moral purity, financial integrity and sharing God's truth with others - founding every aspect of their lives on God's Word alone.

CFC is not connected organisationally with any group or church anywhere. We are evangelical in our faith ( See 'what we believe' ) and gladly receive all who are members of the worldwide Body of Christ.

No reports of the work done or any appeal for finances are ever sent out anywhere. All money that is received as freewill offerings or as voluntary contributions, goes directly to the work of spreading the gospel in India, through conferences, literature and audio-tapes etc. ( See 'Financial Support' )

CFC is led by a plurality of elders. No elder is paid for his work. This is NOT because we feel that such financial support is unScriptural, but because we desire to stand apart from the bad testimony that many Christian workers have had in the matter of finances.

Bro. Zac Poonen was formerly an Indian Naval Officer who has been serving the Lord in India for the past 40 years as a Bible-teacher and elder having responsibility for a number of churches.

He has written a number of books and articles in English which have been translated in other Indian languages as well. His messages given in India and abroad are available on audio and video cassettes and CD's. (See the Books, Audio and Video section)

Like the other elders in CFC, Zac Poonen also supports himself and his family through "tent-making" and does not receive any salary for his services. He does not receive any royalty for any of his books, audio tapes, video tapes or CDs, published by Christian Fellowship Centre.

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