INFORMATION AND HISTORY OF
THE INDEPENDENT CHURCH OF GOD 7th Day
We began meeting as a small, home-based fellowship group in September of 1999. Some of us have a history with the Worldwide Church of God (WCG), the Church of God, International (CGI), as well as other groups.
We recognize that all of the people in God's Church today are very weak spiritually, and consequently lack the faith to completely trust Almighty God.
There are no highly visible signs following anyone in God's Church today. According to Mark 16:17-20 these signs show how God sets someone apart to preach His Gospel.
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Since these signs SHALL follow them that believe (v. 17), we believe that according to Hebrews 11:6 that God is not pleased with His Church. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
We are an assembly of people that are contending for the faith once delivered. We believe we must be diligently seeking God. Through obedience to the truth we are striving to show our faith by our works.
Our purpose is to preach the Gospel of the coming Kingdom of God with a message of repentance as a warning to this present evil world before the return of Jesus Christ as King of Kings and Lord of Lords and to minister to the needs of those that God sees fit to bring into contact with us. We welcome anyone seeking the truth to our fellowship.
Because of the unrepentant sin that is in Church, God may not dwell among various church groups or organizations of men. Therefore, we are recognized as non-denominational and independent.
A Sample Of Our Doctrines
We believe in:
1) The 7th Day Sabbath
2) God's Holydays (the Passover on the very beginning of the 14th)
3) The clean food laws in Leviticus 11
4) The Hebrew Calendar
We also believe:
1) That homosexuality is a sin
2) That the use of the medical profession is idolatry because God is our healer.Exodus 15:25-26 ….there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
3) That Godly Love among God's people is the result of each person embracing and keeping the Ten Commandments through being a profitable servant.
We do not believe:
1) God's people should participate in military service
2) That Heaven is the reward of the "saved"
3) In an ever-burning Hell
4) In The Trinity
5) That anyone besides Jesus Christ is "born again"
6) In any holidays of this world that originated in paganism (Birthdays, Christmas, Easter, etc)
In Conclusion
We greatly lament the fact that Laodicean attitudes permeate all of the Churches of God today. We realize that genuine repentance is the only, sure way to change this. We are striving to come out of this Babylonian world and it's whole counterfeit system of false gods and obey Almighty God as He commands. We want to provide a witness and a warning to the church and to the world so that the glorious Kingdom of God can be established on this earth at Jesus Christ's triumphant return. If you would like to know more, you can call us at (870) 613-4150 or (870) 930- 0593 or email us at wayne@icog7.org or tim@icog7.org .