Judi Tillett is a graduate of Rhema Bible Training Center in Broken Arrow, OK
and is ordained with the Association of Faith Churches and Ministries (AFCM).
She also serves AFCM as a Regional Director for the MO/ARK Region.
She has served as Volunteer Chaplain and Minister of Outreach in Mental
Hospitals. She has been a teacher for churches and Bible Schools in North and
South America, the Philippines and Canada. She is also an instructor for the
AFCM Video Bible Schools.
Judi and her husband Doug, a retired Army Sergeant Major, reside in
Waynesville MO, where Judi pastors Grace Covenant Christian Center (GCCC). As
a single person, she pioneered GCCC in 1987, beginning with 11 people. The
church currently enjoys a growing congregation with a strong emphasis on
children’s and youth ministry.
Heaven’s View, a Christian boarding academy for at-risk youth is the
fulfillment of a long held vision that Judi and her husband Doug share. The
newly constructed facility is located on 180 acres of land and is part of the
mission of GCCC. Judi is the founder and president of the Academy which
presently has capabilities of housing and restoring 80 females. The vision is
to continue construction and utilize the acreage to eventually train young men
also.
Judi is an anointed servant of the Lord who will minister the Gifts of the
Spirit as He leads and who will minister the joy and excitement of the Lord to
you.
THE SCRIPTURES -
The Bible is the inspired Word of God, the product of holy men of old
who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. The New Covenant,
as recorded in the New Testament, we accept as our infallible guide in matters
pertaining to conduct and doctrine (2 Tim. 3:16; 1 Thess. 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21).
THE GODHEAD -
Our God is one, but manifested in three Persons - the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit, being coequal (Phil. 2:6). God the Father is greater
than all; the Sender of the Word (Logos) and the Begetter (John 14:28; John
16:28; John 1:14). The Son is the Word flesh-covered, the One
Begotten, and has existed with the Father from the beginning (John 1:1; John
1:18; John 1:14). The Holy Spirit proceeds forth from both the Father and the
Son and is eternal (John 15:26).
MAN, HIS FALL AND REDEMPTION -
Man is a created being, made in the likeness and image of God, but
through Adam's transgression and fall, sin came into the world. The Bible says
"...all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God," and "...There is
none righteous, no, not one." Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was manifested to
undo the works of the devil and gave His life and shed His blood to redeem and
restore man back to God (Rom. 5:14; Rom 3:23; Rom 3:10;1 John 3:8). Salvation
is the gift of God to man, separate from works and the Law, and is made
operative by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, producing works acceptable
to God (Eph. 2:8-10).
ETERNAL LIFE AND THE NEW BIRTH -
Man's first step toward salvation is godly sorrow that worketh
repentance. The new birth is necessary to all men, and when experienced,
produces eternal life (2 Cor. 7:10; John 3:3-5; 1 John 5:12).
WATER BAPTISM -
Baptism in water is by immersion, is a direct commandment of our Lord, and is
for believers only. The ordinance is a symbol of the Christian's
identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection (Matt.
28:19; Rom. 6:4; Col. 2:12; Acts 8:36-39). The following recommendation
regarding the water baptismal formula is adopted; to wit: "On the confession
of your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and by His authority,
I baptize you in the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen."
BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT -
The Baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire is a gift from God as promised by the
Lord Jesus Christ to all believers in this dispensation and is received
subsequent to the new birth. This experience is accompanied by the initial
evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Holy Spirit Himself gives
utterance (Matt. 3:11; John 14:16,17; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:38,39; Acts 19:1-7;
Acts 2:1-4).
SANCTIFICATION -
The Bible teaches that without holiness no man can see the Lord. We believe in
the Doctrine of Sanctification as a definite, yet progressive work of grace,
commencing at the time of regeneration and continuing until the consummation
of salvation at Christ's return (Heb.
12:14; 1 Thess. 5:23; 2 Peter 3:18; 2 Cor. 3:18; Phil. 3:12-14; 1 Cor. 1:30).
DIVINE HEALING -
Healing is for the physical ills of the human body and is wrought by the power
of God through the prayer of faith, and by the laying on of hands. It is
provided for in the atonement of Christ, and is the privilege of every member
of the Church today (James 5:14,15; Mark 16:18; Isa. 53:4,5; Matt. 8:17; 1
Peter 2:24).
RESURRECTION OF THE JUST AND THE RETURN OF OUR LORD -
The angels said to Jesus' disciples, "...this same Jesus, which is taken up
from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into
heaven." His coming is imminent. When He comes, "...the dead in Christ shall
rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air..." (Acts 1:11; 1 Thess.
4:16,17).
Following the Tribulation, He shall return to earth as King of kings, and Lord
of lords, and together with His saints, who shall be kings and priests, He
shall reign a thousand years (Rev. 20:6).
HELL AND ETERNAL RETRIBUTION -
The one who physically dies in his sins without accepting Christ is hopelessly
and eternally lost in the lake of fire and, therefore, has no further
opportunity of hearing the Gospel or repenting. The lake of fire is literal.
The terms "eternal" and "everlasting," used in describing the duration of the
punishment of the damned in the lake of fire, carry the same thought and
meaning of endless existence as used in denoting the duration of joy and
ecstasy of saints in the Presence of God (Heb. 9:27; Rev. 19:20).
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