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The Bible:
It is our belief that the Bible is the infallible, inspired word of God given by the Holy Spirit and is profitable for rebuke, correction and exhortation to the body of Christ. Without wavering, we seek to live by its teachings and it is the rule of our faith and practice. We accept by faith that whether written in literal or literal figurative language, it is exact in its translation and shall not be of any private interpretation.  Thus, we accept it as factual in its entirety.

The Trinity:
We believe in one God represented by three distinct personalities known as God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. They are coequal in nature and power thus sharing the same attributes of omnipresence, omnipotence and omniscience. As it was commanded in the word of God by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we baptize in the names of all three persons of the God head.

Heaven and Hell:
Due to the fact that we believe in a literal translation of the Bible, it is our understanding that heaven and hell are real physical places. Heaven reserved for the overcoming faithful who have accepted Christ as the Messiah. Its beauty is beyond compare and in that place time ceases to exist.

Hell is a place of eternal darkness, separation from God, pain and torment. After death, the soul of man shall exist in one of these two places depending upon the accepting or rejecting of Jesus as messiah.

Salvation:
Salvation comes by accepting Christ as Savior and Lord. It is received by grace through faith in the shed blood of Jesus on the cross, confessing with your mouth that he is Lord and believing in your heart that God raised Him physically from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. Jesus is not a way to salvation but he is the one and only way, thus bridging the distance between God and man caused by sin. John 3:16 states; "For God so loved the world; that He gave His only begotten son; that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

Baptism of the Holy Ghost:
Baptism of the Holy Ghost has also been named in filling or in dwelling of the Holy Spirit  Baptism of the Holy Ghost occurs after salvation and is a gift from God to the body of Christ to empower the believer for victory in Christian living. It is not a prerequisite for salvation. We are saved through Christ and Him alone. Therefore, we do not believe that it is a second work of grace but is offered free.  We believe that the initial in filling shall be evidenced by speaking in tongues, although the scripture never mentions this. However, we draw our conclusion from New Testament example and find that every person who received the in filling of the Holy Ghost spoke in a new tongue as the spirit gave utterance.



The Link Church
6365 East 41st Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma  74135
(918) 829-5630