First United Pentecostal Church

What is Pentecost?

Pentecost is not a denomination. It is a new birth experience. It is primitive Christianity made relevant to today's world. The people referred to as Pentecostal simply believe, teach, and receive all that transpired on that birthday of the church...Pentecost, 33 A.D. We believe in the one true and living God, maker of all creation; the all-knowing, all-powerful, everywhere-present.
We believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ, which declares Him to be the only begotten Son of God. Wherefore, Jesus Christ demonstrated both human and divine natures and attributes. As the Savior, He was crucified and died on the cross in our place to be the ultimate sacrifice for sin. He was buried in a tomb but rose again the third day, as the Scriptures foretold, and is now exalted as King of kings and Lord of lords. As God manifested in the flesh, He is true God and true man; in Him dwells all the fullness of the Deity in bodily form.
We believe in the original apostolic plan of salvation, declared on the Day of Pentecost, the birthday of the New Testament Church, which includes faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, sincere repentance, water baptism by immersion in the name of Jesus Christ, and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit with the joyous experience of speaking in other tongues - just as the believers did in the first century.