SPIRITUAL GIFTS:We are commanded to be filled with the Holy Spirit⁷⁰. And the evidence of His presence in our lives will be the fruit of the Spirit⁷¹. His fullness, power and control are appropriated in the believer's life by faith. We practice the laying on of hands for the empowering of the Spirit⁷² and for recognition and empowering of those whom God has ordained to lead and serve the Church. We also believe and practice that the Bible teaches that if someone is sick they may call for the elders of the church to come and anoint them with oil and pray for them⁷³. We believe in the present ministry of the Spirit⁷⁴ and in the exercise of all of the biblical gifts of the Spirit⁷⁵. We believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in the Scriptures, and that they are valid for today if they are exercised within the Scriptural guidelines and under the oversight of the eldership of the local church. We as believers are to covet the best gifts, seeking to exercise them in love that the whole Body of Christ might be edified. We believe that love is more important than the most spectacular gifts, and without this love all exercise of spiritual gifts is worthless⁷⁶.

70. Ephesians 5:18
71. Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 5:9
72. Acts 2:38-39; Acts 8:14-17: Acts 19:6
73. James 5:14-15
74. Joel 2:28; Acts 2:15-17
75. Matthew 28:18-20; I Corinthians 12:7-11; I Corinthians 14:1; I Thessalonians 5:19-21
76. I Corinthians 13:1-4,13; Galatians 5:6