At a church in the World (aciW) we strive to coach anyone, no matter what their current worldview is, on what God means in His Word. So everyone has the opportunity to experience the joy of the Lord, no matter the difficulty of their current circumstances.
Therefore we teach on the complete canon of Scripture and all the attributes of God without compromise or hyperbole. This includes the attributes we enjoy such as love, mercy, and patience as well as those we often choose to ignore, such as justice and wrath.
aciW provides interactive online Christian doctrinal training. The Internet is a fantastic tool, but it can never replace meeting face-to-face. Therefore, aciW provides pastoral care to develop the future local leaders of the church, along with providing educational and economic empowerment opportunities for the congregation to become self-sufficient.
Origin Story of a church in the World
What We Believe
The Bible is God's written revelation to man, and thus the sixty-six books of the Bible given to us by the Holy Spirit constitute the Word of God (1 Corinthians 2:7-14).
We believe that there is one living and true God (Isaiah 45:5-7), an infinite, all-knowing Spirit (John 4:24), perfect in all His attributes, one in essence, eternally existing in three Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 13:14) — each equally deserving worship and obedience.
We believe that God the Father is the Creator of all things (Ephesians 3:9), the first Person of the Trinity, orders and disposes all things according to His own purpose and grace (Psalm 145:8-9).
We believe that Jesus Christ, the second Person of the Trinity, possesses all the divine excellencies, and in these He is coequal, consubstantial, and coeternal with the Father (John 10:30; 14:9).
The Holy Spirit is a divine Person, eternal, underived, possessing all the attributes of deity, including intellect, emotions, will, eternality, omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence, and truthfulness. In all the divine attributes He is coequal with the Father and the Son (Matt 28:19; Acts 5:3-4)
According to Scripture, everyone is guilty of sin: "There is no man who does not sin" (1 Kings 8:46). That doesn't mean we're incapable of performing acts of human kindness. But we're utterly incapable of understanding, loving, or pleasing God on our own (Romans 3:10-12).
God's holiness and justice demand that all sin be punished by death (Ezekiel 18:4). That's why simply changing our patterns of behavior can't solve our sin problem or eliminate its consequences..
Hell is the eternal, horrifying destination for all who turn from Jesus, and Heaven is the eternal, satisfying home of God with all who trust in Jesus. (Matthew 25:4 - 6; Romans 2:6 - 8; Revelation 21:1 - 27). (Matt 28:19; Acts 5:3-4)
We teach that salvation is wholly of God by grace on the basis of the redemption of Jesus Christ, the merit of His shed blood, and not on the basis of human merit or works (John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-10; 1 Peter 1:18-19).
We believe that election is the act of God by which, before the foundation of the world, He chose in Christ those whom He graciously regenerates, saves, and sanctifies (Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:4-11; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 2:10; 1 Peter 1:1-2).
We believe that all who place their faith in Jesus Christ are immediately placed by the Holy Spirit into one united spiritual Body, the church (1 Corinthians 12:12-13), of which Christ is the Head (Colossians 1:18). This family of believers care for each other, grow more like Jesus and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19 - 20).
Jesus shall return to judge the living and the dead, condemning those who reject Him to perish, but rewarding His followers with eternal life (1 Thessalonians 4:16 - 17; Revelation 20:11 - 15)