About Us


a church in the World (aciW) is missional church focused on reaching out to everyone in the world with the Good News of the Christian Bible.  Coaching Christians on all the truths of who God is without compromise or hyperbole so they are fully equipped to enter into the public sphere with confidence.


aciW uses a digilocal church model. aciW was designed from the beginning to have a digital foundation so we could support people wherever they were in the world. Our focus is on equipping the least of these in developing areas of the world. First with the Gospel, but also providing necessary life sustaining techniques so they can take care of their families and improve their countries. 


What has evolved over time has been that the Lord has opened doors for us to shepherd ministers and leaders who are already working in their local communities but have not received solid theological teaching. aciW provides theological training and pastoral care and modeling for the local congregation. In addition, aciW works with the local church to establish educational, vocational, and entrepreneurial teaching to the young and old to help these communities lift themselves out of poverty and dependence.

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What We Believe

Scripture is God's Word

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).

The Trinity

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.

God the Father

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).

Jesus is God

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 God

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)

Mankind is Sinful

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).

Sin Demands a Penalty

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..

Heaven and Hell are Real

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)

Salvation by Grace Alone

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).

Elective Eternal Purpose

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).

The Church

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

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)

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