Eagles’ Wings ascribes to the statement of faith put forth by the National Association of Evangelicals. To read more,
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Eagles’ Wings exists and operates from 3 core values:
1. The Restoration of Biblical Spirituality
We believe that God is a God of Love for all people, and that loving God and loving people is the primary message of Jesus and the prophets.
We believe that there is a vast difference between the teachings of Jesus and the teachings that have been passed down to us today in the form of contemporary Christian church culture, especially in the West, and we seek the restoration of the church to the Biblical truths, exemplified in the understanding and lifestyle of the early Church.
Understanding the importance of honoring our heritage, we also believe that today's church should be marked by extraordinary empowerment of the Holy Spirit. We believe this should include strong and healthy relationships, care for the poor and oppressed, signs and wonders, and apostolic and prophetic leadership.
2. Unity of the Body of Christ
We believe that functional unity in the Body of Christ is not an option, but a requirement for all believers. All throughout scripture, from Psalm 133 to John 17, there is a clear scriptural mandate for believers to walk in unity as one body in Jesus Christ. In other words, God really cares about how we treat each other! We believe that the Body is made up of many unique parts, each bringing its own strength to the whole. We also believe that every part (including our own), no matter how healthy or seemingly self-sufficient, has inherent weaknesses allowed by God to make it dependent on the rest of the Body.
We believe that the quality of unity called for in the scriptures is paramount for maturity to come to the Body of Christ, and want to see healing and restoration for those who have been hurt because of division and animosity in the church. Eagles' Wings seeks to be a bridge between churches, denominations, and generations to encourage mutual respect and a culture that honors the need and mandate for functionaly unity in the Body of Christ.
3. God’s Enduring Covenant with Israel
We believe that the one true God, the God of Israel, is the God of covenant. We believe that His promises and love endure to a thousand generations for those who fear his name (Genesis 17:7, Exodus 20:6). We believe that the promises He extended to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, David, and the patriarchs are still true today, and that the natural house of Israel will experience the full blessing and restoration that the Lord has promised. We believe that as believers in the God of Israel, we have been grafted in to the covenant of Abraham through faith (Romans 11), and we are ever-mindful that it is the root that supports us, the branch, and not the other way around.
EW believes in receiving the whole counsel of Scripture contained in the Old and the New Testaments, of which our Jewish roots are an essential, unmistakable foundation for our lives as Christians. As Gentiles, we have much to glean from the principles that God entrusted to the Jewish people, and we deeply enjoy learning about the Biblical roots of our faith. We also believe, however, that as Gentiles we are not required to observe the letter of the Judaic law.
As Christians, the feast days on the Jewish (Biblical) calendar are an opportunity for us to enter into a deeper understanding of who our God is. The Bible bids us to recognize the importance of aligning ourselves with these days of celebration, as we see in verses such as Zechariah 14:16-17. It is interesting to note in Scripture that God declares these as "the feasts of the LORD" for all people, for all time, not simply feasts of the Jewish people (Leviticus 23:4).
Because Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8), He is just as much a healing God as He always has been. We embrace and seek after the experiential understanding of His desire to minister to His people and the world through spiritual, emotional, and physical healing as an expression of His eternal character.
We believe wholeheartedly in the operation of all the gifts of the Holy Spirit described in 1 Corinthians 12 and other places in scripture, including the gift of tongues, and we embrace and utilize these gifts in our personal lives and at our meetings and conferences. We believe that the Holy Spirit distributes these gifts to believers and that they are a blessing as we seek to walk in the power and presence of God.
Four times in the book of Revelation, the Lord says that He is coming soon (Revelation 3:11, 22:7, 22:12, 22:20). We stand on that promise, and we believe that we need to be ready at all times for His return. As for the specific day of His coming, the scripture tells us that no one knows.
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." (Matthew 24:36-37)