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The Erdington New Testament Church of God is part of a worldwide organisation called the Church of God who have established churches in over 140 countries. The Church of God is the oldest Pentecostal movement in the world, having been established since 1886.
In the UK we are made up of over 115 congregations with
over 300 serving ministers. The church in the UK is organised into a set of "districts". Districts are made up of individual churches each with their own community in which they seek to live, serve, teach and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Erdington makes up part of the Handsworth District which currently comprises of four congregations, namely; Handsworth (also fondly known as George Street church), Kingshurst, Castle Vale and Erdington.
As a denomination we hold the Bible as divinely inspired in its entirety and as such it forms the absolute basis of our beliefs.
Below is our Declaration of Faith.
We believe:
1. In the verbal inspiration of the Bible.
2. In one God etemally existing in three persons; namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
3. That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. That He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.
4. That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that repentance is commanded of God for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins.
5. That justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
6. In sanctification subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Ghost.
7. Holiness to be God's standard of living for His people.
8. In the baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart.
9. In speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
10. In water baptism by immersion, and all who repent should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
11. Divine healing is provided for all in the atonement.
12. In the Lord's Supper and washing of the saints' feet.
13. In the premillennial second coming of Jesus. First, to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in the air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.
14. In the bodily resurrection; eternal life for the righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked. | 
