Direction Magazine

Direction magazine is the official monthly magazine of the Elim Pentecostal Church.

This high quality magazine provides inspiration, vision and teaching for everyone in Elim and beyond.

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The Elim Core Values

We believe in the universal sinfulness of all men since the Fall, rendering man subject to God's wrath and condemnation.
We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son and the necessity of His work in conviction of sin, repentance, regeneration and sanctification, and that the believer is also promised an enduement of power as the gift of Christ through the baptism in the Holy Spirit with signs following. Through this enduement the believer is empowered for fuller participation in the ministry of the Church, its worship, evangelism and service.

We believe in the true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His real and complete humanity, in His sinless life, in His authoritative teaching, in His substitutionary and atoning sacrifice through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His heavenly intercession and in His second advent to receive His Church.

We believe that the Godhead exists co-equally and co-eternally in three persons Father, Son and Holy Spirit and that these three are one God, sovereign in creation, providence and redemption.
We believe the Bible, as originally given, to be without error, the fully inspired and infallible Word of God and the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
We believe in the baptism of believers by immersion in water in obedience to the command of Christ and in the commemoration of Christ's death by the observance of the Lord's Supper until His return.
We believe in the ministries that Christ has set in His Church, namely, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, and in the present operation of the manifold Gifts of the Holy Spirit according to the New Testament.
We believe that the gospel embraces the needs of the whole man and that the Church is therefore commissioned to preach the gospel to the world and to fulfil a ministry of healing and deliverance to the spiritual and physical needs of mankind.
We believe in the divine healing through personal faith in Jesus Christ (Mark 5 vs 34). Through the laying on of hands (Mark 16 vs 18). Through the gifts of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 12 vs 9). Through the antonement (Matt. 8 vs 17; 1 Peter 2 vs 24). Through the Church Goverment (James 5 vs 14 - 15).
We believe in the spiritual unity and the priesthood of all believers in Christ and these comprise the universal Church, the Body of Christ.
We believe in the necessity for salvation of the repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ by which the sinner is pardoned and accepted as righteous in God's sight. This justification is imputed by the grace of God because of the atoning work of Christ, is received by faith alone and is evidenced by the Fruit of the Spirit and a holy life.
We believe in the resurrection of the dead and in the final judgement of the world, the eternal conscious bliss of the righteous and the eternal conscious punishment of the wicked.
We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit as a separate experience from the New Birth for all believers. The purpose of which is the receiving of the power for witness. The blessing of "speaking in tongues" can be experienced in connection with the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
We believe in the personal, physical and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to reign in power and glory.
Elim
The Elim Movement

Elim has over 600 congregations throughout the towns and cities in the UK as well as churches in forty countries around the world.

 
The Elim Name

The name 'Elim' is taken from the book of exodus, where we read that the Israelites "came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees: and they camped there by the waters" (Exodus 15:27). This oasis in the wilderness is a fitting symbol for a Church that communicates a message of rest and refreshing, salvation and healing for body, soul and spirit in the wilderness of this world.

 
History

The Elim movement was founded by George Jeffreys, a young Welshman from Maesteg. Under his leadership a small group of people known as 'The Elim Evangelistic Band' was formed in Monaghan, Ireland 1915.

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