Theology
The Evangelical Church is strongly Wesleyan-Arminian, emphasizing free will over determinism and salvation through a two separate and instantaneous acts of Grace, justification and sanctification, attained through Faith resulting in repentance. This, together with Biblical inerrancy and belief in a direct command of God to universally evangelize are common to the various bodies which comprise the Holiness movement. The Church has an official "Statement of Faith," which is based on that of the Methodists which it inherited from the EUB, but which has been revised to make these emphases of doctrine more specific.
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