Our Vision

“Building an Authentic Church Locally
Expanding God’s Kingdom Globally
Loving Jesus and Serving People
Everywhere”

Vision Statement of The House of Prayer

The Bible teaches that without vision people will perish (Proverbs 29:18). God gives to every individual and family a distinct purpose for being. To reach their full potential, they must have a vision of what their purpose is. Likewise, each church has a divine purpose for existing and must have a clear understanding of their God given vision to fulfill their destiny. God has progressively revealed to us a clear vision for The House of Prayer through the dealings of God in the heart of Pastor Stells, the prophetic word that has come forth in this assembly, along with confirming evidence of the Lord working with us through the years.

The vision of The House of Prayer centers on the following:

• BECOMING a church whose members have an intimate, covenantal relationship and close communion with God through a strong personal and corporate devotional life. (Deuteronomy 6:5, Psalms 1:2, Jeremiah 29:13, Matthew 22:37-38, 1 Corinthians 6:19, Ephesians 2:22)
• BECOMING a church whose members understand and fulfill their primary function of being worshippers of the true and living God. (Psalms 86:12, Psalms 100:4, Psalms 103:1-2, John 4:24, 1 Peter 2:5)
• BECOMING a church whose members truly reflect the character of our Lord Jesus Christ, at all times, in all places, and in every area of life that we might be a true light to our generation. (Matthew 5:16, 1 Corinthians 6:11, 1 Corinthians 7:34, Ephesians 1:4. Ephesians 5:1, 1 Peter 1:!2)
• BECOMING a church that is committed to the restoring of the home to the Biblical pattern through teaching, preaching counseling and practical helps. (Ephesians 5:22-25, Ephesians 6:1, 1 Timothy 3:4-5, 1 Peter 3:7)
• BECOMING a church whose members are equipped, and actively used of God to bring deliverance and salvation to those that are bound by sin. (Proverbs 11:30, Matthew 28:18-20, Luke 10:2, Luke 19:10, John 4:38, Acts 1:8)
• BECOMING a church whose members are equipped, skilled and strong in carrying out spiritual warfare, successfully defeating principalities and powers of darkness to extend the kingdom of God on a personal and corporate level. (Mark 16:17-20, Luke 10:17, John 14:!2, Ephesians 6:11-13, James 4:7)
• BECOMING a church that provides a place for the salvation of souls, healing of broken individuals, broken relationships, broken families and broken ministries, to be released to be all that God intends for them to be. (Isaiah 61:1-3, Luke 15:11-32, Galatians 6:1-2, 2 Timothy 1:3-6)
• BECOMING a church that is committed to developing biblically qualified leaders to help facilitate our vision in our generation and to insure its perpetuation in generations to come. (1 Timothy 3:1-7, 1 Timothy 5:17, 2 Timothy 2:2, Titus 1:6-9)
• BECOMING a church that actively equips, trains and sends laborers into the harvest fields of our generation with a pure heart, a clear message and a spirit of faith and confidence in God. (Joshua 1:6, Joshua 1:9, Matthew 28:18-20, Luke 9:1-5, Luke 10:1-12)
• BECOMING a church that is committed to the mandate for world missions given by our Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 28:19 by raising up and establishing new churches and strengthening existing churches that have a like mind and similar vision. (Matthew 16:18, Matthew 28:18-20, 1 Corinthians 14:12, Ephesians 3:10-11)

God does not give a vision He cannot accomplish.
He has gathered a covenant people around this vision who believe that
no sacrifice is too great to see the vision accomplished.

Statement of Faith of The House of Prayer

1. We believe in the plenary-verbal inspiration of the accepted canon of the Scriptures as originally given (II Tim. 3:16, I Cor. 2:13).
2. We believe in the Eternal Godhead who has revealed Himself as ONE God existing in THREE persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; distinguishable but indivisible (Matt. 28:19; IICor. 13:14).
3. We believe in the creation, test and fall of man as recorded in Genesis; his total spiritual depravity and inability to attain to Divine righteousness (Rom. 3:11; 5:12,18).
4. We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of men, conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, very God and very man (Lk. 1:26-35; John 1:18; Isaiah 7:14; 9:6).
5. We believe Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again the third day, and personally appeared to His disciples (I Cor. 15:1-8; Rom. 4:25).
6. We believe in the bodily ascension of Jesus to heaven, His exaltation, and personal, literal and bodily coming again the second time for the Church (John 14:2-3; I Thess. 4:13-18).
7. We believe in the salvation of sinners by grace, through repentance and faith in the perfect and sufficient work of the cross of Calvary by which we obtain remission of sins (Eph. 2:8-9; Heb. 9:12,22; Rom. 5:11).
8. We believe in the necessity of water baptism by immersion in order to fulfill the command of Christ (Matt. 28:19; Acts 2:34-38; 10:44-48; 19:1-6).
9. We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit as an experience subsequent to salvation, with the scriptural evidence; namely, speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance (Acts 2:1-4; 8:14-17; 10:44-46; 19:1-6).
10. We believe in the operations of the gifts of the Spirit as enumerated in I Corinthians 12-14, as manifested in the Early Church.
11. We believe in the Spirit-filled life, a life of separation from the world and perfecting of holiness in the fear of God as an expression of Christian faith (Eph. 5:18; II Cor. 6:14, 7:1).
12. We believe in the healing of the body by Divine power, or Divine healing in its varied aspects as practiced in the Early Church (Acts 4:24-31; Rom. 8:11; I Cor. 12:9; James 5:14-15).
13. We believe in the Table of the Lord, commonly called Communion or the Lord’s Supper, for believers (I Cor. 11:23-32).
14. We believe in eternal life for believers (John 5:24; 3:16) and eternal punishment for unbelievers (Mk. 9:43-50; II Thess. 1:8-9; Rev. 20:10-15).
15. We believe in the reality and personality of satan and the eternal judgment of satan and his angels. (Matt. 25:41; Rev. 20:10-15).