Our Beliefs
Empowered365 is a Protestant, non-denominational discipleship and ministry training network rooted in historic Christian orthodoxy, biblical authority, and obedience to biblical morality.
Empowered365 Network Beliefs
The following beliefs reflect the official doctrinal positions of Empowered365 Network. These beliefs help define the theological foundation of our teaching, community, partnerships, and content standards. We recognize that not everyone arrives with the same level of certainty or theological understanding. Those who are still learning and exploring are welcome. At the same time, we ask members, partners, influencers, and content providers not to promote teachings contrary to our stated positions as the official beliefs of this network.
CORE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS
We Believe And Hold That...
- The 66-book Holy Bible is the inspired, inerrant, authoritative Word of God and it is the final authority for determining doctrinal truth and directing faithful belief, practice, and obedience.
- There is one true God alone, with no gods before or after Him, in all places and time, existing forever as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—three co-equal and co-eternal Persons—who created and sustains all things and alone is worthy of all prayer, worship, and glory.
- Jesus Christ is the eternal Word and Son of God, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, fully divine and fully human, who lived a sinless life, died a substitutionary death for sinners, rose bodily on the third day, and now reigns as Lord, Savior, and King.
- Humanity—every race and ethnicity—was created by God in His image, good and blameless with equal dignity and worth, yet through Adam's fall all people inherit a corrupted nature inclined toward sin, fall short of God's glory, stand guilty before Him, and need redemption through Christ alone.
- Salvation—forgiveness, justification, regeneration, adoption, and eternal life—is the gift of God's grace alone, received through repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ alone, on the basis of His deity, substitutionary death, and bodily resurrection.
- Saving Faith is demonstrated by an ongoing life of repentance, obedience, righteousness, holiness, love, and submission to the Holy Spirit in accord with the Word of God and the Church, resulting in a progressively sanctified life offered to God.
ESSENTIAL CHRISTIAN BELIEFS
We Believe And Hold That...
- The true Church is the spiritual fellowship, unity, Body, and Bride of Christ, consisting of all who are born of the Holy Spirit and now belong to Him as saints, called, anointed, and gifted to serve in the assembly for the edification of the saints and the fulfillment of the Great Commission.
- Jesus instituted Water Baptism and the Lord's Supper, as the Church’s sacraments or ordinances, and all who belong to Him are called to participate in them faithfully and reverently.
- Satan and demons are real enemies opposed to God and His people, but in Christ believers have authority and power to resist the devil, deny the sinful desires of the flesh, walk in lasting spiritual freedom, healing, and victory, and help others get free through faith and submission to God.
- Jesus Christ will return physically, visibly, and gloriously to establish His kingdom on earth, and there will be a resurrection and final judgment of both the living and the dead.
- Hell is a real place of eternal conscious torment and punishment, where all who finally reject Christ and die in their sins will be condemned, together with Satan and his fallen angels.
- Heaven is the dwelling place of God where believers are with Christ after death, and one day God will unite heaven and earth in a renewed creation free from death, pain, and separation from Him.
- We reject the false and harmful prosperity gospel, including word-of-faith teaching that treats wealth, bodily health, comfort, or worldly success as guaranteed entitlements of faith or the object of our faith, while affirming that God still answers prayer, provides, heals, and blesses according to His will.
- Our primary purpose in life is to glorify God in all we are and do, be conformed to Christ, seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and live for eternal treasure rather than worldly gain.
RELEVANT MORAL BELIEFS
We Believe And Hold That...
- Marriage is God's covenant between one man and one woman in a holy one-flesh union that reflects Christ and the Church; divorce is grievous and should be last resort, but is forgivable and biblically permissible in cases such as adultery, abuse, or abandonment.
- Sexuality is a gift of God to be expressed only within marriage between one man and one woman, and all sexual immorality—including adultery, fornication, homosexual acts, incest, bestiality, perversion, pornography, lust, and sexually corrupting entertainment or behavior—is sinful.
- God unchangeably created each person as male or female, and these two distinct, complementary sexes together reflect His created order; therefore gender identity is not determined by self-perception but is rooted in the biological reality God has given.
- Human life is sacred from conception to natural death because every person bears the image of God, including the unborn, the aged, and the mentally or physically vulnerable; therefore abortion for convenience, social adjustment, or economic advantage is evil, though grave medical circumstances may create tragic therapeutic exceptions.
- Occultism and idolatry are incompatible with Christian faith and discipleship; therefore witchcraft, divination, sorcery, spiritism, ancestor veneration, ritual offerings to spirits, occult power, charms, amulets, and any attempt to seek supernatural guidance, protection, blessing, or power apart from the one true God are forbidden.
- Rival spiritual allegiances such as secret societies, culturally normalized forms of idolatry, and spiritually compromised partnerships are incompatible with Christian discipleship because they involve vows, loyalties, covenants, or spiritual associations that compete with exclusive devotion to Jesus Christ.
Our Doctrinal Posture
We hold these beliefs as the official theological foundation of Empowered365 Network
We recognize Christians may differ on some secondary matters. Our aim is to remain firmly grounded in biblical truth while exercising wisdom, clarity, and charity where appropriate. We welcome those who are still learning, asking questions, and growing in understanding, while asking that official teaching, content, and partnership within this network remain aligned with our stated beliefs.
Relationship to MPowered Christian Ministries
Empowered365 Network is owned and operated by MPowered Christian Ministries Inc. While Empowered365 maintains its own official Network Beliefs, official Ministry Academy courses, certifications, and other MPowered-created content may reflect the broader theological distinctives of MPowered Christian Ministries. Because of this, some official training content will be more specifically aligned than membership alone requires.
Relationship to Transformation Church
Some official courses, certifications, ordinations, and ministry training pathways within Empowered365—especially those created by MPowered Christian Ministries for the Ministry Academy—reflect theological convictions and ministry distinctives that are more specifically aligned with Transformation Church International, which is also owned and operated by MPowered Christian Ministries. This is especially true for content related to house church ministry, pastoral preparation, ordination, and church planting.
Beliefs in Relation to Other Christian Traditions
We hold firmly to core biblical truth while practicing humility and charity in secondary and tertiary matters. For that reason, we welcome biblically serious Christians from a range of Protestant backgrounds without treating every non-essential difference as a barrier to fellowship, learning, or service.
DENOMINATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Denominational Identity and Relationships
- Empowered365 is Protestant and non-denominational.
- We are not governed by any one denomination, and our official doctrinal foundation is the Empowered365 Network Beliefs above.
- We affirm the historic early church creeds as faithful summaries of essential Christian belief and distinguish between core gospel truth and denominational distinctives that faithful Christians may understand differently.
- We welcome believers from a range of Protestant traditions, including Baptist, Wesleyan, Pentecostal, Reformed, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Holiness, and other evangelical backgrounds.
- We affirm the unity of the Church across race, ethnicity, nationality, and culture and reject ethnic partiality, contempt, and any suggestion that one ethnic or cultural expression is spiritually superior within the Body of Christ. We welcome biblically faithful believers from diverse backgrounds and do not treat segregation, exclusion, or cultural uniformity as an ideal of Christian fellowship.
- While Empowered365 is Protestant and non-denominational, we recognize that Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and others may share with us important historic Christian convictions and are welcome to learn from our teaching, provided they do not promote teachings contrary to our official beliefs as the doctrinal positions of this network.
- Empowered365 is owned and operated by MPowered Christian Ministries Inc., which also maintains ministry partnerships, including with the Missionary Church.
SECONDARY THEOLOGICAL POSITIONS
Boundaries on Secondary Doctrine
- Spiritual Gifts and Baptism with the Holy Spirit. We affirm the present work of the Holy Spirit and allow continuationist content and a range of Protestant views on baptism with the Holy Spirit, provided such teaching treats spiritual gifts biblically and orderly. We allow Pentecostal content that presents tongues as an initial physical evidence, provided it does not treat tongues as the required evidence of regeneration, salvation, or overall spiritual maturity, or as a basis for judging the worth of other believers. We also allow cessationist content, provided it is presented biblically, respectfully, and without mockery, malice, or misrepresentation toward those who hold the opposing view.
- Deliverance Ministry. We affirm deliverance ministry as a real and biblical work of the Church and allow differences in how biblically serious Christians understand its frequency, methods, and emphasis, provided such ministry remains subject to Scripture, wisdom, order, and Christ-centered pastoral care. We also allow content both for and against the belief that a regenerated Christian can have demons, provided it is defended biblically and respectfully and does not mock, dismiss, or maliciously attack those who hold the opposing view.
- Baptismal Practice and Church Polity. We permit Protestant differences on baptismal practice and church polity, while affirming the necessity of faith in Christ and the importance of Christian obedience in the life of the Church. We also allow differing denominational convictions on mode of baptism, timing of baptism, church governance, and related practices, provided such views do not deny the gospel or promote Jesus-name-only baptism as the only valid formula.
- Creation. We affirm that God is Creator and that Genesis presents real history, including Adam and Eve as actual people with theological significance. We also allow a range of biblically serious Protestant views on creation, provided such views do not deny God’s direct creative work, the historicity of Adam and Eve, or the reliability and authority of Scripture.
- Predestination, Free Will, and Election. We affirm both God’s sovereignty and foreknowledge and genuine human responsibility in salvation, while rejecting fatalism, determinism, and any teaching that treats people as incapable of responding to God’s call. We allow Calvinist, Reformed, Arminian, and Wesleyan content on these questions, provided it is presented biblically, respectfully, and without misrepresenting or maliciously attacking those who hold opposing views.
- Women in Ministry. We affirm the meaningful ministry, service, and spiritual gifting of women in the Church, while recognizing that biblically serious Protestants differ on whether certain governing, elder, or pastoral roles are restricted to qualified men. We also allow complementarian and egalitarian content, provided it is presented biblically, respectfully, and without demeaning, silencing, or treating those on the opposing side as less faithful to Christ.
- Christian Nationalism. We reject Christian nationalism as a distortion of the gospel and the mission of the Church, affirming that the Church’s highest allegiance is to Jesus Christ and His kingdom rather than to any nation, party, or political movement. We also allow differing convictions on political engagement, public policy, and civic responsibility, provided such views do not merge the gospel with nationalism or treat partisan identity as a measure of Christian faithfulness.
- Israel and the Church. We do not affirm replacement theology in the sense that the Church nullifies God’s continuing covenants with ethnic Israel, while affirming the unity of salvation in Christ for Jew and Gentile alike. We also allow respectful disagreement on related prophetic, political, and geopolitical questions, provided such views do not promote anti-Semitism, deny God’s faithfulness, or maliciously attack those who hold the opposing view.
TERTIARY THEOLOGICAL POSITIONS
Liberty in Tertiary Doctrine
- Christian Liberty and Sobriety. We permit Christian liberty on matters such as alcohol and similar non-essential lifestyle questions within biblical boundaries, while rejecting drunkenness, addiction, intoxication, recreational drug use, and the careless use of freedom in ways that harm holiness, conscience, or other believers. We also allow both abstinence-focused and liberty-focused teaching on these matters, provided it is presented biblically, prudently, and without condemning faithful believers who hold the opposing view.
- The Lord’s Supper. We permit a range of biblically serious Protestant views on the Lord’s Supper and do not allow this issue to become a cause of division among believers who honor Christ and partake reverently in faith. We also allow differing Protestant explanations of Christ’s presence, remembrance, symbolism, and spiritual participation, provided those views are presented respectfully and without treating other faithful believers as outside the Christian faith.
- Bible Translations. We allow a range of views on Bible translations, while rejecting KJV-Onlyism, the New World Translation, and treating The Message, The Passion Translation, or other paraphrases as standard Bible translations. We also allow strong preferences for particular faithful translations, provided those preferences are not used to condemn other biblically sound translations or divide serious believers unnecessarily.
- End-Times Details. We affirm that Jesus Christ will return physically, visibly, and gloriously and that there will be a resurrection and final judgment. We also allow respectful disagreement on many end-times details, provided such views are presented without mockery, slander, or demonizing other biblically serious Protestant believers.
- Worship Expression and Cultural Form. We permit a wide range of biblically faithful worship expressions, musical styles, liturgical forms, and cultural emphases, provided they honor God, remain doctrinally sound, and do not treat one tradition or culture’s preferences as the only faithful way to worship. We encourage mutual honor, maturity, and charity across different worship backgrounds and expressions.
- Humility and Charity in Non-Essentials. In all tertiary matters, we encourage humility, maturity, and charity and ask all contributors to avoid turning non-essential disagreements into tests of Christian faithfulness.
