Our Beliefs

The Church of the Living God International, Inc.

 Elect Ladies Litany

Leader: We, as holy women, believe in the doctrine of the Church of the Living God International, Inc.

Congregation: Remembering our HERITAGE, ALWAYS.

Leader: We, as holy women, believe the Bible is the verbally inspired Word of God, infallible and inerrant in

the original writings. We hold the Word of God to be the only authority in all matters and assert that no

doctrine can be true or essential if it does not find a place in this Word. We respect the interpretation of

Bishop Joseph White, our Founder.

Congregation: Remembering our HERITAGE, ALWAYS.

Leader: We, as holy women, believe in God as Father Almighty, the Author and Creator of all things. We

believe in the Old and New Testaments.

Congregation: Remembering our HERITAGE, ALWAYS.

Leader: We, as holy women, believe Jesus Christ, the only begotten of the Father, is the Son of God, the

second person in the Godhead of the Trinity. We also believe that Jesus Christ sitteth on the right hand of

the Father, now as mediator between God and man. We believe Jesus was and is eternal in His person and

nature as the Son of God and was with God in the beginning of Creation.

Congregation: Remembering our HERITAGE, ALWAYS.

Leader: We, as holy women, believe that the Holy Ghost is a gift from God and that it is the Spirit of Truth

which proceeds from the Father and Son and is equal with the Father and Son and that He is the third

person of the Trinity.

Congregation: Remembering our HERITAGE, ALWAYS.

Leader: We, as holy women, believe that the Baptism in the Holy Ghost is a gift from God, subsequent to

conversation and sanctification, and that speaking in tongues is the consequence of the Baptism of the

Holy Ghost and is evidence of the fruit of the Spirit.

Congregation: Remembering our HERITAGE, ALWAYS.

Leader: We, as holy women, believe that man was created in the image of God and that sin brought death to

all in his fall. We believe in repentance from sin, in the atonement by substitutionary death and shed blood

of Jesus Christ for the propitiation of the sins of the world.

Congregation: Remembering our HERITAGE, ALWAYS.

Leader: We, as holy women, believe that Angels are heavenly spirit beings and serve as messengers or

ambassadors of God. In heaven, their duty is to serve God. The Psalmist says they are to do the will of God.

Congregation: Remember our HERITAGE, ALWAYS.

Leader: We, as holy women, believe that the Holy Ghost searches the deep things of God. We believe He

makes intercession for us and convicts men of sin, righteousness and judgment.

Congregation: Remembering our HERITAGE, ALWAYS.

Unison: Heavenly Father, as holy women, help us to lead spirit-filled, controlled lives. We are told in your

Word to be filled with the Spirit and walk not after the flesh. Dear God, help us to believe and memorialize

our predecessors: Elder Beulah White, Mother Mary Jeferson, Mother Marshall, Rev. Patricia Woods,

Missionaries Ernestine John and Freda Clark, and our Dynamic Visionary, Dr. Bishop Martha Edwards,

Founder and Director of The Church of the Living God International Elect Ladies Department, and all who

have and will contribute to this beautiful way of holiness. Grant us, dear Lord, the sincerity, and courage to say from the depths of our hearts.

                               REMEMBERING OUR HERITAGE……….ALWAYS! AMEN