Governing document ETERNAL LIGHT MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
TRUST DEED MADE 25 OCTOBER 2007
Charitable objects
A. ADVANCEMENT OF BOTH RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR EDUCATION: (I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF LOCAL SCHOOLS BY PROVIDING AND FACILITATING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THEIR CHOSEN SUBJECTS BY HANDS-ON TRAINING; PROVIDING AFTER SCHOOL CLUB TO ALLOW THE SUBJECTS TO BE STUDIED. FOR THIS PURPOSE THE CHARITY WILL BE = PROVIDING OR FACILITATING PUBLIC EDUCATION OF PUPILS OF LOCAL SCHOOLS IN THEIR CHOSEN SUBJECTS BY PUBLISHING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, HANDS-ON TRAINING; PROVIDING AFTER SCHOOL CLUB ETC TO ALLOW THE SUBJECTS TO BE STUDIED. B. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR OVERSEAS: (I) -TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING DOCTRINES: = THE BIBLE WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE TO BE THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD, WITHOUT ERROR IN THE ORIGINAL WRITINGS, THE COMPLETE REVELATION OF HIS . WILL FOR THE SALVATION OF MEN, AND THE DIVINE AND FINAL AUTHORITY FOR ALL CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE. WHEN WE SAY INSPIRED AND WITHOUT ERROR, WE MEAN WE BELIEVE THIS TO BE VERBAL, PLENARY, INFALLIBLE, AND INERT THROUGHOUT. = GOD THE FATHER WE BELIEVE IN ONE GOD, CREATOR OF ALL THINGS, INFINITELY PERFECT AND ETERNALLY EXISTING IN THREE PERSONS, FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT. = GOD THE SON WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS TRUE GOD AND TRUE MAN, ' HAVING BEEN CONCEIVED OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY. HE DIED ON THE CROSS AS THE SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES. FURTHER, HE AROSE BODILY FROM THE DEAD, ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN, WHERE, AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE MAJESTY ON HIGH, HE NOW SITS AS OUR HIGH PRIEST AND ADVOCATE. = GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT WE BELIEVE THAT THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TO GLORIFY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND DURING THIS AGE TO CONVICT. MEN, REGENERATE THE BELIEVING SINNER, AND INDWELL, GUIDE, INSTRUCT, AND EMPOWER THE BELIEVER FOR GODLY LIVING AND SERVICE. = MANKIND WE BELIEVE THAT MAN WAS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD BUT FELL INTO SIN AND IS THEREFORE LOST. ONLY THROUGH PERSONAL FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST AND REGENERATION BY THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN SALVATION AND SPIRITUAL LIFE BE OBTAINED. = SUBSTITUTIONARY DEATH OF CHRIST WE BELIEVE THAT THE. SUBSTITUTIONARY DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST AND HIS RESURRECTION PROVIDE THE ONLY GROUND FOR JUSTIFICATION AND SALVATION FOR ALL WHO BELIEVE, AND ONLY SUCH AS RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST THROUGH FAITH ARE BORN OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THUS BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD. = THE CHURCH WE BELIEVE THAT THE TRUE CHURCH IS COMPOSED OF ALL SUCH PERSONS WHO THROUGH PERSONAL FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST HAVE BEEN REGENERATED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND ARE UNITED TOGETHER IN THE BODY OF CHRIST OF WHICH HE IS HEAD. WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE LORD AND HEAD OF THE CHURCH, AND THAT EVERY LOCAL CHURCH HAS THE RIGHT UNDER CHRIST TO DECIDE AND GOVERN ITS OWN AFFAIRS. = ESCHATOLOGY WE BELIEVE IN THE BODILY RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD; OF THE BELIEVER TO EVERLASTING BLESSEDNESS AND JOY WITH THE LORD, OF THE UNBELIEVER TO JUDGEMENT AND EVERLASTING CONSCIOUS PUNISHMENT. (II) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE = HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON CHRISTIAN RELIGION TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. FOR THESE PURPOSES THE CHARITY WILL BE = PROVIDING SERVICES OF WORSHIP; RELIGIOUS TEACHING; FACILITIES OR SERVICES TO'ALLOW BELIEVERS TO PRACTICE THEIR FAITH OR FOLLOW ITS DOCTRINES; PRODUCING OR MAKING AVAILABLE LITERATURE EXPLAINING THE DOCTRINES INVOLVED AND HOW TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEM. DISTRIBUTION OF SACRED TEXTS. C. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND POVERTY (I) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND AFRICA , FOR THIS PURPOSE THE CHARITY WILL BE = ASKING THE LOCAL DOCTORS AND HEALTH AND WELFARE AUTHORITIES TO LET THEM KNOW OF ANY PEOPLE, OR GROUPS OF PEOPLE, LIVING WITHIN THE CHARITY'S AREA OF BENEFIT, WHOSE NEEDS CANNOT BE FULLY MET BY THE STATUTORY SERVICES; = ADVERTISING IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS; OR = CONTACTING TRUSTEES OF OTHER CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, PARTICULARLY THOSE INVOLVED IN HEALTH AND WELFARE.
Area of benefit
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