Lighthouse Village Church of God
At New Buffalo, Michigan
Serving New Buffalo and surrounding communities since organized in 1968 by the late Rev. Alton Litchford.
Rev. Litchford passd away in 1996 and was followed by Rev. Kenneth and Diane Smith who served until 2002.
Currently Reverend Anthony M. Fields serves with his wife Debra as senior pastor since April 2002.
Pastor Fields and wife were married in 1978 and have served together in active pastoral ministry since 1995 when they began a campground chapel ministry in Climax, Mi. while serving as lay ministers in Milwood Church of God under the late Rev. Donald Browning (Portage, Mi.).
Later being assigned as interns at Family Worship Center in Kalamazoo (1999) they later served as Associate Pastor responsible for general administration and Youth and Family Ministries under Rev. Edward L Davis.
WE ARE....
A LIGHTHOUSE, penetrating the darkness; A HOSPITAL, providing care and restoration;
and A SPIRITUAL PARENT, birthing ministries and nurturing believers.
Ministry Through Concern
Celebration: The Exaltation of Christ through worship (Philippians 2:8-11)
Outreach: The Proclamation of HOPE (Matthew 28:19-20)
Nurture: The Development of Disciples (Ephesians 4:11-13)
Care: The healing of the hurting (Galatians 6:1,2)
Encouragement: Resassurance in stressful times (Matthew 25:34-36)
Responsibility: The accountability of resources. (1 Chronicles 29:11,12)
New Life in Christ: Living the Spirit-Filled Life. (2 Corinthians 6:16, 7:1)
WHAT WE BELIEVE:
The Church of God believes the whole Bible to be completely and equally inspired and that it is the written Word of God. The Church of God has adopted the following Declaration of Faith as its standard and official expression of its doctrine.
We Believe:
- In the verbal inspiration of the Bible.
- In one God eternally existing in three persons; namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
- That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. That He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.
- That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that repentance is commanded of God for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins.
- That justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
- In sanctification subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Ghost.
- Holiness to be God's standard of living for His people.
- In the baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart.
- In speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
- In water baptism by immersion, and all who repent should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
- Divine healing is provided for all in the atonement.
- In the Lord's Supper and washing of the saints' feet.
- In the premillennial second coming of Jesus. First, to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in the air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.
- In the bodily resurrection; eternal life for the righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked.
