Our Mission Statement
Our Mission at Full Faith Christian Center is to walk in love; to lead people to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ; to grow in spiritual maturity; and to reach out to others in need, through worship, education, fellowship and outreach.

Invite......   Grow......   Go!

Our Church
In January of 1982, after much questioning of God, Harvey and Colleen Benway trusted God with a "calling" and held their first service in Chariton, Iowa.  Services continued and God brought people from far and near who helped establish and incorporate Full Faith Christian Center.  In 1984, we moved from the Shelton Building to the old "Eagles" building on the levy.  This, too, was done after much questioning of God. 

Thank God that was the end of moving, but work and change continued, and continued, and continued, and continues.  Over the years, there has been lots of time, talents, and treasures put into the transformation from "Tavern to Temple".  Under the guidance of our spiritual leaders, the family here at FFCC has put everything they have into making our church beautiful and pleasing to God.  As well as the physical appearance of the building, "Thank God", many, many, lives have been changed.  The teaching of the Word and love of God was planted and watered and grew, and that process continues today.  In March of 1996, Pastor Harvey "gladly" went home to be with Jesus.  This not only left us a void, but he, like he regularly did, delegated and left us LOTS of work to do. 

The "call" to teach and preach was given to Pastor Colleen also and we thank God that she follows that Call and exhorts us to be ALL that God has called us to be.

Our Foundations

THE BIBLE - God speaking to us.  It is the truth!

PRAYER - provides intimate contact with our loving God, who will guide us and care for us.

WORSHIP - our opportunity to tell God how much we love Him.  Worship touches both our intellect and our feelings.

FELLOWSHIP - being part of a group of people that meets regularly for support, encouragement, and friendship.

WITNESS - what we have with God is so good that we enjoy sharing it with others.

MINISTRY - in God's power we invest our talents and abilities in people and in our community.

STEWARDSHIP - we invest what we have in time, talent, and treasure, in a way that pleases God and provides us with the most satisfying returns.

What We Believe

• THE SCRIPTURES - The bible is the inspired Word of God, the product of holy men of old who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit (also called the Holy Ghost).  We accept the Word of God as our infallible guide in matters pertaining to conduct and doctrine.     {2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21; 1 Thessalonians 2:13}
   

• THE GODHEAD - The triune Godhead is comprised of 3 separate and distinct persons.  The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who are eternal, self-existent, and self-revealed function as one entity.  Jesus Christ, who is God manifested in the flesh, is the second member of the Godhead, co-equal and co-eternal with the Father and the Holy Spirit.     {John 1:1, 1:14, 1:18, 15:26, 16:28}
   

• REDEMPTION - Man was created good and upright, for God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness."  But man, by voluntary transgression, fell and his only hope of redemption is in Jesus Christ the Son of God.  On the cross, Jesus Christ became sin and sickness providing both salvation and divine healing for all mankind, being justified freely by His Grace through faith.     {Genesis 1:26-31, 3:1-7; Romans 3:24, 5:12-21, Ephesians 2:8; Psalm 103:3}
   

• SALVATION - The new birth is necessary to all men and when experienced, produces eternal life.  The first step to personal salvation and eternal life, is to accept the supreme sacrifice that Jesus make for all.     {John 3:3-5, 3:16; 1 John 5:12; 2 Corinthians 7:10)
  
  "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.     {Romans 10:8-10}
   

• BAPTISM IN WATER - Baptism by water immersion is commanded in the Scriptures, and is for all who have really repented and in their hearts have truly believed on Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.  This ordinance is a symbol of the Christian identifying with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection.  In doing so, they declare to the world that they have died with Jesus and that they have also been raised with Him to walk in this new life.     {Matthew 28:19; Romans 6:4; Acts 8:35-39, 10:47-48; Colossians 2:12}

• BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT - All believers are entitled to, and should expect and seek the gift from the Father, which is the baptism in the Holy Spirit.  This gift was promised to us by the Lord Jesus Christ.  This wonderful experience is distinct from and received subsequent to the new birth.  The full consummation of this baptism is evidenced by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues (languages) as the Holy Spirit gives utterance, and subsequently with manifestation of spiritual power in public testimony and service.  With it comes the endowment of power for life and service, the gifts of the Spirit, the fruit of the Spirit, and their uses in the work of the ministry.     {Matthew 3:11; Luke 24:49; John 14:16-17; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; Acts 1:4-8, 2:4, 2:38-39, 10:44-46, 11:14-16, 15:7-9, 19:1-7}
   

• PROSPERITY - We believe solely in prosperity as it is taught in the scriptures and not as some have taken those scriptures out of context for their own gain.
      Spiritual - John 3:3, 11; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Romans 10:9-10
      Mental - 2 Timothy 1:7; Romans 12:2; Isaiah 26:3
      Physical - Isaiah 53:4-5; Matthew 8:17; 1 Peter 2:24
      Financial - 3 John 2; Malachi 3:10-11; Luke 6:38; 2 Corinthians 9:6-10; Deuteronomy 28:1-14
      Social - Proverbs 3:4
   

• THE LAKE OF FIRE - Those who have not accepted the redemptive work of Jesus Christ will suffer eternal separation from the Godhead.  The devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, and anyone whose name is not found written in the book of life, shall be consigned to everlasting punishment in the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.  This is the second death, the lake of fire.     {Revelations 19:20; 20:10-15}
   

• RETURN OF THE LORD / RESURRECTION OF THE JUST - We believe in the soon coming and quick return of our Lord Jesus Christ, when he will gather all His Saints to Heaven.  The angels said to Jesus' disciples, "...this same Jesus...shall come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven."  When he comes, "...the dead in Christ shall rise first, then we (believers) which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air..."     {Acts 1:11; 1 Corinthians 15:51-54; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; 2 Thessalonians 2:1}