About From the Heart Raleigh

Who We Are, What We Believe and How We Believe It

From the Heart Church Ministries of Raleigh is a non-denominational church that is part of From the Heart Church Ministries Worldwide®; a ministry that has been given the mandate to be at the forefront of the reformation of the Church. The church was established in 2002 under the leadership of Dr. John A. Cherry, Founding Episcopal Pastor of From the Heart. Our church has a fairly equal balance of men and women, married and single, young and old.

The Raleigh church began as a Reformation Focus Group under the leadership of Reverend Lawrence White, who commuted from Maryland to Raleigh.  On July 21, 2002, the Group held their first service and the following month they moved to its current location. From the Heart Church Ministries of Raleigh was officially established in 2005.

Four years later, the Raleigh church was assigned a new pastor and the church continued to grow and develop under the leadership of Pastor and Mrs. Edward Williamson  Many developmental programs, seminars, enrichment classes and workshops have been conducted to strengthen and enhance the lives of the members of the Raleigh church.  On Sunday, November 12, 2017, Pastor and Mrs. Williamson retired and Reverend Walter C. Rayner was installed as the Pastor.  From the Heart of Raleigh is a family church that cultivates, encourages and actualizes the commandment of Jesus Christ to love one another.  From the Heart Church Ministries of Raleigh is continuing to grow and develop under the pastoral team of Pastor and Mrs. Rayner.

Our Vision
Vision
Our Vision

The vision is our original instructions from God. From the Heart Church Ministries, Inc® is called to be a Philippians church and our vision is to:

Love God
Hate Sin
Love to Give
Vision
Vision
Our Plan
Preach the Gospel
Preach the Gospel
Our Plan
The Plan is how we plan to accomplish the vision.
The plan of From the Heart is to:
Preach the Gospel
Build the Infrastructure
Reform the Church
Preach the Gospel
Our Motivation
Leaving a Deposit
Our Motivation
The motivation is why we are carrying out the plan. The general motivation of From the Heart is LOVE. Everything we do is motivated out of the fact that God has called us as Christians, to love one another. Our motivation causes us to:

Seek and Save the Lost
Destroy the works of the devil
Leave a Deposit for the Next Generation

 

Motivated by love
Motivated by love
Statement of Faith
What We Believe and How We Believe it
We Believe
In the One, True, Living God who is infinite in all things. We believe He is Omnipresent, Omniscient, Omnipotent and that He manifests Himself in three persons. God the Father is our Source, God the Son is the way to the Source and the Holy Spirit is our Director, Guide, Enabler and Helper. We also believe that the Holy Spirit is equal in deity to the Father and the Son. We believe that through the infilling of the Holy Spirit we are empowered to disassemble those things in our lives that are contrary to the Word of God and to assemble those things necessary to cause us to be effective members of the Body of Christ.
We Believe

That in the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth and set into operation Seven Spiritual Principles© to govern His creation, and by following these principles, man would be able to take dominion over, subdue, and to replenish the Earth. Therefore, man is able to live a productive and fruitful life, add to the productivity of the lives of others, and leave a deposit in the Earth for the next generation.

We Believe
That the Bible is the inspired Word of God, written by Holy men of old as the Holy Spirit moved, and the entire Scripture – from Genesis to Malachi and Matthew to Revelation – contains all things necessary for our salvation, and is profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction and for instructions in righteousness.
We Believe
That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, that He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, that He was crucified, died and was buried and that on the third day He arose from the dead and that He is the Savior of the World. He is now seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty, making intercessions for us at the Throne of God. We believe that Jesus died to purchase the Church, He arose to give resurrected life to the Church, He ascended to be the Head of the Church, and He’s coming back again for His Church. He is the way, the truth, and the life and no man cometh unto the Father, but by Him.
We Believe
That salvation only comes by grace through faith in Jesus Christ by a confession with the mouth and a belief in the heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. We do not believe that water baptism is unto salvation, but rather is an outer expression of an inner conviction and represents to us that inward purity which positions us to follow the example of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and that as He died and rose again for us, so should we, who are baptized, be baptized with the Holy Ghost and die to sin and rise again unto righteousness. Good works cannot bring about salvation, but are the fruits of and spring forth out of a true faith in God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
We Believe
That we should trust God, trust leadership and trust each other so that all who believe and are on one accord would network their resources together so that NONE SUFFER LACK.
We Believe
That the love of God, which is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, is the foundation of all our actions, causes us to live by the requirements of our faith, and that LOVE NEVER FAILS.
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Romans 6:17 KVJ