"God is Love..and Love is for Everyone"
What we believe
- In the "Sacredness of all Life", and we focus on empowering those who have been oppressed or made to feel shame.
- That God is neither Male, nor female. God is spirit, and spirit has no gender.
- That God is greater than any religion, denomination or school of thought.
- That there is no greater power than the power of Love - God's divine love!
- We believe in the scriptures but we are not literalist or fundementalist in our theology.
We gather every Sunday at 12 pm @ The Fellowship Christian Center located at;
1420 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14209
Contact us:
P.O. Box 696
Buffalo, NY 14209
Phone: (347) 238-9299
Email: Revgwillufc8@aol.com
If you wish to support our work financially please make your payment out to Unity Fellowship Church - Buffalo and mail it to the address above.
FAITHHebrews 11:1-3
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”
Faith is the power behind that which you expect from God. It is the ability to reach into the spiritual world and act in communion with God to bring to pass that which cannot be manifested by natural means.
In the original Greek text, Faith (pronounced Pis’-tis) is defined as having an assuredness, to be thoroughly persuaded of the truthfulness of God, constancy of profession.
It is the strength that originates from God himself. It is the trust that originates from God himself. It is walking in partnership with the creator God so that the power of creation, the power of manifestation is present in the world.
What does it mean to be a person of faith?
As people of faith, we are called to be metaphysicians. We are called to incorporate both the physical and the spiritual realm. The true distinction of a metaphysician is the ability to see what others cannot see, to hear what others cannot hear. The ability to transcend this physical world by allowing the spiritual realm to operate in and through us. We called to be multi-sensory. It is a lifestyle. It is a life not solely dependent on things that are material or physical. But most importantly, it is a lifelong commitment to the process of salvation. I point out that it is a process because too often we settle for the placebo of rituals or the pablum of doctrine and dogma to distinguish whether we are of a people of faith or not. Faith cannot be defined by religious doctrine. It cannot be defined by denomination. It is and always will be a God thing.
Faith is not a black thing or white thing. It is not a male thing or female thing. It is not a straight thing or a gay thing. It is a God thing!
It matters not how you believe, it only matters that you just believe.
It is all too easy to recognize that faith is a daily part of everyone’s life. Faith can be seen operating all around us. The act of trusting and believing in that which cannot be seen or proven happens every day. I mention this only to illustrate that faith comes to us naturally. But that is not the faith that I am speaking of today. The faith that I speak of today separates those who have learned what it means to be in constant communion with God, from those who have not. I mention this because everyone who proclaims the kind of faith I am talking about does not necessarily know what it is they proclaim. While it may be easy to make a "declaration" of faith, the actually lifestyle is not that easy. It is a lifestyle of patience. It is a lifestyle of longsuffering. It is a lifestyle of trusting in the process. Sometimes it is a lifestyle of isolation. It is a lifestyle of not being understood. But most importantly, it is a lifestyle of real authentic power. Not the worldly power, but authentic power.
Does faith make a difference?
As metaphysicians, we are expected to be the light that sitteth upon a hill. A light that cannot be hid.
It is faith that has kept us as a people of color. We are eternally indebted to our ancestors who heard messages of liberation as their slave masters were trying to tell them that God had ordained them to be slaves. It was faith that caused them to choose freedom at all costs using the same scriptures as those who oppressed them. Though thousands of them did not attain their freedom, their faith that freedom was not only possible, but was attainable and was their divine right infected every cell of their bodies and was passed on to future generations.
It is faith that causes the drug addict to shake off their addiction and move toward sobriety. It takes faith to know that God is greater than alcohol, or cocaine or crack.
It is faith that keeps those living with HIV. Trusting that even as they take their medication, God has promised, “You shall live, and not die.” Faith that whether they are trying to find a cure or not, God has already made you the victor. Faith has seen us though AZT, protease inhibitors and cocktails. It has seen us through Eastern and Holistic medicine. Even while medical doctors have anticipated your demise, that same faith has called you to “live on”
It is faith that calls to the lgbt community to come back to the table. The faith that says there is no greater power than the power of God’s divine love. The voice that constantly whispers, “You will always be my child… and I will always love you.” Living amongst those who would deny us the right to marry, faith says our love is of God.
How do you know when faith is present?
When faith is present, we are operating within a divine time frame. No matter how much time has passed or how long we wait, that which God has promised will come to pass. The ancestors said it best, “He may not come when you want him to, but he is always on time”
When faith is present, we have the peace that surpasseth all understanding.
When faith is present, we have access to unlimited patience.
My faith has taught me how to wait on God.
Paul said it best, “My brethren, I count myself to not have apprehended, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching for those things which are before me, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
My healing is ever before me…
My liberation is ever before me….
My wholeness is ever before me….
My purpose is ever before me….
I cannot afford to be weary in well doing. I have got to press for the prize. I cannot afford to be slack; I have to press for the prize.
It will not come by accident, but as a byproduct of my faith. It will not happen if I am stuck with man’s definition of success, God has his own timetable.
I have not been through all that I have been through to not know how to trust in God….how to wait on God…how to have faith in God.
God and I are in partnership.
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