About Gospel Lifeline Ministries

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Early History
How Gospel Lifeline Ministries got started.

Purpose Statement
Why Gospel Lifeline Ministries was created.

Doctrinal Basis
Gospel Lifeline Ministries is based on a set of primary Christian beliefs which all Members must share.

Support Our Ministry
How to get more involved through prayer and financial support.

Opportunities with Gospel Lifeline
A variety of opportunities to serve with Gospel Lifeline.
 

Early History

Back in the late 1930's, Grace Tabernacle in Longview, Washington was teaching people about the Love of Jesus Christ and the Salvation he brought us.  In turn, many of these Christians went on to do Gods work in various personal ministries.  A group of earnest Christian workers from Grace Tabernacle wanted to carry on an interdenominational Christian Work by means of the distribution of literature, personal evangelism and visitation work.  In June of 1940, they founded The Gospel Lifeline League, Inc., based in West Kelso, Washington.  This would be a vehicle recognized by state and federal governments by which they could carry on their work.

Gospel Lifeline was formed as a self-governing body, founded on the Scriptures, to propagate a working fellowship amongst Fundamental Christian Ministers, Missionaries, and other Christian Workers.

By 1948, the organization had become certified for intrastate operations in California and Oregon.

More recently, the name of the organization was changed to Gospel Lifeline Ministries in 1994.

In 1996, the headquarters was moved to California.

While the mantle of leadership has changed hands many times over the decades, the purpose of the organization remains steadfast.

In addition to ministering to the needy in our own backyards for over 60 years, Gospel Lifeline members have distributed Bibles in Russia, funded a Pastoral Retreat facility in Costa Rica, and many other overseas missions.
 

Purpose Statement

The Gospel Lifeline Ministries is an interdenominational, non-profit, evangelical Christian Association, instituted for six general purposes.

1.  To bring the Gospel of Christ to the neglected and the unchurched, whether in shops, stores, hospitals, sanitariums, penal institutions, in the homes, on the streets, in the churches, and to do general Domestic and Foreign Missionary and Gospel Work.

2.  To distribute Bibles, Testaments, Gospel Tracts, or other forms of Christian literature, with the primary aim of bringing souls to Christ, and that of making better citizens of all those whom this ministry shall reach.

3.  The relief of suffering, ministering to the sick and shut-ins, and to bring comfort to the bereaved and needy.

4.  To promote fellowship among God's people, afford mutual protection, aid and recognition before the public, and the propagation of an interdenominational, evangelical Domestic & Foreign Missionary work, with the primary aim of spreading the Gospel benefits among those who are unchurched or underprivileged.

5.  To acquire and administer funds for educational and Missionary purposes such as shall be necessary for the proper operation of a Christian Association.

6.  To purchase and dispose of property, both real and personal, which shall be deemed essential in providing for the necessary facilities of the Ministry.
 

Doctrinal Basis

The Doctrinal Statement of Gospel Lifeline Ministries may be summarized as follows:

1.  The Word of God

The word of God is accepted in the entirety as the very Word of God, wholly inspired and absolutely infallible, and is our only source of Spiritual Light and Truth.  It gives us our True revelation of the fundamental Doctrines including our knowledge of Salvation, and of the true origin of all things, and of the hereafter.  It is the final court of appeals on all points of doctrine as touching life and godliness (II Tim. 3:16-17; II Peter 1:21; Heb. 4:12-13).

2.  God the Creator, Jesus the Savior

We believe God to be the Creator of all things, and the Author of Eternal redemption.  We believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as man's only and all sufficient Savior.  we believe Him to be the Very Son of God, and co-Creator of all things with the Father, and the appointed Judge of all men.  (Col. 1:12-19; Acts 17:31).

3.  The Birth, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ

We emphatically embrace the Bible account of Christ's Virgin Birth, His vicarious death, His appointed burial, His bodily resurrection, His ascension on High, His high priestly work in the Heavens, and His imminent return to rapture the righteous, living and dead, to execute judgment upon the wicked, to establish His everlasting Kingdom among men, and finally to surrender all things back to the Father again that God may be all in all.

4.  The Holy Spirit

We acknowledge the Blessed Holy Spirit as the Comforter and as the Divine agency in Regeneration, as the Administrator of the great process of redemption as the Revealer of Christ, especially in relation to His work on the Cross and as the "Distributor" of the Gifts and Graces bestowed upon the church.

5. Water Baptism and Communion

We believe in the two ordinances of the Church established by Jesus Christ: First, Water Baptism by immersion, as a symbol of our Death, Burial and Resurrection with Christ; second, the Lord's Supper, as a means of Fellowship, and to partake of Divine benefits bequeathed to believers through the reverent observance of the perpetual Ordinance.
 

Support Our Ministry

There are many ways that you can get more involved through prayer and financial support.

Opportunities with Gospel Lifeline Ministries

Below are a variety of opportunities to serve with Gospel Lifeline.  Paid employees and volunteers working for Gospel Lifeline Ministries are expected to adhere to the same Doctrinal Basis and Qualifications as our members.