Christian Family Fellowship of Illinois

Our Purpose

Christian Family Fellowship of Illinois (CFFIL) is a studying, teaching, and fellowship ministry. Our purpose is to study and search the scriptures to understand their accuracy regarding Jesus Christ, who is the way, the truth, and the life; also to learn to apply the principles and precepts of God's Word so as to manifest the more than abundant life that Jesus Christ came to make available. Our hearts desire is to then teach that which we have learned to individuals that are seeking. Our goal is to reach heads of families with God's Word so that they can teach their own families even unto the third generation as we are exhorted to do according to the scriptures.

II Peter 1:20-21 tells us that... “knowing this first that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” The Bible is of no private interpretation, which is why we are exhorted in II Timothy 2:15 to “study to shew ourselves approved unto God, a workman who needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.”

Christian Family Fellowship of Illinois is dedicated to being our best in our remembrance and application of these scriptures as we study, teach, and fellowship with the followers of this ministry. As we learn and teach, no dogmas will be imposed on an individual. We make our fellowships available to those who are searching for an accurate knowledge of the truth, who desire to increase the power of God in their lives, and desire to fellowship with like minded believers in God's family and household.

Then and Now

In the first century Church, Christians believed they were saved by grace and received power to operate the nine manifestations of holy spirit. Besides having received the internal power the early believers studied the Word of God and acted upon it as the will of God. Those same early Christian believers met in homes, and established a lifestyle of being together, studying, fellowshipping, teaching, and worshipping on a daily basis.

Christian Family Fellowship of Illinois is primarily a home fellowship ministry. Small group fellowships are made available during the week in various local communities. They are usually coordinated by a member of the family in that home. The fellowships include a short, positive teaching from the Bible, prayer, singing, and manifestations of the spirit of God. Those participating do so freely of their own volition. There is no obligation to become a member because we have no membership other than the board members. Finances for the operation of the ministry rest entirely upon the love, believing, and freewill giving of those who desire to support and be involved as a participant of Christian Family Fellowship of Illinois.

Statement of our Beliefs

1. We believe that the scriptures are the Word of God. That the Word of God is the will of God, and is the supreme, absolute, and final authority for believing and godliness.
2. We believe in one God, the creator of the heavens and the earth; in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, our Lord and Savior, whom God raised from the dead; and we believe in the workings of the Holy Spirit.
3. We believe that the virgin Mary conceived Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit, that God was in Christ; and that Jesus Christ is the “mediator between God and man” and is the man Christ Jesus.
4. We believe that Adam was created in the image of God, spiritually; that he sinned and thereby brought upon himself immediate spiritual death, which is separation from God, and physical death later, which is the consequence of sin; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature.
5. We believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, as a representative and substitute for us, and that all who confess Jesus as Lord and believe that God raised him from the dead are justified and made righteous, born again by the Spirit of God, receiving eternal life on the grounds of His eternal redemption, and thereby are sons of God.
6. We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord Jesus Christ, his ascension into heaven, and his seat at the right hand of God.
7. We believe in the hope of Christ's return and our gathering together unto him.
8. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust.
9. We believe in the receiving of the fullness of the Holy Spirit, the power from on high, plus the corresponding nine manifestations of the Holy Spirit, for all born-again believers.
10. We believe it is available to receive all that God promises us in His Word according to our believing faith. We believe we are free in Christ Jesus to receive all that he has accomplished for us by his substitution.
11. We believe the early church flourished rapidly because they operated the power of God with great believing, basically in a home and family atmosphere, decently and in order, not by compulsion, but by their freewill giving of their time, talent, and resources, and their dynamic concern and love for God as well as their thankfulness to Him. They had a reverence for and loyalty to God plus a caring respect for one another.

Our Growth

Christian Family Fellowship of Illinois will continue to reach out to those who desire to want to know more about God's Word and seek to fellowship with a caring group of believers that study, teach, and fellowship in the light our statement of beliefs with a special focus on building up the individual and the Christian family. The home fellowship meetings during the week (of 10-20), are small enough to give special attention to each believer to help them develop and grow at their individual rates and at the same time meet their spiritual needs by providing spiritual nourishment through the teaching and ministering of God's Word. We may also develop special classes that will aid in their learning of God's Word and practice of its principles and precepts. Also we will be doing special seminars and weekends dealing with various topics that will be helpful in their learning process and progress. We do not claim to know everything there is to know about God and His Word, but that which we do know we are dedicated to teach to others. That is the purpose and heart of the Christian Family Fellowship of Illinois.