ABOUT US
OUR PASTOR
Frank & Connie Jordan
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Our pastor and first lady were elected to serve at Word Aflame Church in March of 2022. Prior to their election, Pastor Jordan served in various ministry capacities during his 28 years of ministry. He is a graduate of Park University with a degree in Computer Information Systems and Management. He is also a graduate of several United States Military Leadership Training Schools. In addition to ministry, Frank and Connie have a combined 60+ years of service to our nation’s military and military veterans. Frank is a United States Air Force Veteran and Civil Servant. He has served in lead roles in Information Technology and Housing Management as a Department of Defense Civil Servant. Connie has over 30 years of leadership and compassionate care as a Registered Nurse with the Veterans Healthcare System. She possesses a dual masters degree in Nursing and Health Care Administration. Frank and Connie are the proud parents to three beautiful girls and grandparents to two amazing grandchildren.
OUR BISHOP
James & Jelaine Lumpkin
James Lumpkin Jr., is a 1972 graduate of Apostolic Bible Institute (ABI) with a Bachelor of Theology, Apostolic Studies. He is married to Jelaine West Lumpkin. He currently serves on the UPCI North American Missions board and the Arkansas District UPCI board as Presbyter of section three. Jelaine is also a 1972 graduate of ABI with a Bachelor of Theology, Apostolic Studies. She speaks to various groups & conferences throughout the U.S. each year & has also conducted international ladies conferences in Athens, Greece.
Our Leadership Team.
What We Believe
God
We believe in the one God: infinite in power, holy in nature, attributes and purpose, and possessing absolute, indivisible deity. This one true God has revealed Himself as Father, through His Son in redemption, and as the Holy Spirit dwelling within us.
The Bible
We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God, a divine revelation from God to man. We accept the scriptures as the final authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
Jesus Christ
We believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God, born of a virgin; He lived a sinless life, was crucified on Calvary for our sins, and bodily rose from the grave, and that He has been exalted on the throne of God, where He is the only mediator between God and man. We believe that, through His death and life, we have personal salvation and power for victorious living.
Salvation
We believe all men have sinned and stand in need of redemption, which is obtained through the New Birth by faith in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe New Birth is experienced by those who appropriate the gospel (death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ) to their lives by repenting of sins, being baptized in water by immersion in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, as promised in Acts 2:39. We believe the initial evidence of the Holy Spirit indwelling is when one speaks in other tongues, as the Spirit gives the utterance. Those being born again of water and Spirit become children of God and heirs with Jesus Christ. (Acts 2, John 3, I Corinthians 15:1-4)
The Church
We believe the church has been "called out" of the world to be a habitation of God through the Spirit. As the body of Christ on earth, the church offers hope to mankind. The church is one body made up of many members, diverse in their gifts and calling of the Holy Spirit.
The Second Coming
We believe in the pre-millennial return of Jesus Christ to receive His bride, the church, unto Himself. At His coming, we believe the dead in Christ will be resurrected from the grave. We believe in Christ's millennial reign upon the earth.