Senior Pastor Joel Gray

To our visitors

We are so happy you came to visit Marion First online! We hope you feel welcome and were spiritually enriched by your experience. We’ve seen some amazing miracles here at Marion First, and we believe God is going to continue to do amazing things in our congregation. We would like you to be a part of what God is doing! 

Marion First is an Apostolic Pentecostal Church. For many people, “Pentecostal” is a new word, but its roots go back to the first outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the earliest Christian believers. Because this initial outpouring of the Spirit took place on the Day of Pentecost (Acts chapter 2), those who experience a similar infilling of the Spirit are known as Pentecostals.

Some of the beliefs of the modern Pentecostal church include:

• An understanding that the Bible is the infallible word of God

• An appreciation of Jesus’ identity as God

• Adherence to the biblical plan of salvation, which includes repentance, water baptism in the name of Jesus, and the infilling of the Holy Ghost, with the evidence of speaking in tongues are necessary for salvation. (Acts 2:38)

• The responsibility of the believer to live according to God’s word

• Participation in passionate expressions of authentic worship

• Exercising faith to allow the Gifts of the Spirit (Ephesians 3:20) to work through us as Spirit-filled believers

If you would like to know more about any of these beliefs, please let us know. We’d love to answer any questions you might have. Our church email is marionfirstac@gmail.com.