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About Shulamite Ministries

At Shulamite Ministries, I am dedicated to unabashedly announce and declare the Deity of Jesus Christ, the Person and Works of the Holy Ghost, and the Originator of all things, God the Father. I take no shame and ask for no one’s forgiveness for stating that the Holy Trinity is the correct and only way to view the Godhead as defined by the Creed of Athanasius.

Shulamite Ministries is an ecumenical church that makes no compromises to essential truth and walking in the fruit of the Holy Ghost. I am very much aware of many of the preconceived notions of talk about “Ecumenical Churches,” I assure you, the Lord has given me a vision for such a ministry, and it is my hope, my dear friend and/or brother or sister in Christ, that you will join me in this vision, and see, what the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God, the Alpha and Omega, accomplishes through His Bride, the Shulamite.

Mission

It is the mission of Shulamite Ministries to declare the Deity of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, by openly confessing and teaching the Trinitarian view of the Godhead. It is this view and open declaration of the Godhead that enables the Ecumenical Church to prevail against the demonic forces of Satan and the compromising influences of unregenerate men that exist in this present evil age. We preach the purity of the truth of the Gospel, adhere to the true ecumenical creeds of the Apostles and Church, revere the Acts of the Council of Jerusalem, seek to improve the world through Christian education, provide Christ-centered ministries that develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and minister to the needs of the saints.

The apostles, the elders, and the brethren,

To the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia:

Greetings:

Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, “You must be circumcised and keep the law”—to whom we have no such commandment—it seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who will also report the same things by word of mouth. For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.

Farewell.

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived of the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary, Who suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried, descended into hell, rose again from the dead on the third day, ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; Who will come again to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

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I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God; begotten, not made, of one substance with the Father. By whom all things were made. Who for us and for our salvation came down from heaven. And He became flesh by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary and was made man. He was also crucified for us, suffered under Pontius Pilate, and was buried. And on the third day he rose again, according to the Scripture. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. And of His kingdom there will be no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. Who together with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, and who spoke through the prophets. And one holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. And I await the resurrection of the dead. And the life of the world to come. Amen.

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We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds (æons), Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost and of the Virgin Mary, and was made man; he was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried, and the third day rose again, according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; from thence he shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

And in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spake by the prophets.

In one holy catholic and apostolic Church; we acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

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We confess, therefore, our Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, perfect God and perfect man composed of a rational soul and a body, begotten before the ages from His Father in respect of His divinity, likewise (τόναυτον) in these last days for us and our salvation from the Virgin Mary in respect of His manhood, consubstantial with the Father in respect of His divinity and at the same time (τόν αύτον) consubstantial with us in respect of His manhood. For a union (ένωσις) of two natures has been accomplished. Hence we confess one Christ, one Son, one Lord. In virtue of this conception of a union without confusion we confess the holy Virgin as Theotokos because the divine Word became flesh and was made man and from the very conception united to Himself the temple taken from her. As for the evangelical and apostolic statements about the Lord, we recognize that theologians employ some indifferently in view of the unity of person (ώς έφʹ ένός προσώπον) but distinguish others in view of the duality of natures (ώς έπι δύο φύσεων), applying the God-befitting ones to Christ’s divinity and the humble ones to His humanity.

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We, then, following the holy Fathers, all with one consent, teach men to confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood; truly God and truly man, of a reasonable [rational] soul and body; consubstantial [co-essential] with the Father according to the Godhead, and consubstantial with us according to the Manhood; in all things like unto us, without sin; begotten before all ages of the Father according to the Godhead, and in these latter days, for us and for our salvation, born of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, according to the Manhood; one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, only begotten, to be acknowledged in two natures, inconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably; the distinction of natures being by no means taken away by the union, but rather the property of each nature being preserved, and concurring in one Person and one Subsistence, not parted or divided into two persons, but one and the same Son, and only begotten, God the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ; as the prophets from the beginning [have declared] concerning Him, and the Lord Jesus Christ Himself has taught us, and the Creed of the holy Fathers has handed down to us.

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Whoever wishes to be saved must, above all else, hold the true Christian faith. Whoever does not keep it whole and undefiled will without doubt perish for eternity.

This is the true Christian faith, that we worship one God in three Persons and three Persons in one God without confusing the Persons or dividing the divine substance.

For the Father is one Person, the Son is another, and the Holy Spirit is still another, but there is one Godhead of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, equal in glory and coequal in majesty.

What the Father is, that is the Son and that is the Holy Spirit: the Father is uncreated, the Son is uncreated, the Holy Spirit is uncreated; the Father is unlimited, the Son is unlimited, the Holy Spirit is unlimited; the Father is eternal, the Son is eternal, the Holy Spirit is eternal; and yet They are not three Eternals but one Eternal, just as there are not Three Who are uncreated and Who are unlimited, but there is One who is uncreated and unlimited.

Likewise the Father is almighty, the Son is almighty, the Holy Spirit is almighty.

So the Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God. So the Father is Lord, the Son is Lord, the Holy Spirit is Lord, and yet they are not three Lords but one Lord.

For just as we are compelled by Christian truth to acknowledge each Person by Himself to be God and Lord, so we are forbidden by the Christian religion to say that there are three Gods or three Lords. The Father was neither made nor created nor begotten by anybody. The Son was not made or created, but was begotten by the Father. The Holy Spirit was not made or created or begotten, but proceeds from the Father and the Son.

Accordingly there is one Father and not three Fathers, one Son and not three Sons, one Holy Spirit and not three Holy Spirits. And among these three Persons none is before or after another, none is greater or less than another, but all three Persons are coequal and coeternal, and accordingly, as has been stated above, three Persons are to be worshiped in one Godhead and one God is to be worshiped in three Persons. Whoever wishes to be saved must think thus about the Trinity.

It is also necessary for eternal salvation that one faithfully believe that our Lord Jesus Christ became man, for this is the right faith, that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is at once God and man: He is God, begotten before the ages of the substance of the Father, and He is man, born in the world of the substance of His mother, perfect God and perfect man, with reasonable soul and human flesh, equal to the Father with respect to his Godhead and inferior to the Father with respect to His manhood.

Although he is God and man, He is not two Christs but one Christ: one, that is to say, not by changing the Godhead into flesh, but by taking on the humanity into God, one, indeed, not by confusion of substance but by unity in one Person. For just as the reasonable soul and the flesh are one man, so God and man are one Christ, Who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, rose from the dead, ascended into heaven, is seated on the right hand of the Father, whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. At His coming all men shall rise with their bodies and give an account of their own deeds. Those who have done good will enter eternal life, and those who have done evil will go into everlasting fire.

This is the true Christian faith. Unless a man believe this firmly and faithfully, he cannot be saved.

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I. The Word of God

We believe that the Holy Word of God consists of the sixty-six books of the Bible and is comprised of the Old and New Testaments. The Word of God is infallible, inerrant, God-breathed, and is the final authority over everything in this life and eternity; therefore, there is no private revelation or interpretation of Scripture. The Word of God possesses the answer to all of our lives problems and is the only source by which men and women are to be saved from eternal damnation. It is the only axiom by which God has chosen to reveal His will and character to sinful men and women.

II. The Holy Trinity

We believe in the Trinity – God is three Persons in One. We believe this doctrine properly characterizes and explains the Scriptures’ claim of Who God is. The Trinity is the Godhead of the Christian faith and consists of three parts of a whole: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. Each part of the Godhead (the Holy Trinity) possesses a distinct individuality and purpose; however, each Person is equally God in right and privilege. The Trinity possesses the ability to appear separately or as One.

III. Satan

We believe in the existence of Satan because evil does not have a mindless purpose or force, rather, it possesses a goal whose origin is found in an Archangel whose name was Lucifer. He is a liar and always makes it his endeavor to undermine the Word of God and His noncommunicable attributes. God’s judgment upon his actions and existence is clear and final, and he will take with himself those who have chosen to believe his deceptions to the second death.

IV. Original Sin

We believe that original sin is understood in the realization that everyone whose mental faculty is able to discern good from evil is accountable to God’s judgment (White Throne Judgment). The Word of God expressly teaches that everyone is a sinner; therefore, even in a man’s or woman’s perceived goodness he/she is not worthy of acceptance into the Kingdom of Heaven. All humankind possesses no moral goodness apart from a personal relationship with God the Father through the Lord Jesus Christ and sealed with the Holy Ghost because their continual desires are to fulfill the lust of their flesh, the lust of their eyes, and the pride of life. Men and women are sinful by nature, by choice, and by design from their original purpose. Anyone whose belief is contrary to this tenet needs to consider the extent to which God the Father has gone to redeem the world from their sinful nature and actions. Those who believe they are without sin and are not sinful by nature are attempting to make God a liar and they are without the truth and Holy Ghost.

V. The Final Judgment

We believe in the Final Judgment (White Throne Judgment) and that everyone who has reached the age of accountability and whose mental faculty is able to know good from evil is subject to appear before the White Throne. This judgment executed by God through Jesus Christ is described through the Word of God and the conviction of the Holy Ghost. This judgment has at its end the eternal damnation of everyone who had not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and believed upon Him as their sole source of righteousness. All unbelievers will be required to give an account of all the sins they have committed in their lives and as a result will suffer eternal torment without hope of redemption.

VI. Salvation

We believe that salvation is through Jesus Christ and there is no other person by which anyone will enter heaven. Salvation is deliverance from the wrath that God will pour out upon all those who have not accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior for the forgiveness of their sins and will ultimately be deliverance from the eternal lake of fire, where all souls will be sent who have not sought God the Father through the Person and Word of the only begotten Son. Jesus Christ was conceived through the Holy Ghost, born of a virgin, is fully man and completely God, performed works and miracles that attested to His divinity, was crucified on the cross, was resurrected by the Spirit of Holiness, and ascended into heaven to sit at the right hand of God the Father. Salvation is given to those who through faith alone and Scripture alone receive grace from God the Father and are sealed by the Holy Ghost, which is a guarantee of their conversion, and are able to perform works that glorify Christ in us and through us.

VII. Fruits Befitting Repentance

We believe that salvation, while it is a gift through God’s grace and mercy, and established by faith in what Christ has accomplished, it is manifested in the life of the believer by good works. The Apostle James referred to this principle when he explained that without works, faith does not exist in the believer. This concept seems contrary, but the principle is as certain as life itself. Everyone who calls on the name of Christ should make it their endeavor to do works that glorifies God their Savior.

VIII. Love for the Brethren

We believe that a true reality of conversion is demonstrated in love for the Bride of Christ. It is the Holy Ghost through every believer in the Church that we are taught and enabled to love one another. The love demonstrated is not the acceptance and/or tolerance of sinful activity and destructive heresies in the Church, but through a gentle and kind exhortation that seeks to restore an erring brother in Christ. While rebuke is necessary at times, it is never done without seeking the best interest of the person being rebuked. Love in the Church is never meant to be a concept in the abstract; rather, it is demonstrated through acts of obedience to Christ which are manifested by deeds that are in fidelity with the truth of God’s Word.

IX. The Resurrection and Return of Christ

We believe in the bodily resurrection and return of Christ. His resurrected body is the firstfruit of what every believer hopes to receive upon His return. The resurrected body of Christ is incorruptible, tangible, and can inherit the Kingdom of God. The return of Christ is imminent and every believer who seeks His return purifies himself/herself just as He is pure.

X. The Great Commission

We believe in participating in the Great Commission. This participation is corporate as well as an individual responsibility to boldly witness the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is accomplished corporately in the Church when each member is operating in his/her gift through the leading of the Holy Ghost. This leading will always agree with the Word of God, will be decent and in order, and will be exercised in a loving spirit that glorifies Jesus Christ. Individually, we are called to confess Christ before men and not to abandon fellowship with the Church. We will experience suffering and persecution from this world; consequently, we are to draw encouragement from one another. It is imperative we have fellowship with one another because it is by Christ’s love through us that separates us from the world, and is therefore, the greatest application of the Great Commission.

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About Pastor Ron

I have spent many years seeking answers to my life’s pain. First and foremost, the pain, struggles, and sins I have caused and committed, the pain and anguish I have witnessed, and finally the trials and tribulations we have all witnessed in this world. Since I was very young, I have tried to understand why things happen the way they do, and have toiled, as I am certain that many others have who are reading this now. However, in my search for answers I have never been satisfied with the simple answers. Consequently, there is much that I am not in agreement with in the modern Protestant Evangelical Faith. This, of course, is not to say that all churches in the United States and throughout the world are bad or evil, although, evil exists everywhere in this world, no, I mean to say that the Church in our country has lost sight of her One True Love. When I began to really dig into the Word of God, I began to find the most beautiful of treasures, and I want to share them with you. God bless and keep you, my friends, and may the Lord keep you safe. Join me in my journey and let me tell you what the Lord has revealed to me in the night watches.

Contact Information

If you have any question(s) and/or would like to contact Shulamite Ministries, you can reach us at:

Shulamite Ministries

Pastor Ron Hanes

P.O. Box 4376

West Hills, CA 91308

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As we study the history of the Church, the Bride of Christ, whom I love to refer to as “the Shulamite,” particularly from the time of the Protestant Reformation until the present day, we will clearly discover the Shulamite to have matured in her understanding of God and His Word. In fact, I do not find it to be out of order to say that she will continue to grow in her knowledge, wisdom, and understanding of the Holy Trinity and His will and desires for His Church as well as for the world, all the way to the Day and moment she is taken up into heaven to her Groom, when and where, we shall all see Him as He is and all things will be made known. It is not far reaching to accept this to be true because the Godhead possesses in His hand all of eternity; therefore, for finite beings such as ourselves to see Him as He truly exists, requires a new spiritual body to prevent ourselves in our current state from being consumed as a result of standing in His glorious presence to receive such eternal rewards that is considered as our inheritance as believers in Jesus Christ where such gifts are incorruptible and undefiled and does not fade away, reserved in heaven. Currently, we are all in this present evil age standing before a mirror and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him. In the meantime, we are to abide in faith, hope, and love towards one another in the Body of Christ and for the lost souls of this world where Christ died for all men for the forgiveness of sins. As president of Shulamite Ministries, I have come to understand, as I am sure many of you have come to the same realizations that denominational faith that adheres to essential Christian doctrine and practice has developed as a result of the maturity of her understanding of God and His Word.

Since it is true that the Bride of Christ, the Shulamite, has developed in her growth of the knowledge, wisdom, and understanding of God and His Word through diversity, I believe it is incumbent upon the leadership of the Church in these very last moments of the Age of Grace to be examples for the flock of God to continue steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayer. Please, join me here at Shulamite Ministries and discover what the Lord is saying to the churches.

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