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About Us

Our Mission - Connect

  • Connect with God - Our #1 mission is to help people connect with a Living God (Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit).
  • Connect with People - We make it our aim to provide an atmosphere of love and joy and we make it our aim to walk in authentic life-giving relationships that help build and establish God's Kingdom.
  • Connect with Vision - At Freedom Worship Center we are serious about equipping people for their God-given destiny.  God has a purpose and plan for your life and we desire to help you see it, believe it, and walk in it.

Our History

In the summer of 2003, Drew Becker moved his family from Beulah, ND to Aberdeen, SD. After eight months in Aberdeen, Drew continued to have a question in the back of his mind - “What is our purpose in Aberdeen?” To resolve this question Drew went on a 28 day fast that brought him the understanding he so desperately needed. The Lord spoke to Drew’s heart about planting a church in Aberdeen and surrounding areas. About seven months later, Christi (Drew’s wife) went on a 21 day fast that confirmed the direction of the Lord to plant a church in Aberdeen.

On January 25th, 2006, Drew & Christi opened their home to anyone who was interested in helping plant a new church in Aberdeen. About 15 people showed up for the meeting the first night and since that evening it gradually grew. 

October 1st, 2006, was our official first Sunday and we had 90 people at our first Sunday morning meeting.  Presently we have about 130 people meeting each Sunday at Holgate Middle School Theater.  Our Sunday morning Worship Service starts at 10am, with donuts and coffee available at 9:30am.  The Sunday morning meetings are different each week with the emphasis of pursuing God and His purposes.

John Flemmer was added to the staff in June of 2007.  John has a tender heart and loves the children.  John is our Children's Pastor, originally from Golden Valley, ND.  John graduated from Trinity Bible College in 2007. 

Freedom Worship Center exists to encourage, equip, and enable people to walk in their God-given purpose through authentic life giving relationships and the dynamic Presence of God.

 

Core Values

Love - we seek to understand the love of our Father God and to express that love to our families, friends, and tour world (Ephesians 3:16-20; 1 John 4:8-11). 

Authentic relationships - We seek to prioritize our relationship with the LORD and to one another through encouraging one another daily and being transparent (1 John 3:23; 1Joh 3:18).

Faith - We seek to be people of big dreams and to continually be "doers" of God’s Word and not just "hearers" (James 1:21-22; 1 John 5:4). 

The Harvest - We seek to be laborers in our Father’s field - city, state, country, and the world (Luke 10:2; John 4;34-35). 

God’s Presence and power - Se seek to hunger and thirst for God’s manifest Presence and the gifts of the Holy Spirit (Matt. 5:6; 1 Cor. 14:1). 

The authority of God’s Word, The Bible - We seek to apply God’s Word in every situation of life and respect it as Divinely inspired (2 Tim. 3:16; Hebrews 4:12). 

Prayer -  We seek to be people passionately pursuing God (Eph. 6:18; James 5:16). 

Creative ideas and innovation  - We seek to be people with fresh ideas (Prov. 18:15, New Living Translation). 

Servant Attitudes - We seek to have attitudes of gratitude through serving one another in love (Rom. 12:10-11; Matt. 20:28).

Purity - We seek to live in purity because our God is Pure, Holy, and Righteous (Rom.12:1-2).

What We Believe

  1. WE BELIEVE...The Scriptures are Inspired by God and declare His design and plan for mankind.

  2. WE BELIEVE...There is only One True God–revealed in three persons...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (commonly known as the Trinity).

  3. WE BELIEVE...In the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. As God's son Jesus was both human and divine.

  4. WE BELIEVE...though originally good, Man Willingly Fell to Sin–ushering evil and death, both physical and spiritual, into the world.

  5. WE BELIEVE...Every Person Can Have Restored Fellowship with God Through 'Salvation' (accepting Christ's offer of forgiveness for sin). [1 of 4 cardinal doctrines of the A/G]

  6. WE BELIEVE...and practice two ordinances—(1) Water Baptism by Immersion after repenting of one's sins and receiving Christ's gift of salvation, and (2) Holy Communion (the Lord's Supper) as a symbolic remembrance of Christ's suffering and death for our salvation.

  7. WE BELIEVE...the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a Special Experience Following Salvation that empowers believers for witnessing and effective service, just as it did in New Testament times. [1 of 4 cardinal doctrines of the A/G]

  8. WE BELIEVE... The Initial Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is ‘Speaking in Tongues,’ as experienced on the Day of Pentecost and referenced throughout Acts and the Epistles.

  9. WE BELIEVE...Sanctification Initially Occurs at Salvation and is not only a declaration that a believer is holy, but also a progressive lifelong process of separating from evil as believers continually draw closer to God and become more Christlike.

  10. WE BELIEVE...The Church has a Mission to seek and save all who are lost in sin. We believe 'the Church' is the Body of Christ and consists of the people who, throughout time, have accepted God's offer of redemption (regardless of religious denomination) through the sacrificial death of His son Jesus Christ.

  11. WE BELIEVE...A Divinely Called and Scripturally Ordained Leadership Ministry Serves the Church. The Bible teaches that each of us under leadership must commit ourselves to reach others for Christ, to worship Him with other believers, and to build up or edify the body of believers–the Church.

  12. WE BELIEVE...Divine Healing of the Sick is a Privilege for Christians Today and is provided for in Christ's atonement (His sacrificial death on the cross for our sins). [1 of 4 cardinal doctrines of the A/G]

  13. WE BELIEVE...in The Blessed Hope—When Jesus Raptures His Church Prior to His Return to Earth (the second coming). At this future moment in time all believers who have died will rise from their graves and will meet the Lord in the air, and Christians who are alive will be caught up with them, to be with the Lord forever. [1 of 4 cardinal doctrines of the A/G]

  14. WE BELIEVE...in The Millennial Reign of Christ when Jesus returns with His saints at His second coming and begins His benevolent rule over earth for 1,000 years. This millennial reign will bring the salvation of national Israel and the establishment of universal peace.

  15. WE BELIEVE...A Final Judgment Will Take Place for those who have rejected Christ. They will be judged for their sin and consigned to eternal punishment in a punishing lake of fire.

  16. WE BELIEVE...and look forward to the perfect New Heavens and a New Earth that Christ is preparing for all people, of all time, who have accepted Him. We will live and dwell with Him there forever following His millennial reign on Earth. 'And so shall we forever be with the Lord!'

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