Sanctuary International Fellowship Tabernacle - SIFT

Apostolic
505 Bessemer City Road
Gastonia, NC 28052

Sanctuary International Fellowship Tabernacle - SIFT is a small church located in Gastonia, NC. Our church was founded in 2013 and is Apostolic.
 

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SIFT stands for Sanctuary International Fellowship Tabernacle, the full name of our church movement. We abbreviate it SIFT because we are more than just a church on the corner that everyone thinks they should attend. We are a transformation movement; a press to bring needed interest, purpose, and vision to the church, as a whole. We are SIFT because we are people who have been sifted; who have been sorted out, refined, changed, and made better by the hard lumps which hit up against us in our lives. We have been sifted; what the enemy intended for evil, God used for good, that we might be here to serve and worship with others.

Mission:

Sanctuary International Fellowship Tabernacle - SIFT seeks to provide a place of spiritual refuge; a place where God can dwell, living and active in the hearts and presence of those who are His people. We believe that as the Kingdom of God is within, among, and around believers (Luke 17:20-21), the Kingdom of God should be made manifest, powerful, living, and active when those who seek Him come together in one place. We believe this happens as we come with open hearts to cry, "Abba, Father!" (Romans 8:15), as we extend our hearts, our hands, and our service to both heaven and our neighbor, in grace, truth, and love. As a result, we are all about creating connection: Love of God for those who seek it (John 3:16, Galatians 2:20, 1 John 4:9-11); family for those who need it (Psalm 68:6; Ephesians 2:19-22); support for those who desire it (1 Thessalonians 5:11, 1 peter 4:8-10); and purpose for those who pray to develop it (Exodus 9:16, Romans 8:28, Philippians 2:12-13). It is our desire to remind all people that with God, all things are truly possible to those who believe (Matthew 19:26, Mark 9:23, Mark 10:27, Romans 8:31, Philippians 4:13).

Vision:

We seek a new day in the Kingdom of God, one that is relevant for our times and still connects us to the "ancient paths," so we never forget our history, nor where we have come from (Proverbs 23:10, Isaiah 30:21, Jeremiah 18:15, Jeremiah 25:5). We believe the Kingdom of God becomes a reality, one soul, one impacted life, and one loving action at a time. Here in this place of spiritual safety and truth, we ourselves learn how to better exemplify our call as temples of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:9, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20), thus making us a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, and a holy Body of believers, one in faith, hope, and love (Ephesians 4:1-32, 1 Peter 2:9).

Purpose:

We also seek to provide sanctuary for those who are in genuine need. There is more than one to be in need, and there is more than one way to require the intervention of serious, spiritual people in one's life. We are all about creating connection for people who don't have connection: whether it is because they don't know God, they do not have a family situation that welcomes them (for whatever the reason), they find themselves on the outskirts of society or the outskirts of traditional church, they are lonely, or they are just not accepted anywhere else...we are here for them. We are community-minded, creating individuals who are spiritually and socially conscious, recognizing there is more than one way to make a stand against systems and situations that cause division in this world. We seek to encourage, bless, and empower people, showing them God reaches out to us where we are to bring us everywhere we need to be.

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