What denominations believe in the Rapture?

ByTheSpirit said:

I was once told I was under Gods curse as an Assemblies of God minister because I broke with the denomination about the timing of the rapture. The Assemblies of God (in fact most Pentecostals/Charismatics) adhere to a pretribulation rapture, while I believe the church is raptured after the Tribulation at Jesus second coming.

The Independent Fundamental Baptist Church I grew up in also preached the pretribulation rapture. That was probably the only doctrine they had in common with the Assemblies of God that wasn't salvation related.

SDA believe in a post tribulation rapture for the most part.

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True about the SDA denomination. We teach (as a denomination) that there is a post-trib rapture to heaven. Then 1000 years in heaven- then a literal second Coming to Earth after the literal 1000 year millennium.

RileyG said:

What do you mean by heaven? Who is in heaven now according to SDA? Only the holy trinity?

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God is in Heaven - (so then the Trinity) (of course God is also omnipresent)
Matt 6 "Our Father who IS IN heaven"

John 14:1-3 "In My Father's house are many mansion I GO to prepare A PLACE for you and If I go I will come again and RECEIVE you to myself" does not say "I will come back to once again join you here"


Sinless angels are in heaven
The people in Matt 27 resurrected with Christ are in heaven according to Eph 4 Christ took a host of captives with Him to heaven
Moses and Elijah (see Matt 17 mount of transfiguration) are in heaven.

But at the 1 Thess 4:13-18 rapture event --all the saints will go bodily to heaven

13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

The Church of God (Cleveland, TN) believes in the rapture.

Calvary Chapel believes in the rapture.