Trinity

The True Jesus Church denies the traditional doctrine of the Trinity as understood by Nicene Christianity (three co-equal, co-eternal persons). Instead, it affirms a strictly monotheistic theology known as Oneness or modalistic modalism, in which God is absolutely one, and the titles Father, Son, and Holy Spirit represent different manifestations or roles of the single God whose complete name is Jesus.

The church teaches that Colossians 2:9 ('For in him all the fullness of the Godhead lives in bodily form') establishes that Jesus is the full expression of the Godhead. The church rejects the Nicene Creed's formulation and does not recognize the baptismal formula 'in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost' as valid; instead, it requires baptism in 'Jesus' name only.'

This position aligns the True Jesus Church with Oneness Pentecostalism and distinguishes it from mainline Protestantism and Catholicism. The modalistic understanding permits the church to maintain strict monotheism while recognizing biblical distinctions between Father, Son, and Spirit as different roles or offices within the one God.