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**Each ministry’s statement of faith (or doctrinal statement) can vary in verbiage and length. Bellow you’ll find an example of a statement of faith which can be used as a template.**\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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“We profess salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone; Ephesians 2:8<\/a>, John 3:16<\/a>“<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nThe Holy Scriptures<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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We believe the Holy Scriptures to be the verbal, inspired words of God, authoritative, and without error in the original manuscripts. We further believe that the scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments are designed for our practical instruction in faith and conduct.<\/p>\n

2 Timothy 3:16-17<\/a>; 2 Peter 1:21<\/a><\/p>\n

The Godhead<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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We believe that the Godhead eternally exists in three persons: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit; and that these three are one God.<\/p>\n

Deuteronomy 6:4<\/a>; Genesis 1:26<\/a>; Matthew 28:19<\/a><\/p>\n

The Person And Work Of The Lord Jesus Christ<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, came into the world that He might manifest God to men, fulfill prophecy, and become the Redeemer of a lost world. To this end, He was born of the Virgin Mary, received a human body and a sinless human nature without ceasing to be God.<\/p>\n

Luke 1:30-35<\/a>;\u00a0John 1:1<\/a>,\u00a014<\/a>,\u00a018<\/a>;\u00a0Hebrews 4:15<\/a>;\u00a0Philippians 2:5-11<\/a><\/p>\n

We believe that, in infinite love for the lost, He voluntarily accepted His Father\u2019s will and became the divinely provided sacrificial Lamb and took away the sins of the world.<\/p>\n

Romans 3:25-31<\/a>;\u00a02 Corinthians 5:14<\/a>;\u00a0Hebrews 10:5-14<\/a><\/p>\n

We believe He rose from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which He had lived and died and that His resurrected body is the pattern of the body which ultimately will be given to all believers.<\/p>\n

John 20:20<\/a>;\u00a0Philippians 3:20-21<\/a><\/p>\n

We believe that He became head over all things to the church, which is His body, and in this ministry He does not cease to intercede and to be an advocate for the saved.<\/p>\n

Luke 1:35<\/a>; 1 Corinthians 15:1-3<\/a>; Ephesians 1:23<\/a>; Philippians 2:6-8<\/a>; 2 Timothy 2:5<\/a>; 1 John 2:1-2<\/a><\/p>\n

The Holy Spirit<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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We believe that the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity, dwells in every believer immediately after they play their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and that God provides, through the Holy Spirit, power to live the Christian life.<\/p>\n

Romans 5:5<\/a>;\u00a08:1-9<\/a>;\u00a0Galatians 5:16-25<\/a><\/p>\n

We believe that every believer receives grace from God in the form of a spiritual gift, which enables him to function as a member of the body of Christ.<\/p>\n

Romans 12:6<\/a>; 1 Corinthians 12:7<\/a>; Ephesians 4:7<\/a><\/p>\n

Salvation<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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We believe that no one can enter the kingdom of God unless born again spiritually, and that the new birth of the believer comes only through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God. We believe, also, that our redemption has been accomplished by the grace of God, an unmerited gift, given in love by God and not the result of any human works.<\/p>\n

John 3:17-18<\/a>;\u00a02 Corinthians 5:21<\/a>;\u00a0Galatians 3:13<\/a>;\u00a0Romans 4:4-5<\/a><\/p>\n

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Purpose of the Church<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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We believe that the explicit message of our Lord Jesus Christ is to go and make Christ known to the whole world and that this is the purpose of the church through the individuals within it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

Matthew 28:18-19<\/a>;\u00a0Acts 1:8<\/a>;\u00a02 Corinthians 5:11-21<\/a><\/p>\n

Eternal State<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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We believe that at death the spirits and souls of those who have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation pass immediately into His presence and there remain in conscious bliss until the resurrection of the glorified body when Christ comes for His own, whereupon soul and body reunited shall be associated with Him forever in glory. All those who rejected Jesus Christ will eternally be separated from God to endure His eternal wrath forever.<\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 5:8<\/a>; Revelation 20:11-15<\/a>; 21:1-27<\/a><\/p>\n

We believe that all believers will be judged at the judgment seat of Christ and rewarded based on their faithful obedience to Him in this life.<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 3:10-17<\/a><\/p>\n

Responsibility Of Believers<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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We believe that all believers should seek to walk by the Spirit, separating themselves from worldly practices and witnessing by life and by word the truths of the Holy Scripture.<\/p>\n

Romans 12:1<\/a>;\u00a0Galatians 5:16<\/a>,\u00a025<\/a>;\u00a02 Corinthians 5:9-17<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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