The Gospel of Jesus
Christ is our foundation:
The One and only God who
created the universe and all that is in it looked upon
hopelessly sinful humanity and sent his beloved son, Jesus
Christ to die on a cruel cross as an atonement for all men’s
sins in order that every person who believes and puts their
faith in Him would be reconciled to God forever and receive
eternal life.
The Scriptures:
The Holy Bible was written by men divinely
inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a
perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its
author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any
mixture of error, for its matter.
God:
There is one and only one living and true God.
…The eternal God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son and
Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without
division of nature, essence, or being.
God the Father:
God as Father reigns with providential care over His
universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human
history according to the purposes of His grace. …God is
Father in truth to those who become children of God through
faith in Jesus Christ.
God the Son:
Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as
Jesus Christ, He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born
of the virgin Mary. …He honored the divine law by His
personal obedience, and in His death on the cross, He made
provision for the redemption of men from sin.
God the Holy
Spirit:
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. …He exalts Christ. He
convicts of sin, of righteousness and of judgment. …He
enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in
worship, evangelism, and service.
Salvation:
Salvation involves the redemption of the whole
man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as
Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal
redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation
includes regeneration, sanctification, and glorification.
Baptism:
Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in
water. …It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s
faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the
believer’s death to sin, the burial of the life, and the
resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus.
The Church:
A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is
a body of baptized believers who are associated by covenant
in the faith and fellowship of the Gospel and mobilize to
extend the Gospel to the ends of the earth. The New
Testament speaks also of the church as the body of Christ,
which includes all of the redeemed of all the ages.
Evangelism &
Missions:
It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and
every local church fellowship within the body of the Lord
Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations …
to seek constantly to lead the lost to Christ by personal
effort.
The Christian &
the Social Order:
Every Christian is under obligation to seek to
make the will of Christ supreme in his own life and in human
society. … The Christian should oppose in the spirit of
Christ every form of greed, selfishness, and vice.
Family:
God has ordained the family as the foundational institution
of human society. …Marriage is the unity of one man and one
woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. …The husband
and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are
created in God’s image. The marriage relationship models the
way God relates to His people. …Children, from the moment of
conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord.