Article II.3 (Statement of Faith) Pre: 2014

Constitution: Article II : Before revision in 2014

Basis

1. The basis of the corporation is the infallible Word of God.
2. The corporation is governed by the principle that all things have been created to the end that the Triune God may be glorified in and through them.
3. The following statement shall be the doctrinal basis of the corporation. We believe in:

a. The inerrancy of the Holy Scriptures as originally given, their plenary inspiration by God, and their supreme authority as the only rule of faith and practice.

b. The Trinity of the Godhead — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who are the same in substance, equal in power and glory.

c. The essential, absolute, and eternal deity of the Lord Jesus Christ; His real, but sinless humanity; His substitutionary and atoning death as the all-sufficient sacrifice for sin; His resurrection from the dead on the third day in that very body that was laid in the tomb; His ascension into heaven as the only mediator between God and man; and His visible personal return in power and glory.

d. The personality and deity of the Holy Spirit, by whom the believer is regenerated and sanctified through the Word of Truth.

e. The lost estate of man through the Fall, and his salvation solely by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, whose righteousness imputed to him is the only ground of acceptance before God.

f. The resurrection of the body, the judgment of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting and conscious punishment of the lost.

g. The spiritual unity of all who truly believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and their duty to maintain in all their relationships a standard of life and doctrine that is in conformity with the teachings of God’s Holy Word.