Faith Mission Christian Church Statement of Faith

FAITH MISSION CHRISTIAN CHURCH adopts the following Statement of Faith, in accordance with Biblical Christian Tradition and as expressed in its Bylaws:

A. We believe in the one true God, who exists eternally in three persons as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and who revealed Himself to humanity through His Word. 

B. We believe Jesus is the Messiah, fully man and fully divine, who died on the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice for mankind. He is resurrected from the dead and sits at the right hand of the Father as our great High Priest.

C. We believe The Holy Bible is the inerrant and complete revelation of God’s will for the salvation of mankind and is the authority on which we base our faith. 

D. We believe God created all things and all people and thus believe in the sanctity of all human life from the womb, through life, and to eternity. 

E. We believe marriage is a sacred biblical institution established by God to be between one cisgender male “man” and one cisgender female “woman” in a lifelong, durable covenant. 

F. We believe all people are fallible and in need of God’s saving grace provided through Jesus Christ. 

G. We believe reconciliation to God is available only through one’s belief in the resurrected Jesus Christ. 

H. We believe sanctification by the Holy Spirit and divine healing remain available to mankind through the work of Jesus Christ. 

I. We believe the Christian Church is God’s instrument for the spread of the gospel and for Christian worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrine. 

J. We believe in eternal life for all believers and in Jesus Christ’s imminent return to commence the permanent kingdom of God.

K. Accordingly, the Pastors, Ministers, Deacons, Trustees, or other workers of the corporation will neither be permitted, nor should they be expected, to participate in behaviors or actions, or to officiate in arrangements, ceremonies, or outside organizations, which violate this Statement of Faith, whole or in part, while an officer or worker of the corporation.

As a church, the corporation also recognizes the following doctrinal distinctives:

1. Baptism is by Immersion in Water and is an ordinance of the church

2. The Lord’s Supper is symbolic and emblematic and is an ordinance of the church

3. The Priesthood of Every Believer

4. The Absolute Separation of Church & State

5. The Autonomy of the Local Church

6. The Supreme Authority and Infallibility of the Holy Scriptures

7. The Perseverance of Believers