Purpose
To
glorify God by making a maximum contribution toward helping
to fulfill the Great Commision in Canada and around the world,
by developing a movement of evangelism and discipleship.
Statement
of Faith
The
sole basis of our beliefs is the Bible, God's infallible written
Word, the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments. We believe that
it was uniquely, verbally and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit,
and that it was written without error in the original manuscripts.
It is the supreme and final authority in all matters on which it
speaks.
We
accept those large areas of doctrinal teaching on which historically
there has been general agreement among all true Christians. Because
of the specialized calling of our movement, we desire to allow for
freedom of conviction on other doctrinal matters provided that any
interpretation is based upon the Bible alone and that no such interpretation
shall become an issue which hinders the ministry to which God has
called us.We explicitly affirm our belief in basic Bible teachings
as follows:
- There
is one true God, eternally existing in three persons--the Father,
Son and Holy Spirit--each of whom possesses equally all the attributes
of Deity and the characteristics of personality.
- Jesus
Christ is God, the living Word, who became flesh through His miraculous
conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. Hence, He
is perfect Deity and true humanity united in one person forever.
- He
lived a sinless life and voluntarily atoned for the sins of men
by dying on the cross as our substitute, thus satisfying divine
justice and accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone.
- He
rose from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which
He had lived and died.
- He
ascended bodily into heaven and sat down at the right hand of
God the Father, where He, the only mediator between God and man,
continually makes intercession for His own.
- We
were originally created in the image of God. Adam sinned by disobeying
God; thus, we were alienated from our Creator. That historic fall
brought all mankind under divine condemnation.
- Our
nature is corrupted, and we are thus totally unable to please
God. Every person is in need of regeneration and renewal by the
Holy Spirit.
- Our
salvation is wholly a work of God's free grace and is not the
work, in whole or in part, of human works or goodness or religious
ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to those who put their
faith in Christ alone for their salvation, and thereby justifies
them in His sight.
- It
is the privilege of all who are born again of the Spirit to be
assured of their salvation from the very moment in which they
trust Christ as their Saviour. This assurance is not based upon
any kind of human merit, but is produced by the witness of the
Holy Spirit, who confirms in the believer the testimony of God
in His written Word.
- The
Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ
and to apply the saving work of Christ to men and women. He convicts
and draws sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them, continually
indwells them from the moment of spiritual birth and seals them
until the day of redemption. His fullness, power and control are
appropriated in the believer's life by faith.
- We
as believers are called to live in the power of the indwelling
Spirit that we will not fulfill the lust of the flesh but will
bear fruit to the glory of God.
-
Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, His Body, which is composed
of all men and women, living and dead, who have been joined to
Him through saving faith.
- God
admonishes His people to assemble together regularly for worship,
for participation in ordinances, for edification through the Scriptures
and for mutual encouragement.
- At
physical death the believers enter immediately into eternal conscious
fellowship with the Lord, and await the resurrection of his body
to everlasting glory and blessing.
- At
physical death the unbelievers enter immediately into eternal
conscious separation from the Lord and await the resurrection
of his body to everlasting judgement and condemnation.
- Jesus
Christ will come again to the earth--personally, visibly and bodily--to
consummate history and the eternal plan of God.
The
Lord Jesus Christ commanded all believers to proclaim the gospel
throughout the world and to disciple men and women of every nation.
The fulfillment of that Great Commission requires that all worldly
and personal ambition be subordinated to a total commitment to "Him
who loved us and gave Himself for us."
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