1.
We believe the sixty-six
books of the Old and New Testaments
of the Bible to be the only inspired,
infallible, and authoritative Word
of God.
2. We believe in
one God, infinitely perfect and
eternally co-existent in three persons:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
3. We believe in
the full deity and humanity of Jesus
Christ.
4. We believe that
through divine creation, in a literal
six-day period, all life and matter
came into being.
5. We believe in
the real, historical fall of man
in the Garden of Eden, resulting
in mankind being under the wrath
and curse of God. Hence, all men
are born with a sinful nature, are
spiritually dead and under judgment,
and are in need of salvation.
6. We believe that
justification before God comes by
grace through faith in the substitutionary
atonement of Christ apart from our
own works.
7. We believe in
the literal, physical resurrection
of Christ in a glorified body and
His ascension to the right hand
of God the Father, from where He
rules the universe and intercedes
for His people.
8. We believe in
the Church's obligation to live
under the lordship of Christ by
obeying the Ten Commandments, upholding
godliness as set forth in the Bible,
and to evangelize and spread His
kingdom by making obedient disciples
of all nations.
9. We believe in
the spiritual unity of all believers
within the body of Christ.
10. We believe
in the literal second coming of
Christ, a final judgment of all
men by God, and an actual, eternal
heaven and hell.
A
fuller statement of faith may be
found in the Thirty-nine Articles
of Religion, the doctrinal standard
of the Reformed Episcopal Church.
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