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Our Doctrinal Beliefs The Association for Christian Character Development avers and presents these statements of faith: The Apostles' Creed I believe in God,
the Father Almighty, The Nicene Creed
Declaration of Faith We stand that Jesus Christ is the source and the object of our faith, hope, and love. We hold that Jesus Christ is The Good News given by God to humankind to create order out of chaos and releases beauty by healing the sick, freeing the captives, and raising the dead. We have confidence in the promises of God as revealed in the Bible: that God sent Him to die for the sins of the world, then raising Him from the dead. He descended into hell, then ascended to heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father. Our faith is that, through the resurrection, He has defeated death and all that came with it: fear, worry, greed, envy, injustice, materialism, despair, and selfishness. We accept the responsibility given to us by Jesus, as citizens of His kingdom, to steward our freedom by loving others in the same way that He loves us. We are grateful
for the gift of the Holy Spirit given by Jesus to us on the day of Pentecost
for comfort and counsel. We have confidence in the power of Jesus Christ to forgive sins and reconcile men to God and to one another. We gratefully accept the ministry of reconciliation given us by Jesus as our Lord. As individuals, we take responsibility to engage the power of prayer, worship, and communion in the strengthening of our community, nation, and world by doing His will and not our own. Together we celebrate His life, death, and resurrection in us as individuals and as community. As He has instructed us, we rejoice in His eternal victory and are grateful to share in His glorious nature. |
Maker of heaven and earth; and in Christ Jesus his only Son, our Lord; Who was
conceived of the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary,suffered under Pontius
Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. The
third day, He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits
on the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He shall come
to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy
catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection
of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
We
believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, of
all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only
Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through
Him all things were made. For us and for our salvation He came down from
heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit He became incarnate from the Virgin
Mary, and was made man. For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
He suffered death and was buried. On the third, day He rose again in accordance
with the Scriptures; He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand
of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the
dead, and His kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With
the Father and the Son He is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through
the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We
acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection
of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.