What do you Evangelical Free Church people believe?
Statement of Faith of The Evangelical Free Church of
America
We Believe:
1.
The Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be
the inspired Word of God, without error in the
original writings, the complete revelation
of His will for the salvation of men and the Divine
and final
authority for Christian faith and life.
2.
In one God, Creator of all things, infinitely
perfect and eternally existing in three persons:
Father, Son and
Holy Spirit.
3. That
Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been
conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the
Virgin Mary. He died
on the cross, a sacrifice for our sins according to
the Scriptures. Further, He
arose bodily from the
dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand
of the Majesty on High, He
is now our High
Priest and Advocate.
4. That the ministry of the Holy Spirit
is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and, during this
age, to convict
men, regenerate the
believing sinner, and indwell, guide, instruct and
empower the believer for godly
living and service.
5. That man
was created in the image of God but fell into sin
and is, therefore, lost, and only through
regeneration by the
Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be
obtained.
6. That the shed blood of Jesus Christ
and His resurrection provide the only ground for
justification and
salvation for all who
believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ are
born of the Holy Spirit and,
thus become children
of God.
7. That
water baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances
to be observed by the Church during the
present age. They
are, however, not to be regarded as means of
salvation.
8. That the true Church is composed of
all such persons who through saving faith in Jesus
Christ have
been regenerated by
the Holy Spirit and are united together in the Body
of Christ of which He is the
Head.
9. That
only those who are, thus, members of the true Church
shall be eligible for membership in the local
church.
10. That Jesus Christ is the Lord and Head of the
Church and that every local church has the right,
under
Christ, to decide and
govern its own affairs.
11. In the personal
pre-millennial and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ and that this "Blessed
Hope" has a vital
bearing on the personal life and service of the
believer.
12. In the bodily resurrection of the dead; of the
believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the
Lord;
of the unbeliever to
judgment and everlasting conscious punishment.