WordTalk Ministries' Statement of Faith
We believe in one God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The
triune God has created man in His own image and has called him to manifest and
reflect holiness through obedience to His commandments. Because man has woefully
fallen in this responsibility and entered into a state of moral corruption, he
has subsequently become estranged from his Creator.
Because of a profound love for His creation, God has
initiated a plan of redemption which He has accomplished on behalf of His people
in the realm of temporal history. The zenith of this redemption is located in
the historical incarnation of God in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. We confess
Jesus to be the Christ of Old Testament prophecy, being at the same time fully
God and fully man. Jesus, through His substitutionary atoning death and bodily
resurrection, has provided the meritorious basis of our justification, which, by
God's grace, we receive by faith alone.
Proceeding from the Father and the Son, the Holy Spirit
dwells in the hearts of believers, effecting their regeneration and operating in
their sanctification. The same Holy Spirit has been given to the people of God
to empower them for the service of bearing witness to the kingdom of God. The
Holy Spirit brings His people together to form a corporate community of
believers. We believe that Christ has established a visible church which is
called to live in the power of the Holy Spirit under the regulation of the
authority of Holy Scripture, exercising discipline, administering the
sacraments, and preaching the Gospel of Christ.
We believe that the Bible, in its entirety, is divine
revelation, and we submit to the authority of Holy Scripture, acknowledging it
to be inerrantly inspired by God and carrying the full weight of His authority.
We support the work of Christian organizations and
institutions that confess the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We are committed to the
implementation of the social and cultural implications of God's commandments for
the well-being of man and his environment. We believe our faith should be
visible in concrete forms and models of personal and social behavior. We seek to
be faithful disciples of Christ, enduring in love and obedience until He comes
again to consummate His kingdom.
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