The Congregational Christian Church of Darlington

Statement of Faith

 

We Believe:

1) The Bible, both The Old and The New Testament, is the only true guide in faith and practice. The Old Testament is fulfilled, and explained in The New Testament. The Bible is the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God.

2) There is one God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

3) In the Deity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return with power and glory.

4) All people who in faith accept the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit, and thereby become the children of God.

5) In the present ministry of the Holy spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.

6) In the resurrection of both the saved and the lost: people who are saved receive the resurrection of life and people who are lost receive the resurrection of damnation.

7) In the spiritual unity of believers in Christ.

8) That all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all human life.

9) That God ordained marriage and defined it as the covenant relationship between one biological man, one biological woman, and Himself.