Our doctrinal confessions includes both ancient and contemporary creeds and belief statements—ancient, because it is important to remain connected to the body of Christ through history, contemporary, because it is important to show both our commonality with the body of Christ, globally, while at the same time declaring those items of belief which distinguish us.
By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed in the flesh,
Was vindicated in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Proclaimed among the nations,
Believed on in the world,
Taken up in glory.
Explanation: The Apostle Paul summarizes the theological foundation for local church ministry.
Explanation: The Apostles Creed is an ancient summary of what all Christians confessed as their faith.
The Nicene Creed is another ancient ecumenical document, created to explain the orthodox biblical teaching concerning the relationships within the Trinity.
The Lausanne Covenant, emerging from the First Lausanne Congress in 1974, serves as a great rallying call to the evangelical Church around the world. It defines what it means to be evangelical, and challenges Christians to work together to make Jesus Christ known throughout the world. It is a covenant with one another, and a covenant with God himself. (modified from the Lausanne Movement website
I was mentored by members of Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary ministry team. FBBC&TS represent a constituency which ascribes to this doctrinal statement. InterGlo Ministries does as well.
The InterGlo Doctrinal Statement is a modified version of the International Baptist Church (of Boston) doctrinal statement. As the church planting pastor of the IBC, I oversaw the creation of this statement. In this statement, we tried to show the centrality of the gospel.
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