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1. We believe the Bible is the complete, inerrant and inspired word of
God.
2. We believe in man's creation from the dust of the ground by God.
3. We believe Jesus Christ, God's divine son, lived on the earth, died
was buried and bodily resurrected from the dead.
4. We believe Christ originally established the church as one body and
desires it to remain one.
5. We believe baptism is a burial in water for the remission of sins
and is essential to membership in Christ's church and therefore
essential to salvation.
6. We believe the Lord's Supper is to be observed by Christians on
every first day of the week and only on the first day as part of
God-approved worship.
7. We believe singing and making melody in one's heart, without the
use of manmade instruments, is the only acceptable way to worship God
in song.
8. We believe marriage was established by God and designed to be a
life-long union between a man and a woman.
9. We believe an innocent person with a living mate is permitted by
God to divorce and remarry only when the other mate has committed
fornication (Matthew 19:9).
10. We believe in making disciples of all nations by preaching the
gospel, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything Christ has
commanded (Matthew 28:19).
11. We believe one must love the Lord his God with all his heart, and
with all his soul and with all his mind and with all his strength
(Mark 12:30).
12. We believe one should love his neighbor as himself (Mark 12:31).
13. We believe God established male leadership and responsibility in
the home and in the church.
14. We believe the Christian life is the best life both now and
forever.
15. We believe the Bible emphasizes God's grace and man's obedience as
integral components of man's salvation.
Freed-Hardeman University
Milton R. Sewell, President
July 2000 |