This is our Statement of Faith:
As a minimalist expression of our most basic tenets, the Institute maintains the following:
- That the Bible is the very Word of God, is inerrant in its original autographs, and is fully and totally and uniquely reliable as the primary guide to all actions and commitments;
- That Jesus Christ is God Incarnate, became man to fulfill a destiny on our behalf, was crucified, buried, and bodily resurrected, is presently seated on His Father's Throne, and will soon return to establish His Kingdom on the Planet Earth.
- That, in the meantime, the Holy Spirit is uniquely active in pursuing His mission in calling, equipping, and empowering believers, and is essential for any and all of the pursuits of the Institute to be fruitful and effective.
We realize that doctrinal differences about details and issues that are not essential to salvation have been debated for centuries by sincere Christians who have arrived at opposing viewpoints for very good reasons. Rather than allowing these difference to give rise to contention and division within this Institute, it is our belief that God may have chosen to leave some of these issues obscured so that we may focus on those which He has illuminated brightly: loving Him and loving one another.
Consequently, our philosophy mirrors these wise words of Augustine:
In all essentials, Unity;
In non-essentials, Liberty;
In all things, Agape.