Core Values and Beliefs

• the Bible to be the verbally inspired and only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God. (II Tim. 3:16; II Peter 1:21)

• that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Gen. 1:1; John 10:30; John 10:37,38)

• the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His divine 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, in His mediatorial work, and in His personal return in power and glory. (Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:23; Luke 1:35; Heb. 4:15; Heb. 7:25; Jn. 2:11; Heb. 9:12; Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14; Jn. 11:25; Acts 1:11; Rev. 19:11-16)

• that man is sinful by nature and that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is essential and an absolute necessity for his salvation. (Rom. 3:19,23; Jn. 3:1619; Jn. 5:24; Eph. 2:8-10; Titus 3:5,6)

• the continuing ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a Godly life. (Eph. 5:18; Eph. 4:30; I Cor. 3:16; I Cor. 6:19-20)

• the resurrection of both the saved and the lost.  They who are saved unto eternal life and they who are lost unto eternal damnation.  (Jn. 5:28-29)

• the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 8:9; II Cor. 12:12-13; Gal. 3:26-28)

• the creation of man and all things by the direct act of God. (Gen. 1:26-28; Gen. 5:12)

• that all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. All human life, from conception to natural death—including pre-born babies, the aged, and the physically or mentally challenged—holds immeasurable value and dignity. We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all human life. (Gen. 1:26-27, 9:6; Psalm 139; Matt. 9:36, 14:14, 18:1-6).

• the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one biological male (“man”) and one biological female (“woman”) in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture. We believe that marriage between one man and one woman, for life, uniquely reflects one of the most sacred truths of our faith: Christ’s relationship with His Church. (Genesis 2:24, Ephesians 5:21-33) 

• that God intends for sexual intimacy to occur exclusively between a man and a woman who are married to each other, and that no sexual activity should take place outside of this marital union. (Gen. 2:18-25; Eph. 5:21-33; 1 Cor. 6:18; 7:2-5; Heb. 13:4)
  

• that any form of sexual immorality (such as adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, rejection of one’s biological sex, use of pornography, etc.) is sinful and offensive to God. (Matt. 15:18-20; 1 Cor. 6:9-10).

Our Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our beliefs. The Bible itself, as the inspired and infallible Word of God that speaks with final authority concerning truth, morality, and the proper conduct of mankind, is the sole and final source of all that we believe. For purposes of Faith Christian School’s faith, doctrine, practice, policy, and discipline, our school board is Faith Christian School’s final interpretive authority on the Bible’s application.