Distinctives of the Christian and Missionary Alliance of the Philippines
THE CHRISTIAN AND
MISSIONARY ALLIANCE
STATEMENT OF FAITH
We believe the Scriptures of the Old
and New Testaments as originally given to be the verbally inspired Word of God,
the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and the divine
and final authority in faith and practice.
We believe in one God, infinitely
perfect, existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
We believe that Jesus Christ is true
God and true Man; that He was conceived by the Holy Ghost; that He was born of
the virgin Mary; that He died upon the cross, the Just for the unjust, as a
substitutionary sacrifice; that all who believe in Him are justified on the
ground of His shed blood; that He arose bodily from the dead according to the
Scriptures; that He is now at the right hand of God as our High Priest and
Advocate and that He will come again to establish His kingdom of righteousness
and justice upon the earth.
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a
divine Person, the Executor of the Godhead; the Comforter sent by the Lord
Jesus Christ to indwell, to control, to guide, to teach the believers; and to
convince the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment.
We believe that man was created in the
image and likeness of God; that he fell through disobedience and thereby
incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death which is separation
from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, are
separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through the atoning work
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe that salvation has been
provided through the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and that
all who believe in Him as Savior and Lord, are justified on the ground of His
shed blood, are born again of the Holy Spirit, obtain the gift of eternal life,
and become children of God.
We believe that there shall be a bodily
resurrection of that just and unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto life;
for the latter, a resurrection unto judgment.
We believe that the Church consists of
all those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, are washed in His blood and
have been born again of the Holy Spirit; that the Scriptures clearly teach that
all believers should manifest lives of faith and sacrifice, and shall give
themselves to prayer and intercession; that the Church has been commissioned by
the Lord to witness in His name, to comfort and build up its members in the
Holy Faith, and specially to fulfill the terms of the Great Commission to go
forth into all the world as a witness, preaching the Gospel to all nations.
We believe that it is the will of god
that each believer should be filled with the Holy Spirit and thus be sanctified
wholly, being separated from sin and the world, and fully consecrated to the
will of God, thereby receiving power for holy living and effectiveness
service. This is recognized as an
experience wrought in the life subsequent to conversion.
We believe in the redemptive work of
our Lord Jesus Christ provision is made for the healing of the mortal body in
accordance with His Word. The anointing
with oil, as set forth in the fifth chapter of James, is to be practiced by the
church in this present age.
We believed that the “blessed hope,”
the premillennial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, is a practical truth which
should be preached, showing its relation to the personal life and service of
the believer.
