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Accelerating
International Mission Strategies
Statement of Beliefs
The
Purpose of God:
We
affirm our belief in the one-eternal God, Creator and
Lord of the world, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who
govern all things according to the purpose of his will.
He has been calling out from the world a people for
himself, and sending his people back into the world
to be his servants and his witnesses, for the extension
of his kingdom, the building up of Christ's body, and
the glory of his name. We confess with shame that we
have often denied our calling and failed in our mission,
by becoming conformed to the world or by withdrawing
from it. Yet we rejoice that even when borne by earthen
vessels the gospel is still a precious treasure. To
the task of making that treasure known in the power
of the Holy Spirit we desire to dedicate ourselves anew.
Scripture
References: Isaiah 40:28; Ephesians 1:11; Acts
15:14; John 17:6, 18; Ephesians 4:12; 1 Corinthians
5:10; Romans 12:2; II Corinthians 4:7
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