Statement of Faith of ICARE Ministries
- The Scriptures
- We believe the Holy Bible is the inspired and preserved Word of God, without error in all it teaches and is our authority in matters of doctrine, practice, and opinion.
- The One True God
- We believe in God the Father, an holy, omnipresent, omnipotent, and eternally self-existent Spirit Who is sovereign, worthy of all honor, praise, confidence and love; Who exists in a unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Who are equal in essence, harmonious in purpose, yet distinct in personality and function.
- Our Lord Jesus Christ
- We believe in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, God the Son, creator and sustainer of all things, Who took on Himself the nature of man by miraculous birth to a virgin; was tempted yet remains totally without sin, made a full payment for the sins of the world by His death on the cross, rose bodily on the third day and is our only High Priest and only Mediator between God and Man.
- The Holy Spirit
- We believe in God the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Holy Trinity Who glorifies the Son, convicts of sin, of righteousness and of judgement; is the agent of salvation, and Who seals the believer at the moment of salvation and guides, teaches, sanctifies and endows believers with gifts of service.
- The Nature of Man
- We believe God created man innocent in the image of the character of God, but that Adam, the first man, transgressed the law of God and thereby brought sin and death into the world so that all mankind - every person born into this world - became sinners who are unable in their own ability to remedy their state of separation from God, but who are in need of repentance toward, and faith in, the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Our Enemy Satan
- We believe there is a personal devil, a fallen angel, who with his multitude of demons, seeks continually to frustrate the purposes of God, tempt, test, ensnare, and deceive mankind, but who will be cast into the lake of fire for all of eternity.
- Salvation
- We believe that salvation is wholly a gift of God's grace which is received only by faith in Jesus Christ alone, Who made eternal and final payment for all the sins of the world with His death on the cross; which salvation results in forgiveness of sins, the gift of the Holy Spirit, the new nature, and imputation of divine righteousness; which salvation is not in any manner earned by any religious, ceremonial, or other effort of mankind such as baptism, sacraments, church membership, outward signs, etc.
- The Church
- We believe the local church is a congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant of faith, operating under the authority of the written Word of God to worship, work, teach, edify, discipline, observe the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's Supper, and to go into all the world to make disciples. The "church universal" is the entire body of believers in Christ, irrespective of affiliation or location.
- The Day of the Lord
- We believe in the personal, imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Who will gather the Church unto Himself, set up and rule His kingdom, resurrect the righteous unto eternal life and joy in God's presence, and the unrighteous unto the second death and everlasting punishment.
July 2007
ICARE Ministries, Inc.
icareministry.org