Doctrinal Declaration Statement

1. The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the Word of God, the only inerrant, perfect rule of faith and deed.
   (Scripture Reference: Ex. 3:14, John 4:24, Rev. 19:6)
2. There is only one God, and one shall worship only God alone; God is the sp irit, is self-existent omnipresent, and distinguished from all other Gods and the created; God is infinite, eternal and unchangeable in God’s being, wisdom, p ower, holiness, justice, goodness, and love.
   (Scripture Reference: Gen. 1:1, Exd. 3:14, 31:13, Lev 19:2, Deut. 6:4, John 4: 24, I Cor. 8:4)
3. There are three Person in the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spi rit; God is the triune God, one in trinity, equal in power and glory.
   (Scripture Reference: Deut. 6:4, John 1:1-3, 14, Cor. 8:4, Gal. 3:20, I Timothy 2:5)
4. God created all things visible and invisible by the power of God’s Word, and preserves and governs them, but God in God’s nature causes no sin. God plan s and acts according to God’s own will and governs all things to fulfill God’s purpose which is good, wise, and holy.
   (Scripture Reference: Gen.1:1, Ex. 4:15, Ps. 104:24, 30, Isa. 43:15, 45:7, 64:8, Mark 10:6, Col. 1:16)
5. God created people, after God’s own image in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness with domin over every living thing. All people of the world are of s ole source; that is of same native and brother.
   (Scripture Reference: Gen. 1:26-27, I Cor. 11:7, Eph. 4:24, Col. 3:10, James 3 :9)
6. Our first parents, being left with the freedom to choose between good and evi l, through temptation, transgressed the commandment of God. All humankind, descending from Adam by ordinary generation sinned in him and fell with hi m in his transgressed. The humanity, having the potential to commit a crime, besides the original sin and the corrupted human nature, has intentionally com mitted sin; so as we are justly liable to God’s just displeasure and punishment in this world and that which is to come.
   (Scripture Reference: Gen. 6:5, I Kings 8:46, Ps. 51:5, Prov. 20:9, 21:2, Ecc. 7:20, Rom. 14:23)
7. God sent God’s eternal, only begotten Son, Jesus Christ to the world to save humanity from sin, the corruption, and the punishment thereof, to give eternal life in God’s infinite love; in Jesus Christ God became flesh and through Him can humanity be saved. The eternal Son became true human and pos sessed two distinctive personhoods in His nature, eternally as true God, and true power of the Holy Spirit, in the womb of the virgin Mary, of her substance, born of her, yet without sin. He obeyed per fectly to God, offered His body, became a true and perfect sacrifice, and satisfied divine justice. To rec oncile between God and humanity, Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross, died, and buried. One the third day, He rose again from the dead. He is sitting on the right hand of God making intercession for His people. From thence He shall come for the resurrection of the dead, and to judge the world. (Scripture Reference: John 3:17, 34, 17:3, 23, 20:21, I John 4:9, 10, 14)
8. The Holy Spirit, being out of God the Father and God the Son, works salvation in people, convicts them of their sin and misery, enlightens their hearts to know Christ, renews their will, exhorts them, empowers to accept Jesus Christ who freely offers humanity the Gospel in grace, and works in us to bear the fruit of God’s righteousness. (Scripture Reference: Gen. 2:7, John 16:9-11, Rom. 8:11, I Cor. 12:1-3, Phil. 2:5-11)
9. The Holy Spirit, being out of God the Father and God the Son, works salvati on in people, convicts them of their sin and misery, enlightens their hearts to know Christ, renews their will, exhorts them, empowers to accept Jesus Christ who freely offers humanity the Gospel in grace, and works in us to bear the fruit of God’s righteousness. (Scripture Reference: Gen. 2:7, John 16:9-11, Rom. 8:11, I Cor. 12:1-3, Phil. 2:5-11)
10. The sacraments instituted by Christ are baptism and holy communion; baptism of washing with water to be administered in the name of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, is the sign and seal of joining us in union with Christ, and the promise for our regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit and God’s possession of us. Baptism shall be served in remembrance of Christ’s death, and in the witness of the seal for the benefit derived from Christ’s death with which the believers are in union. Holy communion shall be observed by God’s people until the day of the Lord’s coming, and is a sign of a promise of a more faithful service onto the Load and a sign of communion with the Lord and his people, who believe in him, and rest upon his atonement from which God’s benefit flow to us. The benefits of the sacraments are not found in the sacraments themselves or any virtue of one by whom the sacraments are being administered, but only in the blessing by Christ and the working of the Holy Spirit in those who by faith receive the sacraments. (Scripture Reference: Matt. 3:11, John 16:7, Acts 10:44-46, 11:15-16, Gal. 1:4)
11. All believer shall dutifully join in church membership with instruction, have fellowship with one another among the believers, observe the sacraments and other ordinances, obey all the laws of the Lords, pray always, observe the Lord’s Day holy, assemble with believers to worship he Lord and listen attentively to the preaching of the Word of God, render offerings as God provides us abundantly, share with one another the mind of Christ, also share the same mind with all other people, endeavor to promote the expansion of the Kingdom of Christ upon the whole world and wait expectantly for the appearance of the Lord in his glory. (Scripture Reference: Acts 2:44-45, 4:32, Rom. 12:13, Phil. 1:3-5, 4:18, II Cor. 1:11)
12. The dead shall receive the reward according to the good and evil done in this world before the judgement seat of Christ when they will be resurrected in the last day. Those who believe in Christ, and are obedient to him shall be truly forgiven and accepted by him in Glory. (Scripture Reference: Matt.: 16:27, 24:29-31, 36, 44, Mark 8:38, John 5:24)
13. Marriage has been ordained by God and is the exclusive covenantal union between a man and a woman in which such union is a lifetime commitment.  A civil government’s sanction of a union will be recognized as a legitimate marriage by the Church only to the extent that it is consistent with the definition of “marriage” found in these Articles. (Scripture Reference: Gen.1:27, 2: 22-24, 1 Thes. 4, Matt. 19:4-6)
14. Legitimate sexual relations are exercised solely within marriage. Hence, sexual activities outside of marriage (referred to in the New Testament as “porneia”πορνεια) including but not limited to, adultery, premarital sex, homosexuality, and pedophilia are inconsistent with the teachings of the Bible and the Church . Further, lascivious conduct, transgender behavior, and the creation and/or dist ribution and/or viewing of pornography, are incompatible with the biblical wit ness. (Scripture Reference: Romans 1:26-27, 12: 1-2, I Cor. 6:9-10, I Timothy 1:9-10)

I , , on this day of ______________ do hereby fully subscribe to the above d octrinal statement and fully understand that at anytime it is determined by the designa ted administrative authority of Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America that I no longer conform to the school’s doctrinal tenets that all contracts between myself and Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America can be immediat