Friends of Grace Unified Statement of Faith

Friends of Grace includes families from many Christian denominations. While these
traditions differ on important doctrinal matters, we unite around the historic, essential
truths of the Christian faith. We seek to model Christian fellowship before our children
by speaking the truth in love, honoring one another, and focusing on our shared
confession of Jesus Christ as Lord. Romans 14; Ephesians 4:1-16; John 13:34-35

Core Christian Beliefs

In keeping with the historic Christian faith and the consensus expressed in the Nicene
Creed, we affirm the following:
The Triune God
We believe in one God, eternally existent in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit.
Genesis 1:26-27; Isaiah 48:16; Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 3:16-17, 28:19

The Father
We believe in God the Father Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, and of all
things visible and invisible.
Genesis 1:1; Psalm 33:6-9,103:13, Isaiah 63:16; Acts 17:24-29; Romans 8:3-4,8:14-
16

The Son
We believe in the deity and humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ—His virgin birth, sinless
life, miracles, atoning death for our salvation through His shed blood on the cross,
bodily resurrection, ascension, and His imminent bodily return in power and glory.
Isaiah 7:14, 9:6-7; Matthew 1:23; Acts 1:9-11; Romans 5:8; 1 Corinthians15:1-7;
Colossians 1:15-20; Hebrews 4:14-15; 1 Peter 2:21-25

The Holy Spirit
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the divine Helper who indwells, sanctifies, guides, and
empowers believers for godly living and service.
Genesis 1:1-2; Psalm 104:30; John 14:16-26; Romans 8:9-17; Galatians 5:22-26

Scripture
We believe that the Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God, true and trustworthy in
all that it teaches.
Deuteronomy 8:1-3; Psalm 19:7-11, 119:104-105; Isaiah 55:10-11; 2 Timothy 3:16-
17; Hebrews 4:12

Salvation
We believe that humanity fell into sin and stands in need of redemption. Salvation is a
free gift of God, given by His grace and received through faith in Jesus Christ. Through
His life, death, and resurrection, Christ provides the only sufficient basis for the
forgiveness of sins and reconciliation with God.
John 3:1-21, 15:1-17; Acts 2:37-39; Romans 1-10; Ephesians 2;Titus 3:3-8

Humanity
We believe that God created human beings in His own image, with equal dignity, value,
and worth before Him. Scripture teaches that God wonderfully, purposefully, and
immutably created mankind male and female as part of His good design.
Genesis1:26-31, 2:7-25; Psalm 8:3-6; Galatians 3:25-29

Marriage
We believe that God created marriage to be the lifelong covenantal union of one man
and one woman. This union uniquely reflects Christ’s relationship with His church. God
intends sexual intimacy to exclusively occur within the covenant of marriage between
one man and one woman.
Genesis 2:24-25; Matthew 19:4-6; Ephesians 5:21-33; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8;
Hebrews 13:4