Statement of Faith

The following statement of faith is subscribed to by all member organizations of and contributors to the Didasko project. It is in agreement with the Lausanne Covenant.

We believe that Christian belief can and should be divided into essential beliefs and peripheral beliefs.

Essential beliefs

Essential beliefs are what define a follower of Jesus Christ and can never be compromised or ignored.

• We believe the Bible to be the only inspired, inerrant, sufficient, authoritative Word of God.

• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit.

• We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ.

• We believe in the humanity of Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, and in His ascension to the right hand of the Father.

• We believe that every person is inherently sinful and because of this, is deserving of eternal hell.

• We believe that salvation from sin is a gift of God, provided through the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, attained by grace through faith, not by works.

• We believe that true faith is always accompanied by repentance and regeneration by the Holy Spirit.

• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit whose indwelling enables the follower of Jesus Christ to live a godly life.

• We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, from all nations and languages and people groups.

• We believe in the personal and physical return of Jesus Christ.

• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the unsaved will be resurrected to eternal damnation in hell, and the saved will be resurrected to eternal blessing in heaven with God.

• We believe that Jesus' Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-20 is binding on the Church today, that it will be fulfilled eventually (Matthew 24:14, Revelation 7:9). We believe His promises to help us fulfil His Commission in Mark 16:15-18, still apply today.