We Believe
The Bible
We believe the Bible is God’s Word - both the Old and New Testaments. It was breathed by God, revealed to man who wrote by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The Word of God is infallible and communicates the revealed will of God for the salvation of humanity. It is the supreme authority for Christian faith and living.
God
We believe there is only one God, Creator and Sustainer of all. He is without beginning and without end. God is eternally existent in three persons: God The Father, God The Son, and God The Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus Christ is The Second Person of the Godhead, The Son of God. He is truly and completely God, and truly and completely man. Conceived by The Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, He suffered and died as the ultimate and final sacrifice for sin. He arose from death in victory, ascended into Heaven, and is at the right hand of The Most High as our High Priest making intercession on our behalf.
The Holy Spirit
We believe that The Holy Spirit is The Third Person of the Godhead. He is God. He proceeds from The Father and The Son, and with them is worshiped and glorified. He was sent to glorify The Lord Jesus Christ, and in this age to convict men of sin, to regenerate and indwell those who entrust themselves to Christ, to seal them for the final day of redemption, to guide them into truth, to fill them for a life of holiness and victory, and to empower them for witness and service.
Humanity
We believe that man was created by God in His own image, to live in fellowship with his Creator and to reflect God’s glory. However, the first man disobeyed God falling into sin, and subsequently all of humanity by nature and by choice – apart from faith in Jesus Christ – are sinners unable to save ourselves.
Salvation
We believe that a person is saved by God's grace alone, made possible through the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection. These two divine and eternal acts provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe. Only those who receive Jesus Christ by faith are born of The Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God.
Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality
We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary sexes together reflect the image and nature of God (Gen. 1:26-27). We believe that the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture (Gen. 2:18-25). We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other (1 Cor. 6:18; 7:2-5; Heb. 13:4). We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged outside of a marriage between a man and a woman.
The Sanctity of Human Life
We believe that all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all human life (Ps. 139).
Statement of Final Authority
We believe this Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our beliefs. The Bible itself, as the inspired and infallible Word of God that speaks with final authority concerning truth, morality, and the proper conduct of mankind, is the sole and final source of all that we believe. For purposes of Hope International Ministries’ faith, doctrine, practice, policy, and discipline, our leadership is Hope International Ministries’ final interpretive authority on the Bible’s application.
We believe the Bible is God’s Word - both the Old and New Testaments. It was breathed by God, revealed to man who wrote by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The Word of God is infallible and communicates the revealed will of God for the salvation of humanity. It is the supreme authority for Christian faith and living.
God
We believe there is only one God, Creator and Sustainer of all. He is without beginning and without end. God is eternally existent in three persons: God The Father, God The Son, and God The Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus Christ is The Second Person of the Godhead, The Son of God. He is truly and completely God, and truly and completely man. Conceived by The Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, He suffered and died as the ultimate and final sacrifice for sin. He arose from death in victory, ascended into Heaven, and is at the right hand of The Most High as our High Priest making intercession on our behalf.
The Holy Spirit
We believe that The Holy Spirit is The Third Person of the Godhead. He is God. He proceeds from The Father and The Son, and with them is worshiped and glorified. He was sent to glorify The Lord Jesus Christ, and in this age to convict men of sin, to regenerate and indwell those who entrust themselves to Christ, to seal them for the final day of redemption, to guide them into truth, to fill them for a life of holiness and victory, and to empower them for witness and service.
Humanity
We believe that man was created by God in His own image, to live in fellowship with his Creator and to reflect God’s glory. However, the first man disobeyed God falling into sin, and subsequently all of humanity by nature and by choice – apart from faith in Jesus Christ – are sinners unable to save ourselves.
Salvation
We believe that a person is saved by God's grace alone, made possible through the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection. These two divine and eternal acts provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe. Only those who receive Jesus Christ by faith are born of The Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God.
Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality
We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary sexes together reflect the image and nature of God (Gen. 1:26-27). We believe that the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture (Gen. 2:18-25). We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other (1 Cor. 6:18; 7:2-5; Heb. 13:4). We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged outside of a marriage between a man and a woman.
The Sanctity of Human Life
We believe that all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all human life (Ps. 139).
Statement of Final Authority
We believe this Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our beliefs. The Bible itself, as the inspired and infallible Word of God that speaks with final authority concerning truth, morality, and the proper conduct of mankind, is the sole and final source of all that we believe. For purposes of Hope International Ministries’ faith, doctrine, practice, policy, and discipline, our leadership is Hope International Ministries’ final interpretive authority on the Bible’s application.