Kootenai County Ministerial Association Statement of Faith
We believe in one true God. He is triune in nature – revealed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He is personal, transcendent, eternal, self-existent and the Sovereign Creator of all things. We believe that He alone is God, the First and Last, there is no other.
We believe that Jesus Christ is God; that He became fully man through virgin birth, was born in Bethlehem; He lived a sinless life and died an atoning death on the cross; finished the work of redemption, and physically rose from the dead. He now lives and intercedes for us.
We believe that Jesus Christ is the full and final expression of God to man. He is the only access to God and “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
We believe that all people are sinful by nature, alienated from God and blameworthy for their own sins. All who reject God’s gracious offer of justification and eternal life through the merits of Jesus Christ will spend eternity in hell. However, God loves people and does not want any to be lost. Therefore all who confess Jesus as Lord, repent of their sin and believe on Jesus will be saved. This salvation is a gift from God, received by grace through faith alone, in Jesus Christ.
We believe the Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, is the inspired Word of God revealing all necessary truth for man to trust Jesus Christ for salvation.
We believe that Jesus Christ is building His Church by the addition of all who are being saved. God sovereignly works in men’s lives, in and through His Church. His Church transcends denominational lines, cultures, languages and styles of worship.
We ask all pastors who wish to participate in the ministerial association gladly identify themselves with the above statement.