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About UsWhat We Believe
Our Statement of Faith
The following is a brief summary of the doctrinal core beliefs of Corporate Chaplains of America. It is not an exhaustive statement but a framework agreed upon by the board and staff of CCA. We believe:
About the Bible: We believe in the verbal, plenary inspiration of the Bible; that it has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without mixture of error, for its matter; that it reveals the principles by which God will judge us; and therefore is the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct and beliefs should be judged.
About God: We believe that the One and only true God is triune; that He exists as three persons--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; that all three are eternally equal in nature, attributes and perfection and, as such, are equally worthy of our worship, love, and obedience.
About man: We believe that man was created in the image of God but, because of his fall into sin this image is marred, his nature depraved, and he is separated from God and thus can be said to be spiritually dead.
About Jesus Christ:
a. His birth: We believe that Jesus of Nazareth was conceived of the Holy Spirit by the virgin Mary and that He received a human body and a sinless human nature.
b. His life: We believe that Jesus Christ experienced all the normal temptations of human existence, yet was without sin. We believe that He showed Himself to be the Messiah of Israel and the divine Son of God by His teachings and His miracles.
c. His death: We believe that when Jesus Christ died on the cross, He provided the substitutionary, vicarious atonement for man's sin.
d. His resurrection: We believe that after being dead for three days, Jesus Christ arose physically and bodily from the grave.
e. His return: We believe the visible and personal return of Jesus Christ.
About salvation: We believe that salvation is by grace, plus nothing and minus nothing. The conditions to salvation are repentance and faith.
About the Local Church: We believe that the local church is God's primary instrument for His work today; that every believer should be an active member of a local assembly supporting its worship, caring, fellowship, discipleship, and evangelism by his/her time, talents and tithes. The ordinances of the local church are baptism and the Lord's Supper, and belong exclusively to the local church.
About the Eternal State: We believe in the everlasting conscious blessedness of the saved and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.
