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While
CMA has as its core value unity within diversity through Christ,
the following statements represent the basics of historic,
biblical Christianity upon which the members of Campus Christian
Ministries base our fellowship and ministry together. Though
we may differ on many other points of doctrine, we stand firmly
together in these:
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- There
is only one true God. He exists eternally as three
Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, co-equal
in all divine attributes.
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Jesus Christ is God's Only-begotten Son, eternal,
uncreated, fully divine and fully human. He was
born into this world through a virgin, lived a
sinless life, paid the penalty for sin by dying
on a cross, conquered death and the devil by rising
from the dead, ascended into heaven, and will
come again to receive His people and judge the
world.
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The
Bible, in the original autographs, is the only
infallible, authoritative word from God to mankind.
Though God has provided general revelation through
many means, the Bible is a uniquely special revelation
through which we may come to know God and His
ways. It is completely sufficient to communicate
the essence and character of God, the spiritual
state of mankind, the way of salvation, and everything
necessary for godly living.
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All
people, apart from salvation, are sinners in the
sight of God and therefore under His righteous
condemnation.
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God
seeks a personal love relationship with individuals
through Jesus Christ His Son. Such a relationship
may be embarked upon only by experiencing God's
salvation from the power and penalty of human
sin (i.e. sin's enslaving power and the eternal
penalty of divine condemnation). This salvation
is by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
Such faith means believing in Jesus as God,
Savior, and Lord and trusting in His substitutionary
death on the cross for the forgiveness of sins.
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In
the coming judgment, when all people experience
bodily resurrection, those who have died apart
from Christ will enter into eternal punishment
in Hell, while those who have died in Christ
will enter into eternal bliss in the presence
of God.
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There
is one body of Christ on earth of which all
true Christians are members, and this one body
is manifested throughout the earth in local
churches. A local church is that ongoing gathering
of believers into a committed and accountable
body of people operating as a family and practicing
the biblical ordinances under spiritual leadership
to fulfill the directives of God as communicated
in the Scriptures.
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Christians
are commanded to love God with all that we are,
love our neighbor as ourselves, and love each
other as Jesus loved us. These commands involve,
among other things, growth in godliness, devotion,
and obedience; serving unbelievers and explaining
the gospel; and pursuing humble sacrificial
unity with fellow believers
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He
must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught,
so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those
who oppose it. - Titus 1:9
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