Statement of Faith
Gerald Brooks School of Leadership

The Bible

We believe the Bible is the inspired and only infallible, authoritative written Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16).

 

The Trinity

We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19, Colossians 2:9).

 

Jesus Christ

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ; His virgin birth; His sinless life; His miracles; His vicarious and atoning death; His bodily resurrection; His ascension to the right hand of the Father; and His bodily, future return to this earth to rule in power and glory to rule a thousand years (Luke 16-19-26, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).

 

Forgiveness

We believe the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Christ (Hebrews 9:12).

 

The New Birth

We believe regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation (John 3:7).

 

Health

We believe the redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing of the human body in answer to believing prayer (Matthew 8:16-17).

 

The Baptism of the Holy Spirit

We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit, as evidenced by speaking in tongues (Acts 2:4) and that the manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit (I Corinthians 12:4-11), is available to believers who ask God for it.

 

Sanctification

We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling, the Christian is enabled to live a holy life (Ephesians 4:30, Galatians 5:13).

 

Eternal Life

We believe in the resurrection of the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting damnation (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9, Romans 6:23).