Statement of Faith

As Bible college of the evangelical persuasion and Pentecostal/Charismatic hertiage, School of Urban Missions affirms the following statement of faith. We believe...

~ The Scriptures Are Inspired ~

The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible authoritative rule of faith and conduct.

~ The One True God ~

The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent "I AM", the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

~ The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ ~

The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. We believe in his virgin birth, in his sinless life, in his miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in his bodily resurrection, in his ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His personal future return to this earth in power and glory to rule a thousand years.

~ The Fall of Man ~

Man was created good and upright; for God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness" (Genesis 1:26). However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.

~ The Salvation of Man ~

Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

~ The Ordinances of the Church ~

The ordinance of baptism by immersion is commanded in the Scriptures. All who repent and believe on Christ as Savior and Lord are to be baptized. Thus they declare to the world that they have died with Christ and that they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life.

The ordinance of the Lord;s Supper, consisting of the elementsbread and the fruit of the vine, is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ; a memorial of His suffering and death and a prophecy of His second coming, and is enjoined on all believers "till he Come!"

~ The Baptism in the Holy Spirit ~

All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 1:4,8). The baptism of believers in the Holy Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance (Acts 2:4).

~ Sanctification ~

Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil followed by dedication to God (Rom. 12:1,2). Sanctification is realized in the believer by recognizing his identification with Christ in His death and resurrection, and by faith reckoning daily upon the fact of that union, and by offering every faculty continually to the dominion of the Holy Spirit.

~ The Church and Its Mission ~

The Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of the Great Commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the General Assembly and Church of the First born, which are written in heaven.

~ The Ministry ~

A divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the threefold purpose of leading the Church in: (I) Evangelism of the World, (2) Worship of God, (3) Building a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son.

~ Divine Healing ~

Divine healing is an integral part of the Gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers.

~ The Blessed Hope ~

The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the church.

~ The Millennial Reign of Christ ~

The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of the saints, which is our blessed hope, followed by the visible return of Christ with his saints to reign on the earth for one thousand years. This millennial reign will bring the salvation of Israel and the establishment of universal peace.

~ The Final Judgment ~

A final judgment will occur in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works.

~ The New Heavens and the New Earth ~

"We, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness" (2 Peter 3:13; Rev. 21,22).