To awaken the desire of all men in Indiana County to be
courageous disciples of Jesus Christ.
Our purpose is to unite all men of Indiana County and
provide a catalyst that will encourage man to have a closer
relationship with Christ, to form vital relationships with
other men and encourage men to be spiritual leaders in their
family, community and workplace.
We affirm the historic Christian faith and proclaim the
life-transforming Gospel
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Gospel is good news, the
very best news
anyone can hear.
1. The one living God, who eternally exists in three
Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, loves
everyone.
2. God uniquely revealed and inspired the Bible, so that it
alone is God’s
Word written, hence the Holy Scriptures are the only
inerrant authority for what
we believe about God’s moral law, salvation from sin and how
we should
live.
3. Since the disbelief and disobedience of Adam and Eve, all
humans have failed to obey God’s two major laws summed up by
the Lord Jesus Christ. We have failed to love God with
our whole being and we have failed to love our neighbors as
ourselves. People have become slaves to selfishness
and are alienated from God and one another.
4.Jesus’
death in our place reconciles us to God. His atoning
sacrifice provided redemption from the power of sin,
forgiveness for our guilt, and reconciliation to Himself and
others. We become acceptable to God, or justified, not
by works, but by God’s grace alone, through faith in Christ
alone. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, His
virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, death on the cross to
provide for our redemption, bodily resurrection and
ascension into heaven, present ministry of intercession for
us, and His return to earth in power and glory.
5.The
Holy Spirit draws sinners to repentance, belief in the
Gospel and trust in the risen Christ of whom it speaks.
The Holy Spirit then assures believers of salvation, gives
them gifts for servant ministries, and empowers them to meet
the needs of the lost, the poor, and the oppressed.
6.All
believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are members of His one
international, multi-ethnic and transcultural body called
the universal church. Its unity is displayed when we
reach beyond racial and denominational lines to demonstrate
the Gospel’s reconciling power.
7.Our
primary calling is to communicate the Gospel to everyone in
our generation and nurture disciples. Nothing must divert
us from carrying out our Lord’s Great Commission until His
glorious return to reign in righteousness. |
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