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Statement of Faith
Bristol Raceway Ministries consists of
Christians representing churches whose beliefs are consistent with this
statement of Faith. This Statement of Faith is an expression of the
basic Biblical principles that determine our common commitment to share
the Love of Jesus within the motor sports community and other
opportunities for ministry including represented churches. It is our
commitment as a ministry to draw together in Christian unity the Body of
Christ (the church).
We believe there is one God, eternally
existing in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
God the FATHER is the origin and content
of the revelation. It is God the Father who wills to make Himself
known, and Father is the name by which He will that we should call
upon him (Matthew 6:6-13).
God the SON, Jesus Christ, is the historic
mediator of the revelation, It is the Son who has made God known as
Father (Matthew 11:27; John 1:18; 16:25; 17:1; Hebrews 1:3), and
whom we know as Savior and Lord (Luke 2:11).
God the HOLY SPIRIT is the present reality
of the revelation. The Holy Spirit, abiding in the believer (John
14:16-17), bears constant witness to God as Father (Romans 8:15;
Galatians 4:6) and to Jesus as God's Son and our Savior (Romans
8:9-17).
We believe in the Deity of Jesus Christ--His
virgin birth, sinless life, and miracles; His death on the cross to
provide for our redemption; His bodily resurrection and ascension into
heaven; His present ministry of intercession for us; and His coming
return to earth in power and glory.
We believe in the personality and Deity of the
Holy Spirit--that He performs the miracle of the new birth in
unbelievers; and that He indwells them to live Godly lives.
We believe that humanity was created in the
image of God, but because of sin was alienated from God; that God was at
work in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus to reconcile sinful
humanity to Himself; and that by trusting in Christ alone for salvation
can that alienation be removed.
We believe the Church, of which Jesus Christ
is the Head, consists of all those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and are redeemed through His blood; and that the church has been
commissioned by Jesus Christ to go into all the world proclaiming the
Gospel to all peoples everywhere. |
