River of Life School - Statement of Faith

1. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the very Word of God in their entirety, verbally inspired and inerrant as originally given, and are the supreme and final authority in faith and life. 

2. We believe in one God, creator of the universe, eternally existing in the persons of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 

3. We believe that God created humankind, as male and female, in His own image. 

4. We believe that when Adam disobeyed God, all of humankind entered a state of being separated from God and enslaved to sin. 

5. We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, was crucified for our sin, and was raised bodily from the grave, ascended into heaven, and is coming again in power and glory. He is undiminished deity and genuine humanity in one person. 

6. We believe that the Holy Spirit is a personal Being who convicts the world of sin and who regenerates, indwells, empowers (with gifts of the Holy Spirit), guides, and seals believers eternally for God. We believe that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary for the salvation of lost sinners, and that those who receive the Lord Jesus Christ as their savior, by faith, are born again into the family of God. 

7. We believe that the family of God is the Church, which is the body of believers of which Christ is the head. 

8. We believe that God ordained marriage as a lifelong union between one man and one woman. 

9. We believe that Heaven is the abode of God and the place of eternal joy for the saved, and that Hell is the place of eternal punishment and separation from God for the lost.