Our Beliefs

Building for the Cause of Christ

Our Beliefs

THE BIBLE: We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the inspired Word of God, inerrant,
complete and final revelation of God's will to man, and the supreme standard to all faith and life. (Isaiah 40:8; II
Timothy 3:16, 17; John 10:35; II Peter 1:19-21). We believe the King James Bible, AV 1611, to be the inerrant Word
of God, providentially preserved and transmitted to the people of our time. We believe it is unique in its unerring
portrayal of the exact rendering of the original Text, and that it reigns Supreme, having no rival among all English
Translations of the world. We do not believe there is any need to revise, update, correct, better explain, or change in
any way, the present King James Bible, AV 1611.

GOD: We believe in one God, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, manifesting himself in three persons: Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit; one in nature, attributes, power, and glory. (Genesis 1:1; Mark 12:39; Mathew. 28:19;
II Corinthians 13:14; John 1:1-4, 14; John 5:17-27; Philippians 2: 6-11).

JESUS CHRIST: We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin, Mary, and
that He is true God and true man. (Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-35; John 1:1-4,14; John 5:17-27; Philippians
2:6-11).

MAN: We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, that he sinned, and thereby incurred not
only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God; that all human beings are born with a sinful
nature and are sinners in thought, word, and deed. (Genesis 1:26; 2:7-9, 16, 17; 3:1-9; Psalm 14:3, 4; 51:5; 58:3;
Romans 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3).

SALVATION: We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a substitutionary
sacrifice, and that all who believe-on Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood on the cross, and are saved by
grace through faith, wholly apart from human-merit and works. True salvation is brought by true repentance.
(John 1:29; Acts 2:39, 3:19, 13:38-39, 16:31, 17:30, 20:21, 26:20; Romans 3:21-28; Ephesians 2:8-10,
Titus 3:3-8).

REGENERATION: We believe that all who receive the Lord Jesus Christ by faith are born again by the Holy Spirit
through the Word of God, and thereby become children of God. (John 3:3-8, 14-16, 1:12, 13, 5:24; 10:28, 29;
I Peter 1:23; II Peter 1:4-7; I John 3:1-3).

THE HOLY SPIRIT: We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, and the administrator of the things of God:
convincing of sin, revealing Christ, teaching the truth, restraining evil, energizing believers in prayer, worship and
service, and is ever present in the believer as our comforter and helper. (Psalm 139:7-12; John 7:38, 39; 15:26;
16:13, 14; Acts 1:8; Romans 8:9; I Corinthians 6:19; II Thessalonians 2).

SATAN: We believe in the reality and personality of Satan: that he is a created being of beauty and power, the prince
of this world, the god of this age, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience; that he fell through
pride, and that he will be judged and cast into the lake of fire. (Ezekiel 28:12-18; Isaiah 14:12-14; Job 1:6, 7;
John 8:44; Ephesians 2:2; II Corinthians 4:4, 11, 13-15; Revelation 20:1-3, 7-10).

THE RETURN OF CHRIST: We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, His ascension into
Heaven, His present life there for us as our High Priest and Advocate, and His personal, bodily, visible, premillenial
return to establish His kingdom on earth, to reign as the only potentate: the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
(Luke 24:26-43; John 20:24-29; Acts 1:9, 10; I Corinthians 15:20-25; I Timothy 6:14, 15; Revelation 1:7;
19:11-16; 20:6).

THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH: We believe that at any moment the rapture of the saved may occur, when the
Lord Himself shall descend from heaven. . . ." to catch up His people to meet Him in the air; and so shall we ever be
with the Lord. (John 14:1-3; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Corinthians 15:51-58).

HEAVEN AND HELL: We believe in the bodily resurrection of all the dead: the saved, to a 1ife of eternal glory and
bliss in heaven with God; the unsaved, to eternal judgment of conscious suffering and woe in the lake of fire.
(John 5:28-29; Revelation 20:6, 11-15, 21:1-8; Matthew 10:28, 18:8-9, 25:41 and 46; Mark 9:43-49;
II Thessalonians 1:6-9).

EVANGELISM: We believe that it is the privilege and responsibility of every believer to be a personal soul winner and
to do his utmost to give the Gospel of Christ to the whole world. (Mark 16:15-16; Acts 1:8; Matthew 4:19;
John 17:18, 20:21 and II Corinthians 5:20).

SEPARATION: We believe that we are called to be a separated people to abide in Christ, to walk in the Spirit and to
enjoy victory over the world, the flesh and the devil. (Romans 12:1-2; Galatians 5:16; I John 2:15- 17;
Colossians 3:1-17 and II Corinthians 2:14).

ORDINANCES: We believe that there are two ordinances of the Church: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. We-believe
that believer's baptism by immersion is the scriptural mode. (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; I Corinthians 11:23-32;
Matthew 3:16).

ETERNAL SECURITY: We believe that all who have truly been born again by the Spirit of God through faith in
Christ are eternally secure. We believe it is the privilege of all such to be assured of their present salvation and eternal
security. (John 10:20-29, 5:24; II Timothy 1:12; Philippians 1:6, Romans 8:33-39)

"For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life."
John 3:16

The Craftsmen for Christ Ministry is an Independent Baptist
Bible-based non-profit ministry devoted to helping churches,
missionaries, and children's homes spread the gospel. On this page
you will find what this ministry is based on and believes. Any
ministry who contacts the Craftsmen for Christ seeking help with a
building project should believe the same.

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