The
UCCF Declaration of Belief a.k.a The UCCF Doctrinal Basis
The
highlighted passages are discussed critically and in detail on this site
1. There is one God in three persons, the
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
2. God is sovereign in creation, revelation,
redemption and final judgement.
3. The Bible, as originally given, is the
inspired and infallible Word of God. It is the supreme authority in all matters
of belief and behaviour.
4. Since the fall, the whole of humankind is
sinful and guilty, so that everyone is subject to God’s wrath and condemnation.
5. The Lord Jesus Christ, God’s incarnate
Son, is fully God; he was born of a virgin; his humanity is real and sinless;
he died on the cross, was raised bodily from death and is now reigning over
heaven and earth.
6. Sinful human beings are redeemed from
the guilt, penalty and power of sin only through the sacrificial death once and
for all time of their representative and substitute, Jesus Christ, the only
mediator between them and God.
7. Those who believe in Christ are pardoned
all their sins and accepted in God’s sight only because of the righteousness of
Christ credited to them; this justification is God’s act of undeserved mercy,
received solely by trust in him and not by their own efforts.
8. The Holy Spirit alone makes the work of
Christ effective to individual sinners, enabling them to turn to God from their
sin and to trust in Jesus Christ.
9. The Holy Spirit lives in all those he has
regenerated. He makes them increasingly Christ-like in character and behaviour
and gives them power for their witness in the world.
10. The one holy universal church is the Body
of Christ, to which all true believers belong.
11. The Lord Jesus Christ will return in
person, to judge everyone, to execute God’s just condemnation on those who have
not repented and to receive the redeemed to eternal glory.
Click here to compare with the Nicene |Creed
UCCF
recommends R M Horn, Ultimate Realities (IVP 1995) ‘for an explanation
of these truths’.