Christian Resolve & Reconciliation

Resolve works to explain, promote and plant reconciliation so
God’s glory may increasingly become manifest in His Church.
 

2 Corinthians 5:16-21  

STATEMENT of INTENT

     Embracing the ministry of reconciliation given to
all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ,
our intent is to be available for use by God
as part of His ongoing plan:

To see the Church restored to its original beauty, purity, holiness and power: and
To see all God’s people walking in the joy of
Spirit-filled, victorious resurrection life.

 Among other things, we aim to:

Educate, Facilitate, and Encourage individual Christians
and local churches to fulfill the ministries of reconciliation
to which they are called;

Recommend appropriate help for Individuals or Fellowships seeking arbitration, reconciliation or mediation;

Assist reconciliation between man and God where false teaching or other obstacles hinder the intimacy He desires;

Foster reconciliation between Regions, Nations, Ethnic groups, and those of differing Social or Economic status. 

 

 

2 Corinthians 5:16-21
“So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view.
Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:
the old has gone, the new is here.

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ
and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ,
not counting people’s sins against them

And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making
his appeal through us.

We implore you on Christ’s behalf: be reconciled to God. 
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us,
so that in him we might become
the righteousness of God”

STATEMENT of FAITH        We believe:

    • In the unchanging and infallible word of God as laid down in the Bible – which we consider to be the truth for all mankind and for all time and sufficient for all matters of faith and conduct. 

    • That there is one eternal God in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

    • In the deity of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, atoning death, bodily resurrection and ascension to the right hand of the Father and in His return in glory and power.

    • In the good purposes of God exemplified in the creation order, that humankind is made in the image of God but that humankind’s sin has affected every area of life.

    • That the penalty for sin is eternal death, that salvation is by grace through faith alone, and that faith without works is dead.

    • That faith in Jesus involves personal repentance and trusting in him for forgiveness of sins. 

    • That personal regeneration by the Holy Spirit is necessary for the salvation of sinful humankind and for believers to live godly lives.

    • In the resurrection of the saved and the lost, the saved to eternal life and the lost to eternal damnation. 

    • That prayer is powerful, and that God the Holy Spirit works through prayer to change hearts and minds
      so the will of God is done on earth as in heaven.  

    • That the church as the body of Christ is called to fulfil the Great Commission, to strive for the unity of the Holy Spirit and to live out the truth of the Gospel in words and in practical service. 

    • That Christian believers should be filled with grace and forgive others and while judging actions, should not judge non-believers personally. 

    • In the free expression of the Christian faith in words and conduct and that people are free to accept God or reject him.

               It is permissible for Christians to disobey governing authorities
         when they are commanded to do what God forbids in his Word or are                                 prevented from doing what God commands in his Word.