statement of faith

Kingdom Focus Coaching is a discipleship and evangelism ministry that seeks to honor and glorify Jesus Christ in all we say and do. We are committed to contending for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints & to making disciples of all nations. (Jude 1:3, Matt 28:19-20)

In unity with the historic Christian church, we believe and confess the Apostles Creed, the Nicene Creed, the Chalcedonian Creed, and the Athanasian Creed as accurate representations of Scripture’s teaching and are listed below.

The basic doctrines within Kingdom Focus Coaching’s Statement of Faith represent what we believe to be core elements of biblical teaching. In the fear of The Lord and knowing that God holds teachers of His word to a higher standard, we expect all trained disciples, disciple-makers, and ministry partners of Kingdom Focus Coaching to affirm and hold true to these central doctrines of Christianity.

the bible

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. *[The Bible is comprised of sixty-six canonical books, including both the Old and New Testaments, and is inerrant in its original writings.]

1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17

The Trinity

We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Genesis 1:1; Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6

Jesus Christ

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. *

Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15

Sin & salvation

We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the ONLY way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. Furthermore, we believe that God will reward the righteous with eternal life in heaven, and that He will banish the unrighteous to everlasting punishment in hell. *

Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7

THE HOLY SPIRIT

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. *

John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8, 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14, chapters 12&13; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10

THE CHURCH

We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the Church. *

1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23.

created humanity

We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen because we are created in the image of God. *

Genesis 1:26, Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10

sexuality & gender

We believe God’s plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. *

Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9

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“As adopted by the National Association of Evangelicals.”

* As adopted by Samaritans Purse

* Brackets [ ] added by Kingdom Focus Coaching for more clarification

creeds of the christian faith

The word “creed” comes from the Latin term “credo,” which means “I believe.” Creeds and confessions of our Christian faith come from two sources, the Scriptures themselves and the early church. In regard to the early church, they were written down and agreed upon to summarize the core beliefs and essential doctrines of Christianity and specifically to refute heresies and false teachings of the day. Unless quoted directly from the Bible like the Shemah and 1 Corinthians 15:3-7, it is important to note that they are summaries of Christian, biblical doctrine but are not inspired or infallible like the Scriptures are. Therefore, creeds are always subject to the word of God and never to take precedence over it. The four creeds articulated below are agreed upon by every orthodox denomination today with very little, if any, debate and therefore highlighted in this material for their historicity, accuracy, and earliest use in Christ’s church. They are The Apostles’ Creed, The Nicene Creed, The Chalcedonian Creed, and The Athanasian Creed.

All creeds are copied from Got Questions website: www.gotquestions.org except for the Chalcedonian Creed which is copied from CARM.org

The Shemah | Deuteronomy 6:4-9 | 1406 B.C.

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” - ESV

1st NT creed recorded | 1 Corinthians 15:3-7 | 30-35 A.D.

“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.” - ESV

Apostles' Creed | 150-200 A.D.

“I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He arose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.”

Note: The word "catholic" with a lower case 'c' does not mean the Roman Catholic Church, but the universal Christian Church as a whole, for each of the creeds. The universal church of Christ consists of all those who have put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ for salvation.

Nicene Creed | 325 A.D.

"We believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.“And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.”

“And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And we believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen."

Chalcedonian Creed | 451 A.D.

“We, then, following the holy Fathers, all with one consent, teach men to confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood; truly God and truly man, of a reasonable [rational] soul and body; consubstantial [co-essential] with the Father according to the Godhead, and consubstantial with us according to the Manhood; in all things like unto us, without sin; begotten before all ages of the Father according to the Godhead, and in these latter days, for us and for our salvation, born of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, according to the Manhood; one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, only begotten, to be acknowledged in two natures, inconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably; the distinction of natures being by no means taken away by the union, but rather the property of each nature being preserved, and concurring in one Person and one Subsistence, not parted or divided into two persons, but one and the same Son, and only begotten, God the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ; as the prophets from the beginning [have declared] concerning Him, and the Lord Jesus Christ Himself has taught us, and the Creed of the holy Fathers has handed down to us.”

Athanasian Creed | 500 A.D.

Note: “While the Athanasian Creed is a good summary of Christian doctrine on the subjects of the Trinity, and the deity / humanity of Jesus Christ, the Athanasian Creed demands belief in all of its tenets for salvation. While we agree with the tenets, we do not believe that all of them are mandatory for salvation.” - Got Questions

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“Whoever wants to be saved should above all cling to the catholic faith. Whoever does not guard it whole and inviolable will doubtless perish eternally. Now this is the catholic faith:

“We worship one God in trinity and the Trinity in unity, neither confusing the persons nor dividing the divine being. For the Father is one person, the Son is another, and the Spirit is still another. But the deity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one, equal in glory, coeternal in majesty. What the Father is, the Son is, and so is the Holy Spirit. Uncreated is the Father; uncreated is the Son; uncreated is the Spirit. The Father is infinite; the Son is infinite; the Holy Spirit is infinite. Eternal is the Father; eternal is the Son; eternal is the Spirit: And yet there are not three eternal beings, but one who is eternal; as there are not three uncreated and unlimited beings, but one who is uncreated and unlimited. Almighty is the Father; almighty is the Son; almighty is the Spirit: And yet there are not three almighty beings, but one who is almighty. Thus the Father is God; the Son is God; the Holy Spirit is God: And yet there are not three gods, but one God. Thus the Father is Lord; the Son is Lord; the Holy Spirit is Lord: And yet there are not three lords, but one Lord.

“As Christian truth compels us to acknowledge each distinct person as God and Lord, so catholic religion forbids us to say that there are three gods or lords. The Father was neither made nor created nor begotten; the Son was neither made nor created, but was alone begotten of the Father; the Spirit was neither made nor created, but is proceeding from the Father and the Son. Thus there is one Father, not three fathers; one Son, not three sons; one Holy Spirit, not three spirits. And in this Trinity, no one is before or after, greater or less than the other; but all three persons are in themselves, coeternal and coequal; and so we must worship the Trinity in unity and the one God in three persons. Whoever wants to be saved should think thus about the Trinity. It is necessary for eternal salvation that one also faithfully believe that our Lord Jesus Christ became flesh.

“For this is the true faith that we believe and confess: That our Lord Jesus Christ, God’s Son, is both God and man. He is God, begotten before all worlds from the being of the Father, and he is man, born in the world from the being of his mother—existing fully as God, and fully as man with a rational soul and a human body; equal to the Father in divinity, subordinate to the Father in humanity. Although he is God and man, he is not divided, but is one Christ. He is united because God has taken humanity into himself; he does not transform deity into humanity. He is completely one in the unity of his person, without confusing his natures. For as the rational soul and body are one person, so the one Christ is God and man.

“He suffered death for our salvation. He descended into hell and rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. At his coming all people shall rise bodily to give an account of their own deeds. Those who have done good will enter eternal life, those who have done evil will enter eternal fire. This is the catholic faith. One cannot be saved without believing this firmly and faithfully.”