Statement of Faith

Statement of Faith

And our Statement on Gender, Marriage, and Sexuality. Every coach, volunteer, member, parent, and participating student agrees to these.

The Invictus Fides Statement of Faith and Statement on Gender, Marriage, and Sexuality are both derived from our commitment to God and to His Word.Dt. 6:5; Matt. 22:37-38; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; Dt. 32:45-47

In order to preserve the function and integrity of Invictus Fides as part of the local Body of Christ, all persons who serve as coaches, volunteers, and members, which includes all parents and participating students, agree to abide by the Invictus Fides Statement of Faith and Statement on Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality.

Invictus Fides Statement of Faith

  1. There is one God eternally existing in three persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit.Matthew 3:16; Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; 2 Corinthians 13:14

  2. Man is sinful and therefore separated from God, who is holy and perfect.Isaiah 53:5-9; Romans 3:23; 1 Peter 1:15-16

  3. Jesus Christ paid the eternal penalties for our sin through His death on the cross.1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 3:5; 2 Corinthians 5:21

  4. Jesus Christ also resurrected bodily and ascended into heaven and will return one day to fulfill His kingdom.Matthew 28:6; Acts 1:9-11; John 14:3; Revelation 11:15

  5. Only through Jesus Christ and the grace of His provision of salvation, may we be saved from eternal punishment, enter into God’s family and receive eternal life.Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 6:23; Romans 8:11; 1 John 1:9

  6. The Bible is the inspired, inerrant, infallible and authoritative Word of God and the truth for Christian faith and practice.2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21; 1 Thessalonians 2:13

Statement on Gender, Marriage, and Sexuality

  1. We affirm that God creates each person as male or female, and that an individual’s gender is not a matter of personal choice, but is determined by God’s sovereign will.Psalm 139:13-15; Genesis 1:27; Romans 9:20

  2. The term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive, life-long union, as delineated in Scripture.Genesis 2:18-25; Ephesians 5:25

  3. We affirm the rightful expression of sexual intimacy is exclusively within the marriage relationship between a man and a woman.Philippians 2:14-16; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; 1 Corinthians 6:16-18

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