Chortitzer Mennonite Conference
Statement of Faith

1. We believe in the one living eternal and true God who is the Creator of all things.
2. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ who became the propitiation for all sinners.
3. We believe in the person of the Holy Spirit, sent from God and indwelling in every believer.
4. We believe in the trinity of the Godhead - God, the Father; God, the Son; and God, the Holy Spirit.
5. We believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ.
6. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are wholly inspired by God and are infallible and the final authority in faith and life.We believe man is a sinner by nature.
7. We believe man is a free moral agent.
8. We believe in the church as the body of Christ and its mission is to fulfill the "Great Commission" of preaching, teaching and discipling.
9. We believe that every repentant sinner should be baptized with water upon confession of his faith.
10. We believe the Lord instituted the ordinance of communion as a remembrance of his suffering.
11. We believe the church has the obligation to keep pure the Body of Christ by disciplining those who have fallen into gross sin.
12. We believe that every Christian should walk in love towards God and man, refraining from carnal strife and contentions in all areas of life.
13. We believe that God instituted marriage as a permanent bond between male and female of the same faith.
14. We believe all governments are instituted by God and therefore are to be respected as such.
15. We believe in the literal resurrection of the body, both of the just and the unjust.
16. We believe in the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting punishment of the lost.
17. We believe in the personal and bodily return of the Lord Jesus Christ as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.