STATEMENT OF FAITH The following statement of faith, which must be signed annually by the Board of Trustees, faculty, and staff (non-faculty) of Davis College, shall be the basis of faith and doctrine at the College.
Doctrinal Statement
Section I. The Scriptures – We believe that the original writings 1 of the Holy Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments in their entirety, are verbally inspired of God and thus inerrant in what they affirm. These Scriptures constitute our only absolute authority in all matters of faith and practice. 2 We believe in the historical, grammatical, and contextual interpretation of the Bible.
Section II. The Godhead – We believe in the Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, being one God eternally existent in three persons, equal in every divine perfection. 3
Section III. The Person and Work of Christ – We believe in the deity and humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ, one person possessing two natures, making Him fully God and fully man. 4 In His deity, He is Creator and Sustainer of the universe. In His humanity, He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, died a substitutionary death for sinners, arose bodily from the grave, ascended into heaven, and is now seated at the right hand of the Father. 5 Section IV. The Holy Spirit – We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Godhead, who convicts, regenerates, and indwells every believer in Christ. 6 We believe that the Holy Spirit baptizes and seals all believers in Christ and fills those who are yielded to Him. 7 We affirm that the Holy Spirit gives gifts of service to all believers. 8 Section V. Humanity’s Creation and Fall – We believe that humankind is a special creation of God, made in His image, male and female; that Adam disobeyed his Creator and incurred spiritual death, total corruption, and divine condemnation; and that because of this every person is a sinner by nature and practice, in need of divine salvation. 9 We believe that Adam and Eve were historical figures, not merely literary characters. 10 We affirm a historical Fall. Section VI. Salvation – We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died and shed His blood to make atonement for the sins of all humanity. On the basis of His substitutionary death and resurrection, all who repent and believe receive God’s gift of eternal life. 11 We believe that salvation is given wholly by grace, so that the believer is eternally secure. 12 We further believe that God’s design for believers is to manifest their salvation by a life that is pleasing to God and set apart unto Him, and that for this purpose every believer is provided positional and progressive sanctification in this life, and ultimate or perfective sanctification in the next. 13
Section VII. The Church – We believe that the universal Church is composed of all who are saved and serves as the
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That is, in their final canonical form.
2 2 Tim 3:16-17; Ps 119:105. Scriptural affirmations are inerrant when rightly interpreted. Scripturereferences throughout are representative. They are not “proof” texts; instead, they are evidential texts. 3 Rom 1:7; 9:5; 1 Cor 3:16; Matt 28:19; John 10:30. 4 John 1:1, 14; 1 Tim 2:5. 5 Col 1:16; Heb 1:3; Luke 1:34-35; 1 Pet 2:22; 1 John 3:5; Rom 5:8; 1 Pet 3:18; 1 Cor 15:1-4; Eph 1:20-21; 1 Pet 3:22. 6 John 16:8; Titus 3:5; John 14:16-17. 7 1 Cor 12:13; Eph 1:13; Eph 5:18. 8 1 Cor 12:11. 9 Gen 1:26-27; 3:1-6; Rom 5:12-19; 3:9-18 10 Gen 2:7, 21-23. 11 1 John 2:2; Acts 20:21; John 6:47. 12 Eph 2:8-10; John 10:28. 13 Rom 12:1-2; 1 Cor 1:2; 2 Tim 2:21; Eph 5:25-27.
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