Introduction (From Apostolic Network of Global Awakening: Statement of Faith)
In stating the following, it must be noted that we will find our unity not primarily on the basis of doctrinal agreement, but upon agreement regarding the following values:
salvation is by grace through faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus;
we must evangelize the lost, especially by planting and strengthening churches;
ministering to the poor, especially the orphans and widows;
avoiding hypocrisy, pride, and paternalistic attitudes in our ministry to others; and
we are to love the whole body of Christ.
In this day we can not inflict wounds upon the body of Christ but rather we must encourage one another. We must shift the focus from internal denominational differences in order to present a united in the Spirit perspective of Christianity as an alternative to the Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, New Age, Shintoist, and Secular Humanist religions, which are counter to the claims of our Lord Jesus the Christ.
We Believe (based on Iris Global Statement of Faith)
The Bible to be the only inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God.
That there is one God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ,
His virgin birth,
His sinless life,
His miracles,
His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood,
His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father,and in His personal return in power and in glory.
That justification by faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ and regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for the salvation of lost and sinful man.
The prime agency for the work of God's Kingdom is the Christian local church functioning under the sovereignty of our Lord Jesus Christ. To the church have been entrusted the ordinances of Believer's Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit which includes: Baptisms and Infillings in the Holy Spirit as experience distinct from regeneration; His indwelling, by which the Christian is enabled to live a godly life; His supernatural gifting and empowering of the Church for its work, life and worship.
In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.