Showing posts with label statement of faith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label statement of faith. Show all posts

Sunday, March 1, 2009

WeUsed2bu Core Values


What WeUsed2bu Stands For

• Professing Jesus Christ – Sharing the Gospel and the love of Christ. Teaching salvation through repentance of sins and believing and confessing Jesus Christ as Lord.
• Providing Wise Counsel – Using the Word of God to teach truth and to help guide others down the right path for their lives.
• Giving Hope – By sharing our life experiences and testimonies of our Lord’s faithfulness to us.
• Having Faith – Faith in God’s promises; knowing that He will never allow His Word to return void.
• Loving Others – By serving and ministering to them with the gifts and talents that the Lord has given us.
• Promoting Christian Living - Encouraging, edifying, and exhorting women to live wisely, to be pure and holy, and to submit to the Lord.
• Praying without ceasing – Tearing down strongholds, interceding for others, and lifting them up in prayer, assured that our prayers avail much.
• Leading by Example –Living holy and righteous lives pleasing unto God. Producing the fruit of the Spirit in our lives.
• Sharing the Truth – Without compromise, not trying to win approval of people, but of God.
• Providing a judgment-free question forum – There is no condemnation in Christ Jesus. Always believing the best and hoping the best for every one.
• Respecting Privacy – Protecting the identity of those seeking counsel. Never gossiping about others’ problems, trials, or shortcomings.




WeUsed2bu Statement of Faith



Doctrine

1. We believe in the Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, Who are One. (I John 5: 7)
2. We believe in God our heavenly Father, Who is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent, Who chose us for salvation and predestined us for good works of service. (Ephesians 1: 3-6, 2: 10)
3. We believe in Jesus, fully God and fully man, who shed His blood and died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins, Who also rose again, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father, interceding for us as our Advocate and High Priest. (Philippians 2: 5-11, Hebrews 4: 14-15, 7: 24-28, 8: 1-2, 10: 10,12,14)
4. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Comforter sent to us by Jesus, to guide us and empower us to fulfill the great commission. (John 15: 26, 16: 7, Acts 1: 8)
5. We believe in the absolute truth and supreme authority of the Bible, that it is to be used for all doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness, and that the truth of God’s word sanctifies us. (II Timothy 3: 16, John 17: 17)

Practical Applications

6. We are a non-denominational orthodox evangelical Christian ministry that exists to serve the church, as well as minister to the unsaved, with the love of the gospel, and the truth of God’s word. (I Cor. 2: 12, 25, 27; II Tim. 4: 2, Colossians 1: 28, Acts 1: 8)
7. We believe in the Holy Spirit’s endowment of Spiritual gifts to Christians, and we utilize the gifts of giving wise advice and encouragement to others through our websites. (Romans 12: 8, I Cor. 12: 8)
8. We believe that the women of WeUsed2bu are called to encourage, teach, edify and admonish other women and girls to live wise and pure lives, to do good, and to be submissive to the Word of God. (Titus 2: 3-5, I Tim. 4: 6)
9. We believe that God has allowed and uses our life experiences for such a time as this, so that we can comfort and console others, as we are living testimonies to His mercy, grace, and faithfulness. (II Cor. 1: 4, II Tim. 2: 21-26)
10. We believe that as we share the Word of God, He will honor His promise that it will not return void, but that it will accomplish what He sends it out to do, it will produce fruit, and it will prosper wherever He sends it. (Isaiah 55: 10-11)