The Doctrines of The
Salvation Army
We believe:
* The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by
inspiration of God, and that they only constitute the Divine rule of Christian
faith and practice.
*There is only one God, who is infinitely perfect, the Creator,
Preserver, and Governor of all things, and who is the only proper object of
religious worship.
* There are three persons in the Godhead - the Father, the Son and
the Holy Ghost, undivided in essence and co-equal in power and glory.
* In the person of Jesus Christ the Divine and human natures are
united, so that He is truly and properly God and truly and properly man.
*Our first parents were created in a state of innocence, but by
their disobedience they lost their purity and happiness, and that in
consequence of their fall all men have become sinners, totally depraved, and as
such are justly exposed to the wrath of God.
* The Lord Jesus Christ has by His suffering and death made an
atonement for the whole world so that whosoever will may be saved.
* Repentance towards God, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and
regeneration by the Holy Spirit, are necessary to salvation.
* We are justified by grace through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ
and that he that believeth hath the witness in himself.
* Continuance in a state of salvation depends upon continued
obedient faith in Christ.
*It is the privilege of all believers to be wholly sanctified, and
that their whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless unto the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
* We believe in the immortality of the soul; in the resurrection
of the body; in the general judgment at the end of the world; in the eternal
happiness of the righteous; and in the endless punishment of the wicked.