Article 11

Affirmation: We affirm that faith is a gift of God by which we trust in God and His stated promises. We affirm that faith is essential to salvation and is the open hand with which we lay ahold of God’s saving grace. We affirm that without faith it is impossible to please God and thus the christian life ought to be lived in faith from beginning to end. We also affirm that God is pleased by faith and often responds favorably when His children pray and live in faith.

Denial: We deny that faith is a personal force which christians are to use to manifest any reality they desire. We deny that faith is an independent agent or substance which possesses creative power or which God is decisively bound to honor. We also deny that faith shields us from suffering.