As a Christian organization CPCI has adopted the following Statement of Faith, believing it to be consistent with the revelation of God in sacred Scripture:

Article 1

We believe the Bible¹ is verbally inspired by God² is inerrant³ in the original autographs, and is of supreme and final authority⁴ in faith and life.

1. 1. The sixty-six Canonical books of the Old and New Testaments
2. Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20-21
3. John 17:17, Matthew 5:17-18
4. Revelation 22:18-19

Article 2

We believe in one God,1 eternally existing2 in three persons:3 the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

1. Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 Corinthians 8:4
2. Psalms 90:2, 1Timothy 1:17
3. Matthew 28:19, 2 Corinthians 13:14

Article 3

We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit,¹ born of a virgin,² and is true God,³ and true man.⁴

1. Luke 1:35
2. Matthew 1:23
3. Colossians 1:15-16, 2:9, John 1:1 and 14
4. 1 Timothy 2:5

Article 4

We believe that man was created in the image of God,¹ that he sinned² thus incurring not only physical death,³ but also that spiritual death which is separation from God;⁴ and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature⁵ and are sinners in word, thought and deed.⁶

1. Genesis 1:27
2. Genesis 2:17, 3:6, Romans 3:23
3. Romans 5:12, 6:23
4. Isaiah 59:2, Romans 3:19
5. Psalms 51:5, Romans 5:12
6. 1 John 1:8 and 10

Article 5

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins¹ as a sinless representative² and substitutionary sacrifice,³ and that all who believe in Him⁴ are justified⁵ on the grounds of His shed blood.⁶

1. Isaiah 53:4-6, 1 Corinthians 15:3
2. 2 Corinthians 5:21
3. Romans 5:6 and 10, Galatians 3:13
4. John 3:16, Acts 16:31, 1 John 5:1
5. Romans 5:1, Galatians 3:8
6. Romans 5:9, 1 Peter 1:18-19

Article 6

We believe in our Lord’s resurrection,¹ His ascension² into Heaven,³ and His present life there as our High Priest and Advocate.⁴

1. Luke 24:5-6, 1 Corinthians 15:4
2. Acts 1:9
3. Hebrews 9:24
4. Romans 8:34, 1 John 2:1

Article 7

We believe in the visible,¹ personal² return of Jesus Christ to earth and the establishment of His Kingdom.³

1. Acts 1:11
2. 1 Thessalonians 4:16
3. Colossians 1:13, 1 Corinthians 15:24, Revelation 12:10 and 20:4-6

Article 8

We believe that salvation is by grace alone,¹ through faith alone,² in Christ alone,³ and that all who believe in the Lord Jesus⁴ by faith alone are born from above and thereby become children of God.⁵ We believe that saving faith in Christ results in a Holy Spirit–led life,⁶ and that faith without works is dead.⁷

1. Ephesians 2:8-10
2. Romans 4:5 and 6
3. Acts 4:12
4. John 3:3, 16, 1 Peter 1:23
5. John 1:12
6. Romans 8:9,14, Galatians 5:18
7. James 2:17

Article 9

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust,¹ the judgment² and everlasting happiness of the saved in a literal Heaven,³ and the Judgment⁴ and everlasting conscious suffering of the lost in a literal hell.⁵

1. John 5:29
2. 2 Corinthians 5:10, Hebrews 9:27
3. Luke 23:43, 1 Peter 1:3,4
4. 2 Peter 2:9
5. Psalms 9:17, Matthew 18:8-9, Revelation 20:14-15