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uccf doctrinal basis

the core beliefs of Christian unions supported by uccf (universities and colleges Christian fellowship)

universities and colleges Christian fellowship
38 de montfort street
leicester
le1 7gp
tel. 0116 255 1700
www.uccf.org.uk

Christian unions in the universities and colleges Christan fellowship are committed together to making disciples of Jesus Christ in the student world by pursuing: uccf is committed to an evangelical basis of faith. this is detailed below, and an explanation is set out in the book ultimate realities by robert m. horn, available from Christian bookshops, or from ivp, norton street, nottingham, ng7 3hr, www.ivpbooks.com.

we stand for these truths and want to make them known. we believe them and strive to live by them, so we want all our activities to be consistent with them. we realise that some Christians may not fully agree with the doctrinal basis, but for ourselves, these are the central truths of the Christian faith as we discern them in the bible.

all speakers are asked to assent to the brief statement of faith when they accept an invitation to a uccf event. affiliated cus invite as speakers only those who are believed to be in agreement with it. as our movement stands publicly for these truths, we want those who do not assent to them to be able to decline an invitation without any embarrassment.

the doctrinal basis of the universities and colleges Christian fellowship, including its member Christian unions and the religious and theological studies fellowship.

the doctrinal basis of the fellowship shall be the fundamental truths of Christianity, as revealed in holy scripture, including:
  1. there is one God in three persons, the Father, the Son and the holy Spirit.
  2. God is sovereign in creation, revelation, redemption and final judgement.
  3. the bible, as originally given, is the inspired and infallible word of God. it is the supreme authority in all matters of belief and behaviour.
  4. since the fall, the whole of humankind is sinful and guilty, so that everyone is subject to God's wrath and condemnation.
  5. the lord Jesus Christ, God's incarnate son, is fully God; he was born of a virgin; his humanity is real and sinless; he died on the cross, was raised bodily from death and is now reigning over heaven and earth.
  6. sinful human beings are redeemed from the guilt, penalty and power of sin only through the sacrificial death once and for all time of their representative and substitute, Jesus Christ, the only mediator between them and God.
  7. those who believe in Christ are pardoned all their sins and accepted in God's sight only because of the righteousness of Christ credited to them; this justification is God's act of undeserved mercy, received solely by trust in him and not by their own efforts.
  8. the holy Spirit alone makes the work of Christ effective to individual sinners, enabling them to turn to God from their sin and to trust in Jesus Christ.
  9. the holy Spirit lives in all those he has regenerated. he makes them increasingly Christlike in character and behaviour and gives them power for their witness in the world.
  10. the one holy universal church is the body of Christ to which all true believer belong.
  11. the lord Jesus Christ will return in person, to judge everyone, to execute God's just condemnation on those who have not repented and to receive the redeemed to eternal glory.