Our Belief

God Cares Outreach bases its ministry on the following statement of faith:

1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; John 3:16

1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God
revealing the love of God to the world.

Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6.

2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit

Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15.

3. We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His
miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily
resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in
power and glory.

Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7.

4. We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus
Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man,
repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit.
Furthermore, we believe that God will reward the righteous with eternal life in heaven, and
that He will banish the unrighteous to everlasting punishment in hell.

John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10

5. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the
Christian to live a godly life.

1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15.

6. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the
resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal
punishment.

1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23.

7. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true
believers are members of His body, the Church.

Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15.

8. We believe that the ministry of evangelism (sharing and proclaiming the message of
salvation only possible by grace through faith in Jesus Christ) and discipleship (helping
followers of Christ grow up into maturity in Christ) is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus
Christ.

Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9.

9. We believe God’s plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of
marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made for each
other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of
the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage
is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.

Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, and 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15.

10. We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His
authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism.

Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10

11. We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must
have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen.

Genesis 1:26-27;1 Corinthians 6:9; Deuteronomy 22:5

12. We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person biological male or
female. These two distinct but complementary sexes together reflect the image and likeness
of God. Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of God’s merciful design and creative
order.