The Triune God
The Missionary Church affirms there is one true and living ______.
God
Human beings are created in the ______ of God.
Image (imago Dei)
Salvation is found in no one else but this person.
Jesus Christ
Explain the difference between the big "C" Church and the little "c" church.
The big "C" Church is all true believers of Jesus (Universal Church). The little "c" church is the local church (Fairview Missionary Church).
Jesus Christ will one day physically do this.
Return (Second Coming)
God eternally exists in these three persons.
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
God gives us this gift, but ultimately, the fall (sin entering the world) occurred when humanity misused this God-given ability.
Free Will
God’s gracious gift of salvation must be received through these two responses.
Repentance and Faith
The Scriptures were inspired by this member of the Trinity.
The Holy Spirit
At Christ’s return, believers will experience bodily ______.
Resurrection or glorification
Jesus Christ is affirmed to be fully God and fully ______.
Human (Hypostatic Union)
Human sexuality is a gift, intended to be expressed exclusively in what type of relationship?
Married, monogamous (1 marriage), union between 1 man and 1 woman.
What is Justification?
When God extends grace and declares a sinner righteous (right standing with God).
Baptism symbolizes union with Christ in His death, burial, and ______.
Resurrection
Every person will stand before Christ for this final event.
Judgment
What are omnipresence and omnipotence?
Foundational divine attributes, defining God as simultaneously present everywhere at all times and possessing unlimited power
Apart from God’s grace, humanity is spiritually described as this in Scripture.
Spiritually dead or dead in sin
What is sanctification?
To be made holy and set apart to become more like Jesus. This is what happens after praying the sinner's prayer.
The Articles of Faith affirm that the original writings of Scripture were verbally inspired and free from this.
Error (inerrancy)
What happens to those who are not in Christ during God's final judgment?
They will be consigned to a place of eternal, conscious punishment, separated from God in hell, with Satan and his angels.
We believe that God's divine qualities – including love, holiness, justice, righteousness, faithfulness, infinite knowledge and power, self-existence, and omnipresence – all harmonize perfectly in ______.
Unity
This theological term describes humanity’s inherited sinful condition.
Depravity (sinful nature)
The Spirit-filled life is characterized primarily by this Christlike character, especially this fruit of the Spirit.
Love
The Lord’s Supper (Communion) is both a remembrance of Christ’s sacrifice and a call to this personal action.
Self-reflection
For those in Christ, death is _____, because to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord
Gain