Statement of Faith
Hope Pastoral Counseling believes…
• That the Bible is the inerrant, inspired Word of God. The Bible is the final authority on all matters of life, faith and practice, “profitable for teaching, reproof, correction and training in righteousness.”
• In the Triune nature of God; one in substance, manifested in three persons; God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
• That the Son of God, Jesus Christ, took upon himself the form of man and by His atoning work through His
death, burial and resurrection has made salvation available for mankind by His free grace.
• That God is the author of healing and give Him the credit for all healing that takes place at Hope Pastoral Counseling.
• That salvation is an act of God’s grace which we cannot earn. His gift is freely given and accepted through
faith.
• In the personal return of Jesus Christ, the eternal separation from God for the unsaved, and everlasting life with the living God for the saved.
• That there is but one head of the Church, the Lord Jesus Christ; that it is the responsibility of the Church and its
institution to maintain His Lordship over their activities and not submit that right to any individual,
corporate body, government agency or head of state.
• That every area of life is to be subject to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and we adhere to a world and life view which seeks to make the Lord Jesus Christ preeminent in all things.
• That the root of human pain and suffering is sin. Much of an individual’s suffering is the result of one’s own sin.
However, we do not believe that all suffering is caused by one’s own sin, but is also the result of being
sinned against, living in unhealthy circumstances or simply by the challenges of this fallen world.