THE AMSTERDAM AFFIRMATIONS

 

  I. I confess Jesus Christ as God, my Lord and Savior, who is revealed in the Bible, which is the infallible Word of God.

 II. I affirm my commitment to the Great Commission of our Lord, and I declare my willingness to go anywhere, do anything, and sacrifice anything God requires of me in the fulfillment of that Commission.

 III. I respond to God's call to the biblical ministry of the evangelist, and accept my solemn responsibility to preach the Word to all peoples as God gives opportunity.

 IV. God loves every human being, who, apart from faith in Christ, is under God's judgment and destined for hell.

 V. The heart of the biblical message is the good news of God's salvation, which comes by grace alone through faith in the risen Lord Jesus Christ and His atoning death on the cross for our sins.

 VI. In my proclamation of the Gospel I recognize the urgency of calling all to decision to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and to do so lovingly and without coercion or manipulation.

 VII. I need and desire to be filled and controlled by the Holy Spirit as I bear witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, because God alone can turn sinners from their sin and bring them to everlasting life.

 VIII. I acknowledge my obligation, as a servant of God, to lead a life of holiness and moral purity, knowing that I exemplify Christ to the church and to the world.

 IX. A life of regular and faithful prayer and Bible study is essential to my personal spiritual growth, and to my power for ministry.

 X. I will be a faithful steward of all that God gives me, and will be accountable to others in the finances of my ministry, and honest in reporting my statistics.

 XI. My family is a responsibility given to me by God, and is a sacred trust to be kept as faithfully as my call to minister to others.

 XII. I am responsible to the church, and will endeavor always to conduct my ministries so as to build up the local Body of believers and serve the church at large.

 XIII. I am responsible to arrange for the spiritual care of those who come to faith under my ministry, to encourage them to identify with the local Body of believers, and seek to provide for the instruction of believers in witnessing to the Gospel.

 XIV. I share Christ's deep concern for the personal and social sufferings of humanity, and I accept my responsibility as a Christian and as an evangelist to do my utmost to alleviate human need.

 XV. I beseech the Body of Christ to join with me in prayer and work for peace in our world, for revival and a renewed dedication to the biblical priority of evangelism in the church, and for the oneness of believers in Christ for the fulfillment of the Great Commission, until Christ returns.

 

 

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