Statement of Faith

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, inerrant word of God (2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21).

We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons-father, son, and holy spirit (Genesis 1:1, Matthew 28:19, 1 John 5:7).

We believe in the deity of Christ (John 10:33), his virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:35), his sinless life (Hebrews 4:15, 7:26), his miracles (John 2:11), his vicarious and atoning death (1 Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 2:9), his resurrection (John 11:25, 1 Corinthians 15:4), his ascension to the right hand of God (Mark 16:19), his personal return in power and glory (Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11).

We believe in the absolute necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit for salvation because of the exceeding sinfulness of human nature, and that men are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Christ, and that only by God’s grace and through faith alone are we saved (John 3:16-19, 5:24; Romans 3:23, 5:8-9; Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:5).

We believe in the resurrection which will be the calling away of the church (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).

We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, Galatians 3:26-28).

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life (Romans 8:13-14; 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19-20; Ephesians 4:30, 5:18).

We believe marriage is biblically defined as this: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in scripture (Genesis 2:18-25).

We believe that God’s commandments are clear that sexual intimacy is to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. (1 Corinthians 6:18, 7:2-5; Hebrews 13:4, Romans 1:26).

We believe that God wonderfully foreordained and immutably created each person as either male or female in conformity with their biological sex. These two distinct yet complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God (Genesis 1:26-27, Psalm 139:14, Matthew 19:4).

We believe that all human life is created by God in his image and is sacred from conception to natural end (Jeremiah 1:4-5, Job 31:13-15, Psalm 127:3, Psalm 139:14, 1 Corinthians 3:16-17).

Our statement of faith is not exhaustive of all of our beliefs. The Bible, as the inspired and infallible word of God, speaks with absolute authority regarding the proper conduct of mankind and is the unchanging foundation for all belief and behavior.

The River Christian Academy Chancellor and Board of Trustees holds final interpretive authority on the statement of faith.