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Echo Hope Assembly
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Beliefs on file934 positions
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God & the Trinity52 positions
- Analogical LanguageAffirmsTradition defaultHuman language about God is analogical: true but never capturing God univocally as it captures creatures.Estimated, not verified
- Apophatic PriorityAffirmsTradition defaultWhat God is in himself is ultimately beyond human comprehension, so negative ("God is not...") statements are more reliable than positive ones.Estimated, not verified
Christ66 positions
- Assumed Fallen Human NatureStrongly rejectsTradition defaultChrist assumed a fully fallen human nature (subject to the effects of the Fall) in order to heal it from within.Estimated, not verified
- Assumed Unfallen Human NatureStrongly affirmsTradition defaultChrist assumed an unfallen, sinless human nature, untouched by original sin/corruption.Estimated, not verified
Sin & the fall46 positions
- Adams Sin Brought Physical DeathStrongly affirmsTradition defaultPhysical death entered the human race as a consequence of Adam's sin; humans were not originally subject to death.Estimated, not verified
- All Sin Deserves Death EquallyStrongly affirmsTradition defaultEvery sin, however small, deserves God's condemnation/death: there is no class of sin that does not by nature merit it.Estimated, not verified
Salvation67 positions
- Active Obedience ImputedStrongly affirmsTradition defaultChrist's lifelong law-keeping (his "active obedience"), not only his death, is imputed to the believer as their positive righteousness.Estimated, not verified
- Assurance Grounded In Christ AloneStrongly affirmsTradition defaultAssurance rests on Christ's finished work and God's promise, not on the believer's own works or sacramental performance.Estimated, not verified
- Assurance Of Salvation PossibleStrongly affirmsTradition defaultA believer can have a settled present assurance that they are saved.Estimated, not verified
- Atonement Heals Human Nature TheosisRejectsTradition defaultThe atonement's deepest purpose is to heal and divinize human nature (joining humanity to God), more than to settle a legal account.Estimated, not verified
- Atonement Is Limited DefiniteStrongly rejectsTradition defaultChrist died to actually secure the salvation of the elect specifically (limited/definite/particular atonement), not equally for all persons.Estimated, not verified
- Atonement Is Unlimited UniversalStrongly affirmsTradition defaultChrist died for all people without exception, making salvation available to everyone (unlimited/general atonement).Estimated, not verified
- Baptism Is Symbolic OnlyStrongly affirmsTradition defaultBaptism is a symbol/ordinance that publicly signifies a salvation already received by faith and does not itself convey saving grace.Estimated, not verified
- Baptism Necessary For SalvationStrongly rejectsTradition defaultWater baptism is ordinarily necessary for salvation; one is not normally saved apart from it.Estimated, not verified
- Baptism RegeneratesStrongly rejectsTradition defaultBaptism itself effects regeneration / the washing away of sin, conferring saving grace through the act.Estimated, not verified
- Believers Baptism OnlyStrongly affirmsTradition defaultBaptism is valid only when received by a person old enough to personally profess faith.Estimated, not verified
- Believers Works Truly MeritoriousStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe good works a believer does in grace genuinely merit an increase of grace and eternal reward before God.Estimated, not verified
- Christus VictorAffirmsTradition defaultThe atonement is principally Christ's victory over sin, death, and the powers of evil, liberating humanity from bondage.Estimated, not verified
- Conversion Is Instantaneous EventStrongly affirmsTradition defaultSalvation centers on an identifiable, often datable moment of conversion / being "born again."Estimated, not verified
- Decisional RegenerationStrongly affirmsTradition defaultSalvation is received by making a deliberate personal decision for Christ (e.g. praying to receive him / answering an altar call).Estimated, not verified
- Election Based On Foreseen FaithStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod elected to salvation those whom he foreknew would believe (election conditioned on foreseen faith).Estimated, not verified
- Election Is UnconditionalStrongly rejectsTradition defaultGod's choice of whom to save rests solely on his own will/good pleasure, not conditioned on any foreseen faith, merit, or response in the person.Estimated, not verified
- Election Unknowable In This LifeRejectsTradition defaultWho is among the elect cannot be known with certainty in this life.Estimated, not verified
- Entire Sanctification PerfectionStrongly rejectsTradition defaultBelievers can attain, in this life, a state of entire sanctification / Christian perfection in which the heart is cleansed of inbred sin.Estimated, not verified
- Eternal Conscious TormentStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe finally unsaved suffer conscious punishment in hell that never ends.Estimated, not verified
- Eternal Security Once SavedStrongly rejectsTradition defaultA person who is genuinely saved can never lose their salvation ("once saved, always saved").Estimated, not verified
- Eucharist Conveys GraceRejectsTradition defaultThe Lord's Supper / Eucharist conveys real saving or sustaining grace to the worthy recipient, not merely a memorial.Estimated, not verified
- Expiation Not PropitiationStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe cross cleanses/cancels sin (expiation) but does not appease divine wrath (propitiation), because God needs no appeasement.Estimated, not verified
- Explicit Faith In Christ NecessaryStrongly affirmsTradition defaultConscious, explicit faith in Jesus Christ is necessary for salvation; there is no salvation for those who never come to such faith.Estimated, not verified
- Faith Precedes RegenerationStrongly affirmsTradition defaultA person must first believe, and regeneration follows upon faith.Estimated, not verified
- Final Justification By Whole LifeStrongly rejectsTradition defaultA future/final justification will be rendered "according to" the whole life lived in the Spirit, not on the basis of present faith alone.Estimated, not verified
- God Wills All To Be SavedStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod genuinely desires the salvation of every single person without exception.Estimated, not verified
- Good Works Necessary For Final SalvationRejectsTradition defaultGood works/holiness are necessary not merely as evidence but as a real condition of final salvation.Estimated, not verified
- Grace Is Infused HabitualRejectsTradition defaultSaving grace is a created, habitual quality infused into the soul that elevates and heals it.Estimated, not verified
- Grace Is ResistibleStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod's saving grace genuinely offered to a person can be resisted and rejected by that person's free will.Estimated, not verified
- Humans Can Choose God UnaidedStrongly rejectsTradition defaultHuman beings retain, even after the fall, a natural ability to take the first step toward God or to choose salvation without prior special grace.Estimated, not verified
- Infant Baptism ProperStrongly rejectsTradition defaultIt is right to baptize the infants/children of believers (or of the faithful community).Estimated, not verified
- Justification Can IncreaseStrongly rejectsTradition defaultJustification admits of degrees and can increase through subsequent works and the sacraments.Estimated, not verified
- Justification Is ForensicAffirmsTradition defaultJustification is a forensic, declarative act in which God legally pronounces the sinner righteous, distinct from the inner process of being made holy.Estimated, not verified
- Justified By Faith AloneAffirmsTradition defaultA person is justified by faith alone (sola fide), apart from any contribution of their works to the ground of justification.Estimated, not verified
- Lordship SalvationStrongly affirmsTradition defaultSaving faith necessarily includes submission to Christ as Lord and a commitment to repent/obey, not mere intellectual assent.Estimated, not verified
- Lost Salvation Can Be RegainedStrongly affirmsTradition defaultSomeone who has fallen from grace can repent and be restored to salvation.Estimated, not verified
- No Human Merit At AllStrongly affirmsTradition defaultNo human work has any merit before God; salvation and reward are entirely of grace.Estimated, not verified
- Oneness New Birth FormulaStrongly rejectsTradition defaultNew birth requires the full sequence of repentance, water baptism in the name of "Jesus" (not the Trinitarian formula), and the baptism of the Holy Spirit evidenced by speaking in tongues.Estimated, not verified
- Penal SubstitutionStrongly affirmsTradition defaultOn the cross Christ bore the penalty/punishment that sinners deserved, satisfying God's justice in their place (penal substitution).Estimated, not verified
- Postmortem Purification OrthodoxStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThere is some real cleansing, growth, or change in the soul's condition after death (apart from a juridical "purgatory").Estimated, not verified
- Prayers For Dead Affect SalvationStrongly rejectsTradition defaultPrayers, Masses, or almsgiving by the living can benefit the salvific state of the dead.Estimated, not verified
- Prevenient GraceAffirmsTradition defaultBefore any human response, God gives a preceding ("prevenient") grace to all that restores enough ability to freely accept or reject salvation.Estimated, not verified
- Purgatory ExistsStrongly rejectsTradition defaultAfter death, many of the saved undergo a purifying state ("purgatory") before entering full glory.Estimated, not verified
- RecapitulationAffirmsTradition defaultChrist saves by "recapitulating": living out and reversing in himself every stage of human life that Adam corrupted, healing human nature from within.Estimated, not verified
- Repentance Required For SalvationStrongly affirmsTradition defaultRepentance (a real turning from sin) is required for salvation.Estimated, not verified
- Righteousness Imparted InfusedStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe righteousness of justification is infused into and becomes intrinsic to the believer, growing as they cooperate with grace.Estimated, not verified
- Righteousness ImputedStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe righteousness by which a believer is justified is Christ's own righteousness credited/imputed to them, external to and not produced by the believer.Estimated, not verified
- Sacramental Initiation SavesStrongly rejectsTradition defaultA person is incorporated into salvation chiefly through the Church's sacraments of initiation (baptism, confirmation/chrismation, Eucharist) rather than a personal decision.Estimated, not verified
- Sacraments Are Means Of GraceRejectsTradition defaultGod ordinarily dispenses saving grace through material sacraments/mysteries as effective channels.Estimated, not verified
- Sacraments Work Ex Opere OperatoStrongly rejectsTradition defaultA rightly performed sacrament conveys its grace by the very fact of being performed (ex opere operato), not depending on the worthiness of the minister or recipient's merit.Estimated, not verified
- Salvation By Membership In True ChurchStrongly rejectsTradition defaultSalvation is ordinarily found only within the one true visible Church; to be saved one must belong to it.Estimated, not verified
- Salvation Can Be LostStrongly affirmsTradition defaultA genuine believer can fall away and forfeit salvation (apostasy / conditional security).Estimated, not verified
- Salvation Is Lifelong ProcessLeans toward rejectingTradition defaultSalvation is fundamentally a lifelong process of being saved rather than a single completed event.Estimated, not verified
- Salvation Is MonergisticRejectsTradition defaultSalvation is accomplished by God alone working in the person (monergism); the human will does not cooperate in the new birth.Estimated, not verified
- Salvation Is SynergisticStrongly affirmsTradition defaultSalvation involves a genuine cooperation between God's grace and the human will (synergism).Estimated, not verified
- Sanctification Is ProgressiveStrongly affirmsTradition defaultAfter conversion the believer grows in holiness gradually over a lifetime (progressive sanctification).Estimated, not verified
- Satisfaction AnselmianAffirmsTradition defaultChrist's death rendered satisfaction to God's offended honor/justice for the debt of sin (Anselmian satisfaction).Estimated, not verified
- Second Blessing Distinct WorkStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThere is a definite "second work of grace" subsequent to conversion that empowers/cleanses the believer.Estimated, not verified
- Semi Pelagian First StepStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe human can make the first move toward God (e.g. an initial desire or assent), after which God supplies the grace to complete salvation.Estimated, not verified
- Sinless Perfection AttainableStrongly rejectsTradition defaultA believer can reach a state of being free from all actual sin in this life.Estimated, not verified
- Spirit Baptism Tongues EvidenceStrongly affirmsTradition defaultBaptism in the Holy Spirit is a distinct experience subsequent to conversion, evidenced by speaking in tongues.Estimated, not verified
- Total Depravity InabilityStrongly affirmsTradition defaultFallen humans are so corrupted that, apart from grace, they are entirely unable to turn to God or choose saving good (total inability).Estimated, not verified
- Treasury Of Merit IndulgencesStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe Church can apply the superabundant merits of Christ and the saints (the "treasury of merit") to remit temporal punishment, e.g. through indulgences.Estimated, not verified
- Union With Christ Is CentralAffirmsTradition defaultSalvation is best understood as participation/union with Christ, from which both justification and sanctification flow, rather than as a primarily legal transaction.Estimated, not verified
- Universal ReconciliationStrongly rejectsTradition defaultIn the end God will reconcile and save all people (and possibly all creatures), so that none are finally lost.Estimated, not verified
- Word Is Chief Means Of GraceStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe preached/read Word of God is the primary means by which saving grace is given, with sacraments subordinate or secondary.Estimated, not verified
- Works Are Fruit Not GroundStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGood works are the necessary fruit and evidence of saving faith but contribute nothing to the ground of one's justification.Estimated, not verified
The Holy Spirit71 positions
- All Gifts Continue TodayStrongly affirmsTradition defaultAll the spiritual gifts described in the New Testament, including the miraculous ones, continue and are normative for the church today.Estimated, not verified
- Anointing For Special MinistryStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe Spirit grants a special "anointing" empowering particular individuals for ministry beyond the common indwelling.Estimated, not verified
The Church46 positions
- Apostolicity Is Doctrinal Not SuccessionalStrongly affirmsTradition defaultApostolicity consists primarily in fidelity to apostolic DOCTRINE, not in an unbroken chain of ordinations from the apostles.Estimated, not verified
- Baptism Is The Entry Into The ChurchStrongly affirmsTradition defaultBaptism is the rite of entry/incorporation into the visible church.Estimated, not verified
Sacraments & ordinances48 positions
- Age Of Accountability Before BaptismStrongly affirmsTradition defaultBaptism should wait until a person reaches an age of accountability and can repent and believe for themselves.Estimated, not verified
- Anointing For Healing PracticeStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe church should anoint the sick with oil and pray over them for healing (per James 5).Estimated, not verified
Worship & liturgy55 positions
- Altar Call InvitationStrongly affirmsTradition defaultA public invitation/altar call inviting people to come forward to receive Christ or rededicate is a fitting close to worship.Estimated, not verified
- Amplification And Production EmbracedStrongly affirmsTradition defaultModern stage production (amplified bands, lighting, screens, video) is a fitting medium for worship.Estimated, not verified
Last things46 positions
- A Literal Mark Of The Beast Is ComingAffirmsTradition defaultA literal future "mark of the beast" will be imposed as a condition of economic participation.Estimated, not verified
- Antichrist Is A Future Individual World RulerStrongly affirmsTradition defaultA specific future individual (the antichrist / man of lawlessness / beast) will arise as a world ruler before the end.Estimated, not verified
Scripture50 positions
- Authority Holy Tradition OrthodoxStrongly rejectsTradition defaultScripture is rightly read only within Holy Tradition: the Fathers, councils, liturgy, and consensus of the Church.Estimated, not verified
- Authority Magisterium InterpretsStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe authentic interpretation of Scripture is entrusted to the Church's living teaching office (Magisterium), whose judgments bind the faithful.Estimated, not verified
Revelation, creation & science32 positions
- Adam Special Creation From DustStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe first human was specially and directly created by God from the dust, not biologically descended from earlier hominins.Estimated, not verified
- Angels Created BeingsStrongly affirmsTradition defaultAngels and other spiritual beings are part of God's created order, made by God.Estimated, not verified
Life & bioethics61 positions
- Abortifacient Contraception WrongAffirmsTradition defaultMethods that can prevent implantation of an already-fertilized embryo (e.g., certain IUDs, emergency contraception) are morally equivalent to early abortion and impermissible.Estimated, not verified
- Abortion Gravely Wrong In PrincipleStrongly affirmsTradition defaultDeliberately ending a pregnancy by killing the unborn is in itself a grave moral wrong.Estimated, not verified
Sexuality & marriage45 positions
- Abortifacient Contraception WrongStrongly affirmsTradition defaultContraceptive methods that may act after fertilization (potential abortifacients) are morally wrong even if other contraception is permitted.Estimated, not verified
- Annulment Recognizes Invalid MarriageRejectsTradition defaultSome unions that appeared to be marriages were never valid marriages, and the church can rightly declare them null (annulment).Estimated, not verified
Society & politics43 positions
- Active Nonviolent Resistance ObligatoryAffirmsTradition defaultChristians should actively resist injustice through nonviolent means (protest, civil disobedience, noncooperation), not merely abstain from violence.Estimated, not verified
- Capitalism Intrinsically UnjustRejectsTradition defaultCapitalism as a system is intrinsically exploitative and stands under God's judgment; Christian faithfulness requires working to replace it.Estimated, not verified
Angelology Demonology71 positions
- Angelic Fall Caused By PrideStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe angels fell primarily through pride: refusing subjection to God / seeking to exalt themselves.Estimated, not verified
- Angelic Fall Predates Human FallAffirmsTradition defaultThe angelic rebellion occurred before the fall of humanity, and the serpent's temptation issued from an already-fallen angel.Estimated, not verified
Anthropology46 positions
- Body Essential To PersonStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe body is essential to being a complete human person, not an accidental or dispensable container for the soul.Estimated, not verified
- Body GoodStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe material human body is intrinsically good as created by God.Estimated, not verified
Covenant Law Israel29 positions
- Abrahamic Covenant Foundational And OngoingStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe Abrahamic covenant is foundational and its promises remain operative for the people of God today.Estimated, not verified
- Believers No Longer Under Laws CondemnationStrongly affirmsTradition defaultBelievers are entirely free from the law's condemning function but remain under its directing function.Estimated, not verified
Mariology Saints60 positions
- All Believers Are SaintsStrongly affirmsTradition default"Saints" in the New Testament sense means all believers, not a special canonized class.Estimated, not verified
- Altar Relics Required Or ProperStrongly rejectsTradition defaultIt is fitting (or required) that altars contain the relics of saints.Estimated, not verified
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