Christian faith must be based on the Bible, with the New Testament interpreting the Old Testament. Our members accept the three historic creeds: the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. We affirm the historic teachings of Christianity as recovered and clearly articulated through the church’s ongoing witness. Our core beliefs can be characterized as orthodox. By orthodox, we mean that we align ourselves with the theology and doctrines of the early church as encapsulated in creeds such as the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. https://www.crcna.org/welcome/beliefs/creeds

Our beliefs are summarized in the Statement of Faith of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NALEC) and the National Black Evangelical Association (NBEA). For a fuller explanation, see the 1974 Lausanne Covenant, which emphasizes both orthodoxy and orthopraxis. https://www.nalec.org/statement-of-faith https://the-nbea.com/about/ https://lausanne.org/statement/lausanne-covenant

The standard for moral, ethical behavior for members of THEOLOGY for the CITY INITIATIVE is grounded in Scripture, the sixty-six canonical books of the Holy Bible. The Lausanne Covenant also directly addresses Christian lifestyle and moral conduct. However, in Christian ministry to cults, the occult, world religions, and sub-Christian practices, certain areas are especially troublesome. The Committee on Ethics addressed these matters in detail in the Manual of Ethical and Doctrinal Standards for EVANGELICAL MINISTRIES TO NEW RELIGIONS, often abbreviated as “MEDS” in EMNR’s internal papers or forms. This document sets out a basis for Christian conduct, exposure of sin, confrontation, and conflict resolution. 

As members of EMNR, we subscribe to the ethics presented in the Manual of Ethical and Doctrinal Standards for Evangelical Missions to Non-Christian Religions and reflected in the Amsterdam Affirmations for Itinerant Evangelists. https://emnr.org/about/meds/