"Our Common Faith"

When contacting IndyChristian.com regarding all forms of active participation herein, please advise us if you can affirm in good faith this essence of our greatest common mission.  Thank you.

 

If Christianity is about love & harmony in Christ, why then is a "Statement of Faith" necessary for active participation at IndyChristian.com?

Wouldn't it divide rather than unite?

 

To be sure, not only is Christianity about love & harmony, IndyChristian.com  is here to also promote that very theme -- networking Christians & ministries & businesses together in cyberspace when perhaps other walls of separation work against unity -- like time & space and even individual church "protectionism".

On the other hand, the New Testament is careful to warn us of "false teaching", and to "not be unequally yoked".  How then do we lovingly put these principles into action here at IndyChristian.com?  

Our solution is to invite everyone to surf, read and enjoy IndyChristian.com, readily acknowledging that no one person or ministry has a perfect grasp on all "truth".  

However, certainly the scriptures are convincing regarding core-truth that many ministries & people have historically agreed upon throughout the centuries.  And in particular, IndyChristian.com seeks to work only with those entities which clearly teach the core-truth leading to salvation -- that is, they teach the way to eternal life.  Those which effectively teach a way that will more likely lead to hell, are not invited to actively participate.  This is our chosen dividing line as we seek to be "equally yoked".  

Every excellent & persevering team is equally yoked around a common purpose, although diverse in many other ways.  This perhaps becomes even more essential as the speed of life picks up, and Christians work together at the speed of light.  Yes?

So our question is.... "What is the essence of this Christianity that we  espouse and teach?"  If indeed it's been agreed upon for many centuries and perhaps by billions of people, then a summary of such a common understanding could be one like the Apostle's Creed.  The only remaining difficulty then is...  What exactly does each part of that mean?  Therefore we perhaps need to be certain to also affirm the scriptures as authentic and the perfect, self-evident guide for all of life. 

Therefore, we embrace as our common Statement of Faith, several existing evangelical statements, such as... Transform Indiana Initiative "This We Believe" --  Lausanne Covenant [Mission America Coalition] National Association of Evangelicals E.C.F.A. Alliance for Confessing Evangelicals Evangelism Explosion International (and others -- please advise us of some excellent ones you've found online)

 

And presumptuous as it may sound for IndyChristian.com to ask you specifically to affirm one of these, please accept our sincerest intentions to hold dear the eternal destiny of our readers.  And as well, for the mutual benefit of all active participants, we hope to guaranty (if it were possible) the commonness of those yoked for the Great Commission.

So, when contacting IndyChristian.com regarding all forms of active participation, please save us an email or two, and advise us immediately if you can in good faith affirm this essence of our greatest common mission.  Email us.