Chattanooga Christian School Head of School Opportunity Profile

STATEMENT OF FAITH
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» WE BELIEVE that the gospel is the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ, our representative,
who, in his virgin birth, in his sinless and perfectly obedient life, in his substitutionary
and atoning death on the cross, in his bodily resurrection, and in his ascension to the
right hand of the Father, was victorious over the enemies of sin, death, and the devil;
only in Christ crucified and risen is the debt of our sin paid and are we fully reconciled
to God.
» WE BELIEVE sinners are saved by God’s grace alone, through faith in Christ alone.
» WE BELIEVE that the Holy Spirit, who is present in all believers, works mysteriously
and powerfully to convict the world of sin, regenerate sinners, and equip them to a life
of faith and obedience that testifies to justification and sanctification by God’s grace
alone, through faith alone. Lives of faithful obedience are not a way to gain salvation
but are rather evidence of salvation secured by the Spirit’s work.
» WE BELIEVE that the people of the new covenant are united by God in the universal,
apostolic Church under the headship of Jesus Christ. The Church, as the body of
Christ, is called in this fallen world to glorify God and serve Him through the edification
of believers and the faithful proclamation of Christ and his kingdom. The Church is
privileged to serve as ministers of reconciliation in God’s plan to restore and unite His
creation under the headship of Christ.
» WE BELIEVE the identity of the body of Christ on earth is primarily perceived through
the local church. We believe that every individual who professes relationship with Jesus
Christ is called to be actively involved in a local community of believers that submits to
the authority of Scripture and is committed to Gospel ministry.
» WE BELIEVE in the glorious bodily return of our Lord Jesus Christ on the day of the
Father’s choosing to judge all humanity, the living and the dead, receiving the righteous
in Christ to eternal blessedness and the unrighteous to eternal condemnation.