Basis of faith

The Parties, together with their members, officers and staff, affirm and shall profess the following common Basis of Faith in accordance with the Holy Scriptures:

  • God is the triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
  • The Lord Jesus Christ is God‘s Son being one with the Father.

All things arecreated by Him and for Him.

  • Through the action of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary, He became man.
  • He was without sin and of His free will, and by His sacrificial death upon the Cross,

He brought about salvation for this fallen world.

  • He is the only mediator between God and man, and by accepting His salvation through faith, man is justified from his sins and receives forgiveness and eternal life.
  • Jesus Christ is risen bodily from the dead.
  • Jesus Christ will return to deliver just judgment and to bring all things to completion.
  • The Holy Spirit is God in unity with the Father and the Son.
  • Through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ comes to dwell within those

who accept Him through faith. Through the presence of the Holy Spirit, a person becomes a new creature, and is being transformed into the likeness of Jesus Christ.

  • Jesus Christ adds those who believe in Him to his Body. This is His church on earth, of which He is the Head.

The Bible is, in its entirety, the revelation of God for mankind, inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Covenant

The Parties, together with their members, officers and staff, affirm and shall subscribe to the following Members‘ Covenant:

  • Since every human being without Jesus Christ is lost, Jesus Christ has given His church the Great Commission. Every Christian thus has a responsibility to be a witness of Jesus Christ as the Savior and to win people to Christ.
  • In recognition of this responsibility before God and man, all members of the Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearers wish to obey God in accordance with Romans 12:1-2, so that He may change them by His Holy Spirit in such a way that they may fulfill His will in and through their lives.
  • Since it is God‘s will that all mankind should be saved, all members of the Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearers wish to serve Him in word and deed with all their gifts, and to witness of the love of God to men. They wish to be at Christ‘s disposal, so that He may use them also to seek and to save those who are lost.
  • Since Christ loves all people alike, the members of the Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearers also wish to love all people everywhere, regardless of race, class or creed, to help alleviate their needs and sufferings, to pray for them and to serve them, in a spirit of readiness for unity and co-operation with all other Christians.