The following Beliefs and Values have been carefully chosen and prayerfully adopted by the Cathedral Academy Board of Directors in accordance with the Cathedral Academy Policy Governance Manual (pp. 31-32).
Policy: The board believes that Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are inspired by God and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and conduct.
Accordingly, based on Scripture we believe in:
The Belief Statement: We believe the Bible is the inspired word of God. We believe there is one God who reveals Himself in three separate and distinct personalities: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We believe mankind was created good and upright but, by voluntary transgression, fell and is now separated from God, lost, and without hope. We believe Jesus Christ is God in the flesh, fully divine and fully human. We believe that through the shedding of His blood at the crucifixion, Jesus made salvation and His righteousness available to all who will believe, thus bridging the gap between God and mankind. We believe Jesus died, was buried, and bodily rose from the dead (the resurrection). We believe that after the resurrection, Jesus ascended to the Father and is presently engaged in building Heaven and interceding for people. We believe Jesus will return to this earth to take His Church (those who believe in Him) to Heaven and will judge the world. (It is not necessary that we all believe alike concerning whether He is coming before, during, or after the Great Tribulation.) We believe salvation comes by repentance for sin and a heartfelt faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, resulting in regeneration of the person. This salvation is entirely by the grace of our Lord, not of works. Works are excluded except as evidence of salvation. We believe Water Baptism and the Lord's Supper are the two ordinances of the Church. We believe Baptism by immersion in water in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is a symbol of identification with Jesus Christ in His death, His burial, and His resurrection. We believe the Lord's Supper is a memorial to the death, resurrection, and Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that all believers should seek, as the early disciples did, to live a life separated from the evils of the world and unto Christ. Their standards of conduct should honor our Lord and His Church. We believe the Bible clearly teaches eternal separation from God for the unsaved and eternal glory and service for the saved.
