MFTC Doctrinal Statement

The following are a summary of the beliefs of Missionary Flight Training Center (MFTC), as

published in the MFTC Bylaws. Students, staff, and volunteers are required to

affirm these beliefs in order to operate with Missionary Flight Training Center.

1) THE WORD OF GOD We believe the Bible to be divinely inspired, inerrant, and

the final authority for faith and conduct.

2 Timothy 3:16- 17, Psalms 19:7-11, Psalms 119:89

2) THE TRINITY We believe in the One True God, eternally existing in three

persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature,

co-equal in power and glory, having the same attributes and perfections, and

functioning distinctly, yet in harmony, in the work of creation, providence and

redemption.

Deuteronomy 6:4, 2 Cor 13:14, John 10:30

3) JESUS CHRIST We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God,

became a man without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy

Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem

sinful man. We believe that Jesus Christ redeemed us by His death on the cross as

a representative, substitutionary sacrifice and that our justification is made sure by

His physical resurrection from the dead. We believe that Jesus ascended to heaven

and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where He is our high priest and

advocate.

Acts 1:9-10, Hebrews 7:25, Romans 8:34, 1 John 2:1-2; Romans 3:24- 25,

Titus 2:14 John 1:1-2,14; Luke 1:34-35, Colossians 1:15-18

4) THE HOLY SPIRIT We believe in the deity and personhood of the Holy Spirit

who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He is the

supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ

and indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption.

John 16:8-11, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Romans 8:9, Ephesians 1:13-14

5) MAN We believe that God created man in God’s own image. Through Adam’s

sin all human beings inherited a sinful nature and became alienated from God.

Man is totally depraved, and of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost

condition.

Genesis 1:26-27, Romans 3:22-23, 5:12, Ephesians 2:1-3

6) SALVATION We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by

grace and received by personal faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ,

whose blood was shed on the cross for the forgiveness of sins. All who are thus

saved are thereby adopted into the family of God, a relationship in which they

have eternal life.

Ephesians 2:8-10, John 1:12, John 10:27-30

7) CHRISTIAN CONDUCT We believe that all believers can and should live to

please Jesus in all areas of life because of their position in the relationship to the

Jesus as Lord. They should grow daily in grace and in the knowledge of the Christ

resulting in the manifestation of the fruit of the Spirit.

Ephesians 4:1-7, Hebrews 4:14-16, 2 Peter 3:14-18, Galatians 5:22-23

8) THE CHURCH We believe in the church universal, consisting only of those who

are born again, called the Body and Bride of Christ. The evidence today is the

local church where believers exercise spiritual gifts through the power of the Holy

Spirit.

Ephesians 1:22-23, Ephesians 4:4-6, Ephesians 5:25-27, Romans 12:3-8

9) THE ORDINANCES We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ instituted two

ordinances to be observed by all believers until His return; water baptism and the

Lord’s Supper. These are never to be regarded as a means of salvation or

obtaining merit with God.

Matthew 28:19, 1, Corinthians 11:23-26

10) THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE We believe marriage is a union

woman and God for a lifetime.

Mark 10:6-9, Leviticus 18:22, Genesis 2:21-24

11) THE RETURN OF CHRIST & ETERNITY We believe in the personal and

visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth and the establishment of His

kingdom. We believe in the resurrection of the body, the final judgment, the

eternal joy of the righteous and the endless suffering of the wicked.

Matthew 16:27; John 14:3; Acts 1:11; Phil. 3:20; I Thessalonians 4:15; II

Timothy 4:1; I Corinthians 4:5; II Thessalonians 1:7-10