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Xingu Mission holds that the Holy Spirit inspired the
human authors of the holy scripture so that the Bible is without error
in the original manuscripts and receives the sixty-six books of the
Old and New Testament as its final, absolute authority, the only
infallible rule of faith and practice.
At Xingu Mission....
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We believe in one living and true God, the Creator and Lord of
the heavens and the earth. In the unity of the Godhead there are
three persons, of one substance, co-eternal, God the Father, God the
Son and God the Holy Spirit.
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We believe that Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man,
uniquely qualified to be our Messiah, the only mediator between God
and man. We believe that Jesus Christ came to earth as God
incarnate, was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin
Mary, lived a sinless life and was crucified for the sins of all of
mankind. We believe he suffered, died, was buried and rose from the
dead on the third day. We believe that he ascended into heaven and
now sits at the right hand of God the Father, interceding for his
people. We believe that at his first coming Jesus inaugurated the
fulfillment of the Kingdom of God.
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We believe in the Holy Spirit who convicts the world of sin; who
regenerates those who confess Christ as Savior; and who sanctifies
and empowers all those who believe in Christ as Lord. We believe
that the Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Jesus Christ and
that he is an abiding helper, healer, teacher and guide. We believe
in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit and in the exercise of
all the biblical gifts of the Spirit.
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We believe that all men and women are sinners by nature and
choice and are under condemnation. We believe that Christians are
now accounted as righteous before God by the merit of the Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ, through faith in him alone and not by their own
works.
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We believe that Christians are born again by the regenerating
power of the Holy Spirit and that this same Holy Spirit lives in
them producing faith, holiness, love and power.
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We believe in the divine inspiration, truthfulness and authority
of both the Old and New Testament Scriptures in their entirety; that
they are without error in all that they affirm; and that they are
the only infallible rule for faith and practice.
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We believe that the Church is intended by God to be a
worshipping community of believers, observing the ordinances of
Christ, governed by his rule and exercising the gifts of the Spirit
in ministry within the Church for its edification and to the world
so that the gospel may be extended to the ends of the earth.
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We believe the Lord's Supper is open to all believers. We
believe that through the power of the Holy Spirit the Lord's Supper
nourishes the Christian's soul, brings remembrance of the sacrifice
of Christ for sins, and enhances communion with Christ and the
Church.
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We believe in water baptism as an outward symbol of an inner
possession by Jesus Christ, as an act of public declaration of
personal faith in Jesus Christ, and as an act of obedience to the
Word of God.
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We believe in the personal, visible return of Jesus Christ to
earth for the consummation of his Kingdom; in the resurrection of
the body; in the final judgment of the living and the dead; in
eternal blessing of the righteous; and the endless suffering of the
unrighteous.
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