What We Believe

Tyndale's ministry involves professors and students who are humbly committed to the statement of faith. This doctrinal position guides the selection of those who serve on the Board of Directors, the faculty and the staff. It clarifies what students may expect to be taught, and what sending churches and parachurch organizations may anticipate in the preparation of students they send to us.

This statement undergirds the doctrinal characteristics of evangelicalism around the world:

• We believe the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the Word of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and the Divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life.

• We believe in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

• We believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He rose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He now is our High Priest and Advocate.

• We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and during this age to convict men, regenerate the believing sinner,and indwell, guide, instruct, and empower the believer to godly living and service.

• We believe that man was created in the image of God, but fell into sin and is therefore lost and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained.

• We believe that the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe and only such as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit, and thus become children of God.

• We believe that water baptism and the Lord's Supper are to be observed by the church during the present age. They are, however, not to be regarded as means of salvation.

• We believe that the true church is composed of all such persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united together in the body of Christ of which He is the Head.

• We believe in the personal and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and that this "Blessed Hope" has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer.

• We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord, and of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment.

Along with millions of Evangelicals worldwide, we also subscribe to the World Evangelical Alliance Statement of Faith.