Doctrinal Affirmation Statement

[MissBrattified]

This sort of relates to the "contract" thread, but I want direct feedback, so I'm putting it in a new one....

We have a homeless shelter/mission in downtown Tulsa, and I would like to volunteer, along with Hannah, and possibly Sarah. (Depending on their age requirements.)

However, all volunteers are required to sign a doctrinal statement.

Here is the statement, in full:

*We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, ultimately authoritative Word of God.

*We believe there is one God, eternally existing as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

*We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is deity; that He was born of a virgin, that we are redeemed by His atoning death through His shed blood, that He bodily resurrected and ascended into Heaven, and that He will come again in power and great glory.

*We believe that men are saved through a direct, personal encounter with the risen Lord, at which time they are regenerated by the Holy Spirit. This event we hold to be an experience, rather than a doctrinal supposition.

*We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whom Christ indwells each believer enabling him to live a godly life of obedience as he reaches for maturity.

*We believe the Holy Spirit unites all true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that together they form one body, the church.



Okay. So...the lines I have trouble with are "one God, eternally existing as...", and I'm not sure about "...an experience, rather than a doctrinal supposition."

Should I not worry about it, and sign it, chalking it all up to semantics? Or do I recognize that their understanding is not the same as mine, and find another place to volunteer?

P.S. Margie--this is the kind of thing I'm talking about.