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All members of the East Tennessee Creation Science Association (ETCSA) must agree with the following statement of faith.
While the ETCSA is non-denominational, we are evangelical, born again Christians.

STATEMENT OF FAITH:


-- PRIORITIES -- 

The scientific aspects of Creation are important, but are 
secondary in importance to the proclamation of the Gospel of 
Jesus Christ as Sovereign, Creator, Redeemer, and Judge. 

The doctrines of the Creator and the Creation cannot ultimately 
be divorced from the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 


-- BASICS --

The Bible is the written Word of God. It is divinely inspired 
and inerrant throughout. Its assertions are factually true in 
all the original autographs. It is the supreme authority in all 
matters of faith and conduct. 

The final guide to the interpretation of Scripture is Scripture 
itself. 

The account of origins presented in Genesis is a simple but 
factual presentation of actual events and therefore provides a 
reliable framework for scientific research into the question of 
the origin and history of life, mankind, the Earth, and the 
universe. 

The various original life forms ("kinds"), including mankind, 
were made by direct creative acts of God. The living 
descendants of any of the original kinds (apart from man) may 
represent more than one species today, reflecting the genetic 
potential within the original kind. Only limited biological 
changes (including mutational deterioration) have occurred 
naturally within each kind since Creation. 

The great flood of Genesis was an actual historic event, 
worldwide (global) in its extent and effect. 

The special creation of Adam (as one man) and Eve (as one 
woman), and their subsequent fall into sin, is the basis for 
the necessity of salvation for mankind. 

Death, both physical and spiritual, entered into this world 
subsequent to, and as a direct consequence of, man's sin. 


-- THEOLOGY -- 

The Godhead is Triune -- God the Father, God the Son, and God 
the Holy Spirit. 

All of mankind are sinners, inherently from Adam and 
individually (by choice), and are therefore subject to God's 
wrath and condemnation. 

Freedom from the penalty and power of sin is available to man 
only through the sacrificial death and shed blood of Jesus 
Christ, and His complete and bodily resurrection from the dead. 

The Holy Spirit enables the sinner to repent and believe in 
Jesus Christ. 

The Holy Spirit lives and works in each believer to produce the 
fruits of righteousness. 

Salvation is a gift received by faith and expressed in the 
individual's repentance, recognition of the death of Christ as 
full payment for sin, and acceptance of the risen Christ as 
Savior, Lord, and God. 

Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the 
Virgin Mary. 

Jesus Christ rose from the dead, ascended to Heaven, and is 
currently seated at the right hand of God the Father, and shall 
return in person to this Earth as Judge of the living and 
the dead. 

Satan is the personal spiritual adversary of both God and man. 

Those who do not believe in Christ are subject to everlasting 
conscious punishment, but believers enjoy eternal life with God. 


-- GENERAL -- 

The following are held to be either consistent with Scripture 
or implied by Scripture:

Scripture teaches a recent origin for man and the whole 
Creation. 

The days in Genesis do not correspond to geologic ages, but are 
six (6) consecutive twenty-four (24) hour days of Creation. 

The Noachian flood was a significant geological event and much 
(but not all) fossiliferous sediment originated at that time. 

The "gap" theory has no basis in Scripture. 

The view, commonly used to evade the implications or the 
authority of Biblical teaching, that knowledge and/or truth may 
be divided into "secular" and "religious" is rejected.


By definition, no apparent, perceived, or claimed evidence in 
any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it 
contradicts the Scriptural record. Of primary importance is the 
fact that evidence is always subject to interpretation by 
fallible people who do not possess all information.

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