Canton Christian Academy believes:

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​*God created the heavens and the earth and the author of life (Genesis 1)

*Jesus Christ is God’s son, born of a virgin, who lived a sinless life, was crucified for the sins of the world, resurrected from the dead, and is coming again to judge the world and establish God’s kingdom on earth (Matthew 1:22, Hebrews 4:14-15, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, Acts 17:30-31)

*The Holy Spirit indwells Christians and helps them live a godly life (John 14:26)

*The Bible is the inspired word of God given to humankind to reveal God’s love and his will for our lives (2 Timothy 3:14-17)

*The church is the community of believers who encourage one another and share God’s message to the world (1 Timothy 3:15, 2 Corinthians 13:11)

*The Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21)

*There is one God, eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Genesis 1:1, Matthew 28:19, John10:30)

*In the deity of Christ (John 10:33), His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:35), His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 7:26), His miracles (John 2:11), His vicarious and atoning death (1 Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 2:9), His resurrection (John 11:25, 1 Corinthians 15:4), His ascension to the right hand of God (Mark 16:19), His personal return in power and glory (Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11)

*In the absolute necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit for salvation because of the exceeding sinfulness of human nature; and that we are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Christ and that only by God’s grace and through faith alone we are saved. (John 3:16-19, John 5:24, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:8-9, Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 3:5)

*In the resurrection of both the saved and the lost – the saved to the resurrection of life, and the lost to the resurrection of condemnation. (John 5:28-29)

*In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, Galatians 3:26-28)

*In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. (Romans 8:13-14, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:30, Ephesians 5:18)

*In marriage that is the union sanctioned by God, which joins one man and one woman in a single, exclusive, covenantal union, as delineated by Scripture. Sexual intimacy should only occur between a man and a woman who are married to each other. No intimate sexual activity should be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. (Gen. 2:18-25; Ex. 20:14; Eph. 5:22-33; Heb. 13:4)

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