The Church Council Project
  • Essential Doctrine for a New Millennium
  The Church Council Project of the Coalition on Revival is a united effort of theologians and Christian leaders from multiple denominations to clarify and reaffirm historic, biblical doctrines that are presently being undermined by false teaching and outright heresy. Unless these issues are discussed, clarified and reaffirmed, the Church cannot fulfill the Great Commission, bring forth healthy spiritual children or influence our dying societies with its salt and light. To bring to light the historic, orthodox, biblical position on these foundational issues, twenty-one papers have been written by the International Church Council Committee to be discussed in a forum of dignified, scholarly debate in 70 targeted countries the following eight years. In each of those countries, a National Council on Theology will be formed to host a National Theological Consultation wherein each of these papers and issues is to be discussed. During August of 2003, 2005 and 2007, it is planned that a series of Global Church Councils will meet, modeled after the early ecumenical councils (Nicea in 325, etc.) to discuss these matters at an international level with representatives from every denomination and Christian organization which wishes to participate.
 

Affirmations and Denials Concerning Essential Doctrines of the Christian Faith, Part I
Concerning Biblical Inerrancy
Concerning Biblical Hermeneutics

Affirmations and Denials Concerning Essential Doctrines of the Christian Faith, Part II
Concerning the Essentials of a Christian World View
Concerning the Kingdom of God

Affirmations and Denials Concerning Essential Doctrines of the Christian Faith, Part III
Concerning the Omniscience of God and Human Freedom
Concerning the Pelagian Controversy
Concerning the Judicial and Substitutionary Nature of Salvation

Affirmations and Denials Concerning Essential Doctrines of the Christian Faith, Part IV
Concerning the Eternal Fate of Unbelievers
Concerning the Lordship of Christ
Concerning the Unity of the Body of Christ
Concerning the Government of the Church
Concerning Church Discipline

Affirmations and Denials Concerning Essential Doctrines of the Christian Faith, Part V
Concerning Israel and the Church
Concerning Culture, Contextualization and Missions
 

Affirmations and Denials Concerning Essential Doctrines of the Christian Faith, Part VI
Concerning Universal Human Rights
Concerning Christians' Civic Duties
Concerning Biblical Economic Systems
 

Affirmations and Denials Concerning Essential Doctrines of the Christian Faith, Part VII
Concerning Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage
Concerning Biblical Distinctives Between Males and Females
Concerning Homosexuality
Concerning a Biblical Approach to Counseling
  TO BE ON YOUR COUNTRY'S NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THEOLOGY

Christian leaders in good standing with their churches, denominations, organizations, schools and mission agencies are invited to volunteer to be on the National Council on Theology from their own country other than from the United States (and such Christian leaders from the United States) may volunteer to be on the State Council on Theology of their own state within the U.S.) if they meet these qualifications:

  • They hold some position of respect and recognition within their own denomination, association, organization, school, or mission agency and have permission to officially represent their organization to their country's National Council on Theology or to their State Council on Theology (U.S.)
  • They are in hearty agreement with the ICBI Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy and with the 42 Articles on Historic Christian Doctrine (a generic summary of 2,000 years of mainstream theology).
  • They are committed to personally live in obedience to Christ's commands in the Bible and are willing to mutually hold each other accountable, according to Matthew 18, to live in obedience to the Bible in all of life.
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