What We Believe

KIF confesses the Christian faith revealed in the Old and New Testaments and summarized in the Apostles’ Creed. We explicitly affirm doctrines crucial to understanding and proclaiming the gospel and living the Christian life:

  • The sovereignty and grace of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in creation, providence, revelation, redemption, and final judgment.
  • The divine inspiration, trustworthiness, and supreme authority of Holy Scripture in all matters of faith and conduct.
  • The universal sinfulness and guilt of humanity since the fall, bringing all under God’s wrath and condemnation.
  • The substitutionary sacrifice of the incarnate Son of God as the sole ground of redemption from the guilt, penalty, and power of sin.
  • The justification of sinners by God’s grace through faith alone in Christ crucified and risen.
  • The illuminating, regenerating, indwelling, and sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit in believers.
  • The unity and common priesthood of all true believers who together form the one universal Church, of which Christ is the Head.
  • The expectation of the personal, visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ.