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The
Free Presbyterian Church of North America
Statement of Purpose
The purpose of the Free
Presbyterian Church of North America is
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To glorify God in the
Trinity of His sacred persons, according to the
Scriptures;
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To declare the whole
counsel of God and remain faithful to His inspired
and infallible Word, the Bible, with particular
emphasis on the following truths: the total
depravity of man as fallen in Adam; the three-fold
function of the law as a mirror to expose and
condemn sin, thus shutting men up to Christ as their
only hope of gaining acceptance with God, as a curb
to deter and restrain the unconverted, and as a rule
of life for the regenerate; the limitations of the
law, in that it can neither effect justification in
an unsaved person nor sanctification in a saved
person; the sole mediation and saving merits of the
Lord Jesus Christ; and His atoning death, bodily
resurrection and ascension into heaven to be the
advocate and great high priest of His people;
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To labor for the
salvation of the lost by the preaching of the gospel
of Christ and calling them to repentance toward God
and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ;
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To seek the
edification of Christians by teaching them the
Scriptures and by pointing them continually to the
all-sufficient Christ, the author and finisher of
their faith;
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To oppose all
expressions of human self-righteousness and to give
prominence to the glorious truth of justification by
faith in the merits of Christ’s righteousness, which
God freely imputes to His people through faith
alone;
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To promote and
participate in worldwide evangelism through
biblically sound and separated mission activity.
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To promote scriptural
and godly worship, with special emphasis on prayer,
sound biblical preaching, the right administration
of the sacraments, and a proper keeping of the
Sabbath.
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To contend earnestly
for the faith once delivered to the saints (Jude 3),
opposing the enemies of the gospel, especially the
antichristian system of Roman Catholicism and the
unscriptural Ecumenical and Charismatic movements,
thus rejecting the compromising policy of
neo-evangelicalism in favor of biblical separation;
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To stimulate
fellowship with Bible-believing men and churches who
are separated unto the gospel of God.
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To surrender the
entire work of the ministry to God for the work of
the gospel, looking to Him to revive His work in
this age of apostasy and to maintain the witness of
this church until the glorious personal return of
the Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ.
With a sense of history
and hope, the Free Presbyterian Church of North America
launches into the work that God has given it to do with
the prayer that the Lord will place the stamp of His
approval and blessing on its labors.
Taken
from the Book of Church Order of The Free
Presbyterian Church of North America.
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