About/contrary movement

IDENTIFICATION OF MOVEMENTS
CONTRARY TO THE FAITH
(Movements are representative and not to be considered exhaustive)

A. Theological Liberalism
Theological Liberalism is the movement that denies or questions doctrines of the faith (e.g. inerrancy of Scripture, the virgin birth, the deity of Christ, creation of man by God, sinfulness of the human race, the judgment of God upon unredeemed humanity, the substitutionary death of Christ) and affirms that man's highest responsibility is the social welfare of his fellowman, spawning such movements as liberation theology, syncretism, universalism, etc.

B. Ecumenism
Ecumenism is the movement which seeks the organizational unity of all Christianity and ultimately of all religions. Its principal advocates are the National Council of Churches in the United States of America and the World Council of Churches internationally.

C. Ecumenical Evangelism
Ecumenical Evangelism is an endeavor which seeks to promote the gospel but, in so doing, violates biblical principles through the creation of unequal yokes with theological liberals and/or other divergent groups.

D. Neo-Orthodoxy
Neo-Orthodoxy is the movement which, while affirming the transcendence of God, the finiteness and sinfulness of man, and the necessity of supernatural divine revelation of truth, seriously departs from orthodoxy, redefines biblical terminology, accepts the views of destructive higher criticism, denies the inerrancy of the Scriptures as historic revelation, accepts religious experience as the criterion of truth, and abandons other important truths of the Christian faith.

E. Neo-Evangelicalism
Neo-Evangelicalism is the philosophical movement that subjects cooperation in ministry to social and spiritual need rather than biblical authority. It endeavors to infiltrate society with a respectable gospel through emphasizing toleration and theological pragmatism. It seeks to present a united voice in evangelicalism by bringing together theological liberals and conservative evangelicals in cooperative efforts and movements.

F. The Charismatic Movement
The Charismatic Movement is an interfaith movement emphasizing religious experiences such as the "baptism in the Holy Spirit," accompanied by speaking in tongues and miraculous sign gifts at the expense of biblical authority and sound biblical interpretation. The movement encourages ecumenism.

Since preoccupation with charismatic gifts has divided and destroyed churches, compromised vital and essential Bible doctrines, and dissipated the strength, motivation, and vision of many for true, biblical evangelism, and since the present-day Charismatic Movement is contrary to God's Word, therefore we do not accept or retain as members in our Mission anyone who participates in this movement or who privately practices speaking in tongues.

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