About Word4Women

What We Believe

I. The Bible is the Word of God - In accordance with II
Timothy 3:16 and II Peter 1:21, the Bible was written by
men under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit as a
supernatural revelation of God. The Scriptures are
literally God-breathed and contain no mixture of error.
The truth of Scripture and the person of Christ are
the foundations of the church and stand in direct
opposition to the moral ills of society.

II. Salvation is by Grace Alone - In accordance with
Ephesians 2:8-9, we are saved by God’s grace at the
point of personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and
Savior. Man is sinful and does not have the ability to
save himself, least of all by good works. However, in
accordance with James 2:14-17, our faith will be
evidenced by good works, obedience, and the fruit of
the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23).

III. The Believer is Eternally Secure - In accordance
with John 10:27-28 and Romans 8:38-39, if an individual
has made been changed by the Grace of God, then
they will never lose their salvation. When a saved person
sins, their fellowship with God is interrupted, but never
broken (I John 1:9). Likewise, those who do not trust
Christ in this lifetime will spend eternity in hell
(Revelation 21:8).

IV. In the Priesthood of the Believer - In accordance
with I John 2:1 and Hebrews 4:14-16, Christ Himself is
our Advocate and High Priest. We have no need for
human intermediaries because the blood of Christ has
made each believer a child in God’s own family.
Therefore we have direct access to God in confession,
prayer, worship, and through His Word.

V. Baptism is by Immersion for the Believer - In
accordance with Matthew 28:19-20 and Romans 6:3-5,
baptism is done in the name of the Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit. It is not a means of salvation, but it is the
believer’s symbolic identification with the death and
resurrection of Christ and the cleansing of the Holy
Spirit. In accordance with the Greek translation, true
baptism is by immersion as an act of obedience, and it is
reserved for persons who can express a certain degree
of sincerity and understanding of their faith.

Affirmations ****

Based on our understanding of Biblical teachings, we
affirm the following:
Both Adam and Eve were created in God's image,
equal before God as persons and distinct in their
manhood and womanhood (Gen 1:26-27, 2:18).
Distinctions in masculine and feminine roles are ordained
by God as part of the created order, and should find an
echo in every human heart (Gen 2:18, 21-24; 1 Cor 11:7-
9; 1 Tim 2:12-14).
Adam's headship in marriage was established by God
before the Fall, and was not a result of sin (Gen 2:16-
18, 21-24, 3:1-13; 1 Cor 11:7-9).
The Fall introduced distortions into the relationships
between men and women (Gen 3:1-7, 12, 16).
In the home, the husband's loving, humble headship
tends to be replaced by domination or passivity; the
wife's intelligent, willing submission tends to be replaced
by usurpation or servility.
In the church, sin inclines men toward a worldly love of
power or an abdication of spiritual responsibility, and
inclines women to resist limitations on their roles or to
neglect the use of their gifts in appropriate ministries.
The Old Testament, as well as the New Testament,
manifests the equally high value and dignity which God
attached to the roles of both men and women (Gen 1:26-
27, 2:18; Gal 3:28). Both Old and New Testaments
also affirm the principle of male headship in the family
and in the covenant community (Gen 2:18; Eph 5:21-33;
Col 3:18-19; 1 Tim 2:11-15).
Redemption in Christ aims at removing the distortions
introduced by the curse.
In the family, husbands should forsake harsh or selfish
leadership and grow in love and care for their wives; wives
should forsake resistance to their husbands' authority
and grow in willing, joyful submission to their husbands'
leadership (Eph 5:21-33; Col 3:18-19; Tit 2:3-5; 1 Pet
3:1-7).
In the church, redemption in Christ gives men and women
an equal share in the blessings of salvation; nevertheless,
some governing and teaching roles within the church are
restricted to men (Gal 3:28; 1 Cor 11:2-16; 1 Tim 2:11-
15).
  In all of life Christ is the supreme authority and guide
for men and women, so that no earthly submission-
domestic, religious, or civil-ever implies a mandate to
follow a human authority into sin (Dan 3:10-18; Acts 4:
19-20, 5:27-29; 1 Pet 3:1-2).
In both men and women a heartfelt sense of call to
ministry should never be used to set aside Biblical
criteria for particular ministries (1 Tim 2:11-15, 3:1-13;
Tit 1:5-9). Rather, Biblical teaching should remain the
authority for testing our subjective discernment of
God's will.
With half the world's population outside the reach of
indigenous evangelism; with countless other lost people in
those societies that have heard the gospel; with the
stresses and miseries of sickness, malnutrition,
homelessness, illiteracy, ignorance, aging, addiction,
crime, incarceration, neuroses, and loneliness, no man or
woman who feels a passion from God to make His grace
known in word and deed need ever live without a fulfilling
ministry for the glory of Christ and the good of this
fallen world (1 Cor 12:7-21).
We are convinced that a denial or neglect of these
principles will lead to increasingly destructive
consequences in our families, our churches, and the
culture at large.


 *** Word4Women is in complete agreement with the
above 10 affirmations as originally presented in the
Danvers Statement***


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  Cindy's Personal Testimony
  and        
  The Statement of Faith and Purpose
of  
 Word4Women