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The Fourfold Gospel is the Christological summary on which the core values of The Christian and Missionary Alliance is based. Through dramatic spiritual encounters that changed the course of his life, Simpson came to firmly believe that Christ was not only his Savior, but also his Sanctifier and Healer. Alliance people share this rich legacy, as well as our founder’s passion to complete the Great Commission—to take the light of Christ to places where there is little access to the truth—and bring back our Coming King.

The CROSS: Christ Our Savior
Jesus' death on a cross was the fulfillment of Old Testament law, which required blood atonement for sin. By His death and resurrection, we are redeemed from eternal separation from God, justified, made righteous, and accepted in His Name. Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to man by which we must be saved.



The LAVER: Christ Our Sanctifier
The laver symbol represents the daily cleansing from sin by the power of the Holy Spirit. His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness (2 Peter 1:3).


The PITCHER: Christ Our Healer
This symbol represents a pitcher containing oil to anoint the sick for healing that comes through obedience to God's Word. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up (James 5:15).



The CROWN: Christ Our Coming King
The crown represents Christ a€™s royalty as the King of Kings. His coming will be a visible, personal appearance.You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven (Mark 14:62).





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Article One. The Word of God

The Bible, composed of the Canonical books of the Old and New Testaments, is God’s revelation, and, as originally given, is the fully and verbally inspired Word of God. It is without error in all that it affirms, and constitutes the ultimate authority for faith and practice.

Since the Scriptures are the ultimate and decisive standard of faith, all creeds, theological teachings and traditions are subordinate to them.

Article Two. Concerning God

A. The One True God. There is only one true and living God, eternal, almighty, unchangeable, holy, faithful, and gracious. He is perfect in his character and in all his ways. As a self-communicating being, he has revealed himself as the sovereign Creator upholder and provider of all things, but above all, as the saving God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

B. The Triune God. The one true God is revealed in the Scriptures as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, the three distinctions within the Godhead. These three persons share one divine nature: hence, they are not three gods, but one: co-eternal, co-substantial and co-equal.

Article Three. Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is true God and man. He suffered as a substitutionary sacrifice to provide eternal salvation for mankind. He was buried and on the third day He rose again, ascended into heaven where he is now seated on God’s right hand, ruling over all things and interceding for us as advocate and highest priest, until he comes again to establish His kingdom upon the earth.

Article Four. The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, the Executive of the Godhead; the comforter who indwells, guides and empowers the believers for victorious, and effective service. He calls and keeps the church in faith and holiness, and convicts the world concerning sin, righteousness and judgment.

RACC are now studying the Five Solas of the Reformation started last March until July of this year. Started last March, we aim to learn the fundamental teachings of the Reformers of the 16th Century. The Five Solas are five Latin phrases (or slogans) that emerged during the Reformation to summarize the Reformers’ theological convictions about the essentials of Christianity.

The Five Solas are:

SOLI DEO GLORIA

Glory belongs to God alone. God’s glory is the central motivation for salvation, not improving the lives of people—though that is a wonderful by product. God is not a means to an end—he is the means and the end. The goal of all of life is to give glory to God alone: “Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).  As The Westminster Catechism says, the chief purpose of human life is “to glorify God and enjoy him forever.”

SOLA SCRIPTURA

The Scriptures are our ultimate and trustworthy authority for faith and practice. This doesn’t mean that the Bible is the only place where truth is found, but it does mean that everything else we learn about God and his world, and all other authorities, should be interpreted in light of Scripture. The Bible gives us everything we need for our theology. Every word of the 66 books of the Bible is inspired by God’s Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit also helps us to understand and obey Scripture. 2 Peter 2:20, the Bible is about Jesus Christ and his role as God and Savior  (Romans 15:4 is 2 Timothy 2:16).

SOLA FIDE 

We are saved solely through faith in Jesus Christ because of God’s grace and Christ’s merit alone. We are not saved by our merits or declared righteous by our good works. God grants salvation not because of the good things we do, and despite our sin. As humans, we inherited (from our ancestor Adam) a nature that is enslaved to sin. Because of our nature, we are naturally enemies of God and lovers of evil. We need to be made alive (regenerated) so that we can even have faith in Christ. God graciously chooses to give us new hearts so that we trust in Christ and are saved through faith alone (Romans 3:21-26).

SOLUS CHRISTUS

God has given the ultimate revelation of himself to us by sending Jesus Christ, (Colossians 1:15). Only through God’s gracious self-revelation in Jesus do we come to a saving and transforming knowledge of God (1 Timothy 1:5). Because God is holy and all humans are sinful and sinners (1 John 1:1 Hebrews 7:25 Romans 8:34). Neither religious rituals nor good works mediate between us and God.  By which a person can be saved other than the name of Jesus (Acts 4:12),  and his sacrificial death alone can atone for sin (Hebrews 7:23). 

SOLA GRATIA

God graciously preserves us and keeps us. When we are faithless toward him, he is still faithful. We can only stand before God by his grace as he mercifully attributes to us the righteousness of Jesus Christ and attributes to him the consequences of our sins. Jesus’ life of perfect righteousness is counted as ours, and our records of sin and failure were counted to Jesus when he died on the cross (Ephesians 2:8-9).

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