Statement of Faith

(Rooted in the historic biblical Christian Faith and designed to protect TAPOS from false teaching while welcoming unity on non-essentials.)


Preamble

TAPOS exists to help the Church by gathering and sharing trusted biblical teaching. To participate in the TAPOS Network (as a contributor, organization, or featured community), we ask you to affirm the creedal Christian faith summarized below. This Statement identifies closed-handed essentials that define historic Christianity and open-handed distinctives where Christians may charitably disagree without breaking fellowship. We use it to safeguard against false teachings—understood as any doctrine that contradicts the core beliefs confessed by the historic Church.

Our Creedal Core (Closed-Handed Essentials)

The Triune God
There is one God (Deut 6:4; 1 Cor 8:4–6), eternally existing in three Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—co-equal in glory and co-eternal in majesty; the one Lord who alone is worthy of worship (Matt 28:19; 2 Cor 13:14).

Jesus Christ the Son
Jesus Christ is true God and true Man (John 1:1–14). Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, He lived a sinless life, was crucified for our sins, died and was buried, rose bodily on the third day, ascended into Heaven, and will come again to judge the living and the dead and to renew all things (1 Cor 15:3–8; Acts 1:9–11).

The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Lord and Giver of life, who convicts the world of sin, unites us to Christ, indwells and sanctifies believers, and empowers the Church for witness and service (John 14–16; Rom 8; Acts 1:8). With the Father and the Son He is worshiped and glorified.

Scripture
The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are a divine and human Word—breathed out by God and faithfully written through human authors. The Bible is the trustworthy, sufficient, and authoritative rule for faith and life, giving us wisdom for salvation through faith in Jesus Christ (2 Tim 3:14–17; 2 Pet 1:20–21).

Humanity, Sin, and Salvation
Humans are created in God’s image (Gen 1:26–27), yet all have sinned and are separated from God (Rom 3:23). The Gospel is the good news that Jesus died for our sins and rose again (1 Cor 15:1–4). Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone—not earned by works (Eph 2:8–9; Acts 4:12; John 14:6). Believers are forgiven, declared righteous in Christ, adopted into God’s family, indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and called to a life of holiness and love.

Doctrinal Boundaries (What TAPOS Cannot Host)

To protect our users and remain faithful to the Gospel, TAPOS will not host or promote content that teaches:

  • Denial of the Trinity (e.g., Unitarianism, Arianism) or confusion of the Persons (e.g., modalism).

  • Denial of the full deity and full humanity of Jesus Christ, including rejection of His bodily resurrection.

  • A “different gospel” that adds human merit, other mediators, or other revelations as equal to or above Scripture (Gal 1:6–9; 1 Cor 15:1–4).

  • Salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ, or the claim that all religions equally and savingly reveal God.

  • Polytheism or non-theistic worldviews as Christian teaching (e.g., Latter-day Saint doctrines of exalted gods; non-Christian philosophies presented as the Gospel).

  • Denial of the authority of Scripture for Christian faith and practice.

  • Claims of new “scripture” or ongoing revelation that supersedes or contradicts the biblical Gospel and creedal Christianity.

These boundaries intentionally distinguish biblical Christianity from groups such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, Latter-day Saints (Mormons), Islam, Buddhism, and other non-Trinitarian or non-Christian religions.

Unity in the Essentials, Liberty in Non-Essentials

Followers of Jesus, committed to the creedal core above, may still differ on secondary doctrines and ministry practices. TAPOS therefore does not require alignment on issues such as:

  • Age of Baptism or detailed views of the Lord’s Supper

  • Creation views (e.g., young-earth, old-earth) and the interpretation of Genesis 1–2

  • Millennial/End-times timelines (amillennial, premillennial, postmillennial)

  • Spiritual gifts (continuationist vs. cessationist applications)

  • Church governance models or denominational distinctives

  • Worship style, ministry methods, and other prudential matters

We encourage charitable conviction, humble dialogue, and submission to Scripture.















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