Statement of Faith

Preamble

This statement stands in the historic Baptist confessional tradition, drawing on the New Hampshire Confession of Faith (1833) and the Baptist Faith and Message (2000, amended 2023), and drawing on the Foundation Documents of The Gospel Coalition.

The sole final authority for faith and practice is the Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments. This confession is a guide in interpretation and a pledge of doctrinal accountability among those who serve with Missioteca. It adds nothing to the simple conditions of salvation: repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

This statement does not exhaust what Scripture teaches. For purposes of Missioteca's faith, doctrine, practice and policy, the Board of Directors is Missioteca's final interpretive authority on the Bible's meaning and application.

I.The Scriptures

The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God's revelation of Himself to man. Its sixty-six books, Old Testament and New, are the only writings God has breathed out word for word. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy, and free from error as first given.

Scripture tells us everything we need to know to be saved, gives us all we must believe and obey, and has the last word on every subject it addresses. No later word, vision, or claim of revelation stands alongside it or above it. It is the true center of Christian union and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions are to be tried. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.

Psalm 19:7-10; Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 5:17-18; Luke 24:44-46; John 5:39; 17:17; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2; 4:12; 2 Peter 1:19-21; Jude 3.

II.God

There is one and only one living and true God, an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the heavens and the earth. He is infinite in holiness and all other perfections, all powerful and all knowing, and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future. To Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience. The eternal triune God reveals Himself as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three Persons who share fully in the one divine nature and live in eternal love and honor toward each other, equal in every divine perfection, with distinct personal properties and harmonious roles, but without division of nature, essence, or being.

A. God the Father reigns with providential care over the heavens and the earth, His creatures, and the flow of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ.

B. God the Son. Christ is the eternal Son of God, the Word who was with God in the beginning and who is God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, one Person in two natures, fully God and fully man, yet without sin. He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross He made full atonement for sin. He was raised bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, and is now exalted at the right hand of God as the One Mediator between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and consummate His redemptive mission, making all things new in the new heavens and the new earth.

C. God the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine. He inspired holy men of old to write the Scriptures and illumines believers to understand them. He exalts Christ, convicts of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and effects regeneration. At the moment of regeneration He baptizes every believer into the Body of Christ. He cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, bestows spiritual gifts for service through the church, and seals the believer unto the day of final redemption.

Genesis 1:1; Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 7:14; 53:1-12; Matthew 28:19; John 1:1-18; 14:16-17,26; 16:7-14; Romans 8:9-16; 1 Corinthians 12:3-13; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; Ephesians 1:13-14; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:13-22; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; Hebrews 1:1-3.

III.Humanity

Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation, and the gift of gender is part of the goodness of that creation. Both bear God's image alike, both are of equal worth in His sight, and both may come to Him on the same footing through faith in Christ Jesus.

Equal in worth, men and women are also different by God's design, and each enriches the other. In marriage and in the church God gives them different callings, which picture Christ's love for His people and the church's love for her Lord. Scripture roots these callings in the account of creation, fall, and redemption, so changing cultural trends do not overturn them. God calls and equips both men and women for His service, and the church should help each of them grow and serve fully among His people.

Man was created in holiness, under the law of his Maker, and endowed with freedom of choice. By voluntary transgression, through the temptation of Satan, he fell from that holy and happy state. As a result, all mankind are now sinners, by nature and by choice, inclined to evil, and under just condemnation, without defense or excuse. Only the grace of God can bring man into His holy fellowship. Because God created man in His image and Christ died for man, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.

God appointed Adam to act for the whole human race, and when he disobeyed, sin and death spread to all his descendants. When the time was right, God sent His Son to be the last Adam, the head of a new humanity. Jesus obeyed fully where Adam fell, and His righteous obedience brings acquittal and life to everyone joined to Him by faith. Death reigns over all who are in Adam, but all who belong to Christ will be raised to life and will bear His likeness in the new creation.

Genesis 1:26-31; 2:7,18-25; 3; Psalm 51:5; Romans 3:9-23; 5:12-21; 8:7; 1 Corinthians 11:3-12; 15:21-22,45-49; Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 2:1-3; 5:22-33; 1 Timothy 2:12-14; 1 Peter 3:1-7.

IV.Salvation

The salvation of sinners is wholly of grace, through the mediatorial work of the Son of God, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. Salvation involves the redemption of the whole person and is freely offered to all who will receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification.

A. Regeneration, or the new birth, is a work of God's grace by which believers become new creatures in Christ Jesus. It is effected by the power of the Holy Spirit in connection with divine truth, so as to secure the sinner's obedience of faith. Its proper evidence appears in the holy fruits of repentance, faith, and newness of life.

B. Repentance and faith are sacred duties and also inseparable graces, wrought in our souls by the regenerating Spirit of God. Repentance is a genuine turning from sin toward God. Faith is the acceptance of Jesus Christ and the commitment of the entire person to Him as Lord and Savior, relying on Him alone as the only and all-sufficient Savior.

C. Justification is God's gracious and full acquittal of all sinners who repent and believe in Christ. It includes the pardon of sin and the promise of eternal life. It rests on Christ's sacrifice as the propitiation for our sins, by which He bore the penalty we deserved and satisfied the just wrath of God. It is bestowed not in consideration of any works of righteousness we have done, but solely through faith in the Redeemer, by which His perfect righteousness is freely credited to us. It brings the believer into a relationship of peace and favor with God.

D. Sanctification is the work, beginning in regeneration, by which the believer is set apart to God's purposes and enabled to progress toward moral and spiritual maturity through the presence and power of the indwelling Holy Spirit, in the continual use of the appointed means, especially the study of the Scriptures, communion with God through prayer, and fellowship with the body of Christ.

E. Glorification is the culmination of salvation, when the redeemed, raised with glorified bodies like Christ's, enter the final blessed and abiding state of resurrection life in the new creation.

John 1:12-13; 3:3-8,16; Acts 4:12; 16:30-31; Romans 1:5; 3:21-26; 4:4-5; 5:1,8-10; 8:29-30; 10:9-10; 16:26; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Ephesians 2:8-10; Philippians 3:7-9; Titus 3:5-7; 1 Peter 1:2-23; 1 John 2:2; 4:10.

V.The Gospel

The gospel is the good news of what God has done in Jesus Christ to save sinners. It is the message of first importance, and the church has no other.

God. God is the holy Creator of all things and the rightful King over all people. He made us to know Him, love Him and reflect His glory.

Man. We have all rebelled against God, by nature and by choice. Sin separates us from Him, ruins His good world, and leaves us under His just judgment, unable to save ourselves.

Christ. In love, God sent His Son. Jesus lived the perfect life we could not live, died on the cross in our place as the sacrifice for our sins, and rose bodily from the dead on the third day. He reigns now as Lord and will return to judge the living and the dead and make all things new.

Response. God calls everyone everywhere to repent and believe in Jesus. All who turn from sin and trust in Christ alone are forgiven, declared righteous, given new life by the Spirit, and adopted into God's family. Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, to the glory of God alone.

Mark 1:14-15; John 3:16; Acts 17:30-31; Romans 1:16-17; 3:23-26; 6:23; 10:9-13; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 2:1-10; 1 Peter 3:18; Revelation 21:5.

VI.God's Purpose of Grace

Election is the eternal and gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners. It is perfectly consistent with the free agency of man and comprehends all the means in connection with the end. It is a glorious display of God's sovereign goodness, infinitely wise, holy, and unchangeable. It utterly excludes boasting and promotes humility, love, prayer, praise, trust in God, and the active use of every means of grace, including the proclamation of the gospel to all nations.

The blessings of salvation are made free to all by the gospel. It is the immediate duty of all to accept them by a heartfelt, penitent, and obedient faith. Nothing prevents the salvation of the greatest sinner on earth but his own sinfulness and voluntary rejection of the gospel.

All true believers endure to the end. Those whom God has accepted in Christ and sanctified by His Spirit will never fall away from the state of grace. Believers may fall into sin through neglect and temptation, grieving the Spirit and bringing reproach on the cause of Christ, yet they shall be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.

Isaiah 55:1; John 6:37-44; 10:27-29; 15:16; Acts 13:48; Romans 8:28-39; 9:23-24; 10:12-15; Ephesians 1:3-14; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; 2 Timothy 1:8-9; 1 Peter 1:2-5; 1 John 2:19; Revelation 22:17.

VII.The Gifts of the Spirit

The Holy Spirit sovereignly distributes spiritual gifts to every believer for the common good and the building up of the body of Christ. Every gift is to be exercised in love, in humility, and in an orderly manner under the authority of the local church, and no gift is a mark of superior spirituality. The Spirit's primary work is to exalt Christ, convict of sin, and conform believers to His image, and His presence is evidenced above all in the fruit of the Spirit.

God remains free to work miraculously today, as He wills, and we neither demand nor deny His extraordinary work. Yet every claim to a gift, healing, prophecy, or spiritual experience is to be tested by Scripture and is subject to it. No such claim adds to, equals, or corrects the completed Word of God. The office of apostle, as held by those appointed by the risen Christ as witnesses of His resurrection and foundation of the church, was unique and unrepeatable, though apostolic mission continues through the sending of the church.

We reject the teaching that God promises every believer health, wealth, or earthly success in this life, or that faith is a means of securing them. Every spiritual blessing in Christ is received by grace through faith, and believers may ask God in faith for healing and provision, trusting His good and sovereign will. Christ calls His people to take up the cross, and suffering is a normal part of faithful discipleship until He returns. Our hope is not in earthly prosperity but in the glory yet to be revealed.

Matthew 16:24-25; John 16:13-14; Acts 1:21-22; Romans 8:17-18; 12:3-8; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; 13; 14:26-40; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 2:20; 4:11-16; Philippians 1:29; 1 Timothy 6:5-10; Hebrews 1:1-2; 1 Peter 4:10-11; 1 John 4:1; Jude 3.

VIII.The Church

The church is the people of God, redeemed by Christ from every tribe, tongue, people and nation. The universal church is the Body of Christ, and Christ is its only Head. That church takes visible form in local congregations of baptized believers, joined by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel. Each congregation gathers for worship, preaches the Word, observes the ordinances, practices loving discipline and carries the gospel to the ends of the earth.

Missioteca is not a church and does not replace one. It exists to serve, strengthen and multiply local churches across Latin America and the Caribbean. Scripture names two offices in the local church, pastor/elder/overseer and deacon. Men and women alike are gifted for service, but the office of pastor/elder/overseer is limited to men as Scripture qualifies them. Deacons serve the congregation under the leadership of its elders and do not exercise governing authority. Where deacons serve in this way, qualified men and women may serve as deacons; where a congregation's deacons govern the church or function as its elders, that office should be limited to qualified men. Missioteca's own conviction is that each congregation is self-governing and answers to Christ as Lord.

Matthew 16:15-19; 18:15-20; Acts 2:41-47; 6:1-6; 14:23; 20:28; Romans 16:1; 1 Corinthians 12; Ephesians 1:22-23; 2:19-22; 4:11-16; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 2:9-14; 3:1-15; Titus 1:5-9; 1 Peter 5:1-4; Revelation 5:9.

IX.Baptism and the Lord's Supper

Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior, the believer's death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It testifies to the believer's faith in the final resurrection of the dead. As a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord's Supper.

The Lord's Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming. It is to be preceded by solemn self-examination.

Matthew 3:13-17; 26:26-30; 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42; 8:35-39; Romans 6:3-5; 1 Corinthians 11:23-29; Colossians 2:12.

X.The Lord's Day

The first day of the week is the Lord's Day. It is a Christian institution for regular observance, commemorating the resurrection of Christ from the dead, and should include exercises of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and private. Activities on the Lord's Day should be commensurate with the Christian's conscience under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Exodus 20:8-11; Mark 2:27-28; 16:1-7; John 20:1,19-28; Acts 20:7; Romans 14:5-10; 1 Corinthians 16:1-2; Revelation 1:10.

XI.The Kingdom of God

The Kingdom of God includes both His general sovereignty over the heavens and the earth and His particular kingship over those who willfully acknowledge Him as King. Particularly, the Kingdom is the realm of salvation into which people enter by trustful, childlike commitment to Jesus Christ. Christians ought to pray and labor that the Kingdom may come and God's will be done on earth. The full consummation of the Kingdom awaits the return of Jesus Christ and the end of this age.

Isaiah 9:6-7; Matthew 6:10; 13:1-52; Mark 1:14-15; Luke 17:20-21; John 3:3; 18:36; Colossians 1:13; Hebrews 12:28; Revelation 11:15; 21-22.

XII.Last Things

God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally, bodily, and visibly in glory to the earth. The dead will be raised, and Christ will judge all people in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the lake of fire, the place of eternal, conscious punishment. The righteous, in their resurrected and glorified bodies, will receive their reward and will dwell forever with the Lord in the new heaven and the new earth.

Matthew 16:27; 25:31-46; John 5:28-29; 14:1-3; Acts 1:11; 17:31; 1 Corinthians 15:35-58; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; 2 Peter 3:7-13; Revelation 20:11-22:5.

XIII.Evangelism and Missions

It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations. The new birth of a person's spirit by God's Holy Spirit means the birth of love for others. Missionary effort therefore rests on a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life and is expressly and repeatedly commanded in the teachings of Christ. It is the duty of every child of God to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal witness undergirded by a Christian lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ, including the planting and strengthening of local churches.

Genesis 12:1-3; Isaiah 6:1-8; Matthew 9:37-38; 28:18-20; Luke 24:46-53; John 20:21; Acts 1:8; 13:2-3; Romans 10:13-15; 2 Timothy 4:5; Revelation 22:17.

XIV.The Christian and the Social Order

All Christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ supreme in their own lives and in human society. Efforts to improve society can be truly and permanently helpful only when rooted in the regeneration of the individual by the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ. In the spirit of Christ, Christians should oppose racism, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all sexual activity outside the marriage of one man and one woman. We should work to provide for the orphaned, the needy, the abused, the aged, the helpless, and the sick. We should speak on behalf of the unborn and contend for the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death. Christians should be ready to work with all people of good will in any good cause, always acting in love without compromising their loyalty to Christ and His truth.

Exodus 20:3-17; Micah 6:8; Matthew 5:13-16; 22:36-40; 25:35; Luke 4:18-21; 10:27-37; Galatians 3:26-28; James 1:27; 2:8.

XV.Peace and War

It is the duty of Christians to seek peace with all people on principles of righteousness and, in accordance with the spirit and teachings of Christ, to do all in their power to put an end to war. The true remedy for the war spirit is the gospel of our Lord. Christian people throughout the world should pray for the reign of the Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 2:4; Matthew 5:9,38-48; Romans 12:18-19; 14:19; Hebrews 12:14; James 4:1-2.

XVI.Religious Liberty

God alone is Lord of the conscience. Throughout this statement, "church" means the church of Jesus Christ as defined in Article VIII. Church and state should be separate. The state owes to every church protection and full freedom in the pursuit of its spiritual ends, and no church or denomination should be favored by the state above others. Civil government is ordained of God, and Christians owe it loyal obedience in all things not contrary to the revealed will of God. The church should not resort to the civil power to carry on its work. The state has no right to impose penalties for religious opinions or taxes for the support of any form of religion. A free church in a free state is the Christian ideal.

Matthew 22:21; John 8:36; Acts 4:19-20; 5:29; Romans 13:1-7; Galatians 5:1,13; 1 Timothy 2:1-2; 1 Peter 2:12-17.

XVII.The Family

God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption.

Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God's unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church, and to provide for the man and the woman the framework for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation.

The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in His image. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, protect, and lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband, even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ, and to respect her husband and serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation.

Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and lead them, through consistent example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical truth. Children are to honor and obey their parents.

Genesis 1:26-28; 2:15-25; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Psalm 127; 139:13-16; Proverbs 22:6; Malachi 2:14-16; Matthew 19:3-9; Ephesians 5:21-6:4; Colossians 3:18-21; Titus 2:3-5; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Peter 3:1-7.

XVIII.Education

Christianity calls for the growth of the whole mind under the lordship of Christ, because in Him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Teaching belongs at the heart of the church's mission, and every believer should keep learning God's Word and how it shapes all of life. Missioteca supports theological and ministry training that is faithful to Scripture, accessible to pastors and leaders where they live, and grounded in the life of the local church.

Freedom to teach and learn is always held within the authority of Scripture. Those who teach in Missioteca's ministries are accountable to the Word of God and to this statement of faith.

Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Psalm 19:7-11; Proverbs 1:7; Matthew 28:19-20; Colossians 2:2-3,8-9; 1 Timothy 4:13-16; 2 Timothy 2:2,15; 3:14-17.

XIX.Stewardship

God is the owner and giver of everything we have, including our lives, time, abilities and possessions. Believers hold these as stewards who will give account to Him. Christians should give to the Lord's work cheerfully, regularly, proportionately and generously, for the advance of the gospel and the good of others.

Missioteca receives every gift as a sacred trust. It commits to handle resources with integrity, transparency and accountability, to use them for the purposes for which they were given, and to report faithfully to those who give.

Genesis 14:20; Malachi 3:8-12; Matthew 6:19-21; 25:14-29; Luke 12:16-21; Acts 2:44-47; 1 Corinthians 4:1-2; 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 8:1-9:15; 1 Peter 4:10.

XX.Cooperation

Christ prayed that His people would be one so that the world would believe. Churches and ministries that share the gospel can accomplish together what none could do alone, without any of them giving up its identity or convictions. Such cooperation is voluntary, rests on agreement in the gospel, and serves the advance of Christ's Kingdom.

Missioteca is a parachurch ministry that exists to serve local churches, not to stand in their place. Across Latin America and the Caribbean, it partners with congregations, pastors and ministries that hold to the gospel. It works alongside them in training, evangelism, church health and mercy, and it respects each church's oversight of its own life and ministry.

Exodus 17:12; Nehemiah 4:6; John 17:20-23; Acts 15:1-35; 1 Corinthians 3:5-9; 12:12-27; Ephesians 4:1-16; Philippians 1:3-5,27.

Partnership

Everyone on Missioteca's staff and board affirms this whole statement. Partner churches and ministries affirm Articles I through VII, XII, XIII and XX. On church government, the mode and meaning of baptism, and the Lord's Day, Missioteca holds its convictions firmly and partners with churches that differ on them.

Theological Vision for Ministry

The articles above say what Missioteca believes. What follows describes the way we aim to serve, faithful to Scripture and sound in doctrine, across Latin America and the Caribbean.

1. Reading Scripture with Christ at the center. We follow the Bible as one unfolding story: God makes a good world, humanity falls into sin, God redeems a people, and He will renew all things, with Jesus Christ at the heart of it all. We also gather what the whole Bible says on each subject, so that we teach clearly who God is, what sin has done, what Christ accomplished, and the faith that receives Him. We keep both approaches together. That way our teaching calls each person to be born again and also proclaims God's plan to make His whole creation new.

2. Making the gospel clear in every setting. Christianity always takes on something of the culture where it lives, but the gospel itself is never ours to change in order to be accepted. When we bend the message to please a culture, we show that we doubt its power. When we cling to our own customs, we show that we love our preferences more than the people around us. We want the same unchanging gospel to be clearly understood in every community we serve.

3. Distinct churches that serve their neighbors. We want churches whose life looks different from the world around them, and whose very difference moves them to give themselves for others, including those who oppose them. We seek to serve, not to dominate. We pray for the countries where we work, respect those who govern them, and teach believers to be good citizens. Still, we will never tie the gospel or the church to any nation, party, or political cause, and we do not look to political power to advance the Kingdom of Christ.

4. Faith at work. The gospel brings more than personal forgiveness; it shapes how we see all of life. We help believers honor God in every calling, whether in the field, the workshop, the marketplace, the classroom, or public office, and to do their work with integrity, skill, and a character that is recognizably Christian.

5. Compassion and justice. God made us body, soul and spirit, and the risen body of Jesus is the first sign that He will restore the whole person and the whole world. So we care about the hungry, the thirsty, the poor, and the wronged, and not only about eternal destiny. We love our neighbors in practical, costly ways, whatever they believe, while we urge everyone to turn from sin and trust in Christ. Those who have truly understood that they were saved by grace alone cannot remain unmoved by the poor.

Jeremiah 29:4-7; Micah 6:8; Matthew 5:13-16; Mark 10:45; Luke 24:44-47; Acts 4:34; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Galatians 2:14; Colossians 3:23-24; James 2:14-17; 1 Peter 2:12.

Sources and Acknowledgments

This statement adapts two historic Baptist confessions and draws on a contemporary one:

• •  The New Hampshire Confession of Faith (1833), J. Newton Brown. Basis for the language on salvation wholly of grace, eternal election, regeneration, repentance and faith, the free offer of the gospel, and the self-examination preceding the Lord's Supper.
• •  The Baptist Faith and Message (adopted June 14, 2000; amended June 14, 2023), Southern Baptist Convention. Basis for the overall structure and for the articles on God, the church, the ordinances, the Lord's Day, the Kingdom, last things, missions, the social order, peace and war, religious liberty, the family, education, stewardship, and cooperation.
• •  The Gospel Coalition Foundation Documents. The articles on Scripture and humanity and the Theological Vision for Ministry were written by Missioteca drawing on the Confessional Statement and the Theological Vision for Ministry of The Gospel Coalition. These Foundation Documents were adopted by the Council of The Gospel Coalition on May 22, 2007, and revised on April 12, 2011.

Scripture references follow standard English book names. Quotations, where used in teaching materials, follow the New American Standard Bible (NASB).