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Doctrine is a set of beliefs and instructions, that the senior leadership and theologians of every church or denomination formulate, based on their best understanding of the Scripture (2 Tim 3:16; cf. Acts 2:42; 15:6-29). In Christian theology, there are 3 levels of doctrines. (1) 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧-𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦 are 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 that we must believe in because our salvation hinges on them. A denial of them is to deny Christianity itself. They are 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 which define the core beliefs of the Christian faith. You are not a Christian if you don’t believe them. (2) 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗-𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦 are beliefs that Christians may disagree upon. This is why there are different churches and denominations. But they are 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 which significantly impact the overall character and ministry style of a church. They form the “𝗗𝗡𝗔” of a congregation. For us in CHC, our doctrine is Protestant, Evangelical and Pentecostal in es...

In my last post, I defined what a doctrine is. Doctrine is a set of beliefs and instructions that the senior leadership and theologians of every church or denomination formulate, based on their best understanding of the Scripture (2 Tim 3:16; cf. Acts 2:42; 15:6-29). Unless they belong to the same denomination or network of churches, the doctrine of one church may not be exactly the same as the doctrine of another church. This is really the reason why there are different denominations in the first place. Although we all read the same Bible, we understand the truths of Scripture differently. While the differences are not about the absolute core essentials (or the first-order doctrines), yet they are significant enough to result in the distinctiveness among different churches and denominations. What we present as truths must be done with special care and wisdom because they will eventually form the worldview by which we, and our members, govern our lives (1 Tim 4:16). Specifically, doctr...