To place an ad as a Christian Business with us you must be in complete agreement with our Statement of faith and beliefs (excepting the biblical view of baptism which is provided for the education of those who do not understand or practice biblical baptism) as well as our Family Friendly Business Agreement listed below. Share our beliefs and enjoy our services

Our Statement of Faith incorporates these
Scriptural truths

• SOLA SCRIPTURA - the scripture alone is our final authority in every area of life, because it is the Word of God;
  
• SOLA CHRISTI - Christ alone, in his perfect life and atoning death in the sinner's place, is the basis for our acceptance by God;
  
• SOLA GRATIA - the grace of God alone in Christ, not works of human merit or effort, is how God saves sinners;
  
• SOLA FIDE - faith alone is the means by which sinners receive or appropriate this grace of God; and
  
• SOLI DEO GLORIA - to God alone be the glory for saving sinners and for everything else in this life and the life to come, eternal.

The founding principles which shall govern all of the activities of Christmas International and it's associated ministries are contained in the following Statement of Faith and Beliefs.

Christian Ministries And Services International and it's associated ministries, is committed to the belief that:

The Bible compromised only of the 66 books is the inspired, authoritative, inerrant, and the only infallible word of God; preserved by God and provided to mankind to educate them in God's Word to lead them to faith and repentance and as the only guide the Christian should follow in daily living.

There is but one eternally existent God whom humanity knows in His three Personages: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; these three identities being descriptive of the one true God;

Jesus, God's Son, is the human incarnation of God - Immanuel- being fully human and fully God who was: born of a virgin by the Holy Spirit, lived a sinless life, died a vicarious and atoning death as sinful mankind's substitute, rose bodily from the grave, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will return personally in glory for all believers;

Man was created in the image of God, but fell through sin, and, as a consequence, is lost and in need of regeneration by the Holy Spirit through faith in Jesus Christ as the personal Lord and Savior of the individual;

Salvation is a gift to the believer who has accepted Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and any claim to salvation apart from Christ's Lordship is false. Man cannot do anything to merit salvation. It is given freely by God through faith alone in the atoning work of Jesus Christ alone.

FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES - Baptism - The only scriptural means of baptism is by immersion as was the example of Jesus as noted in Mark 1:9 "and was was baptized of John (greek = eis ton - into) into the Jordan." which can only be understood in this construction as being completely inside of something. Thus Jesus baptism was one in which He was placed completely inside of the Jordan or completely immersed.

We believe in the eternal security of the believer. Man can do nothing to merit salvation and can do nothing to lose their salvation. God, also being the Holy Spirit, has given Himself as a seal for our redemption. Therefore man has no power, and can do nothing, to break the seal of the holy Spirit and lose the salvation sealed by the Lord God Himself.

The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify Jesus Christ; convict mankind of their sin and unrighteousness, to bring to those who accept God's free gift of eternal life, to empower the life of the believer; to indwell the Christian enabling him to live a Godly life in obedience to the Lordship of Jesus Christ; and to work in the individual to bring about the exercise of their spiritual gifts in order to reach unbelievers and bring them the truth of the Gospel to wit: that whosoever shall call upon the Lord shall be saved (receive eternal life.)

All believers will be resurrected unto eternal life, and all who reject God's provisions of grace through Jesus Christ are lost and will be resurrected to eternal judgment; and

The unity of believers is the Body of Christ made up only of true believers who have "confessed" Jesus as Lord, not those who have merely made a profession of faith. "That If thou shalt confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe with thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved, for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

We believe in the real existence of Satan, previously one of God's most powerful Angels, who in an attempt to become like God, became a fallen angel with great powers, who now leads an army of powerful fallen angels known as demons who constantly strive to take back control of the believer, and strives to oppose and try to defeat God's plan for mankind.

We believe in an ardent effort to free local churches from the bondage of feminism, itself a product of demonic influence, used to control and beset the church in order to weaken the church and defeat God's purpose for local churches; thus having rendered them of limited ability to proclaim and practice God's commandments and lead others to do so having exchanged the truth for a lie..

Men and woman should walk, talk, look, dress, and act in a way which reflects scriptures including Titus 2:3-5; Proverbs 31, and 1 Corinthians. 11 (key verses being 14-15 and 4-5).

Christian children should be raised by faith-based parents according to biblical ideals and morals and who support the use of Faith-based education whenever possible that teaches Children biblical ideals and morals.

We reject as a false and heretical concept "homosexual Christians" there being no such thing. Acceptance of such, is a direct confirmation of any person or church, having been a false professor. The Holy Spirit prevents true believers from believing or proclaiming this blasphemous lie.

Further, A family friendly business is one who promotes the highest level of moral development and support for children, and who supports faith-based education, whenever possible, that teaches children traditional family values and morals. It is not necessary for the children of Family Friendly Businesses to have their children enrolled in faith based education. For your children's sake though, we highly recommend it, since statistics show consistently that children schooled in faith based education schools including homeschools, tend to do better than the national average at every level of education, social development skills, and later in life, leadership skills due to a better ability to engage in positive inter-personal communications

Violation of this Agreement will result in the immediate suspension of your services pending inquiry and deletion of your account if it is found you have violated the agreement you have signed up under with no refund

Should you have any questions about this please contact us using the built in contact form.

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We carefully review all sites for continuing evidence of the above stipulations for linking to, or listing with, any of our ministry's many directories or search engines. This includes links as well as banners and other site links to make sure they are compatible on salvation issues, or that they are in compliance with our Family Friendly Business Agreement. Please let us know if you find a listing in violation of these agreements.

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Rev. Rick Stoneking
Christian Ministries And Services Intl.
Crossway Online Ministries