In 1992 while sitting in a tiny, cold, concrete cell at the L.A. County Jail Jack Hakimian's life was radically changed...
Our Stance On Secondary Issues
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"In Essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love"
Augustine (354-430 AD)
We believe Christians should be unified in the worship of Christ and the work of evangelism with all Christians from differing backgrounds (Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant) who hold to Essential Non-Negotiable Doctrines of Scripture & The Nicene Creed.
The Nicene Creed is as follows:
We believe Christians can and should work with people of all races, genders, religions and political ideas when it comes to solving humanitarian and moral needs in their community.
Jesus made this point by His rebukes, His sermons, and His example of love to non-Jewish people. Love for humans has "no conditions" as God demonstrates His provision on the just and unjust everyday. Other scriptural proofs:
Augustine (354-430 AD)
We believe Christians should be unified in the worship of Christ and the work of evangelism with all Christians from differing backgrounds (Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant) who hold to Essential Non-Negotiable Doctrines of Scripture & The Nicene Creed.
The Nicene Creed is as follows:
- "I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father [and the Son]; who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets. And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen."
We believe Christians can and should work with people of all races, genders, religions and political ideas when it comes to solving humanitarian and moral needs in their community.
Jesus made this point by His rebukes, His sermons, and His example of love to non-Jewish people. Love for humans has "no conditions" as God demonstrates His provision on the just and unjust everyday. Other scriptural proofs:
- Luke 5:29-32
29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. 30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and 'sinners'?" 31 Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
- Luke 11:42 "Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.
