Doctrinal Statement of 1928 for Alliance Bible Schools

The Manual of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, (1929 edition)

1. The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God. They contain a complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and constitute the Divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice. — I Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21.
2. There is one God, Who is infinitely perfect, existing eternally in three persons Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
3. Jesus Christ is true God and true man. He was conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary. He died upon the cross, the just for the unjust as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. He arose from the dead according to the Scriptures. He is now at the right hand of the Majesty on high as our Great High Priest, and He will return again to establish His Kingdom of righteousness and justice.
4. The Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, the Executive of the Godhead, the Comforter sent by the Lord Jesus Christ to indwell, to guide, and to teach the believer, and to convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.
5. Man was originally created in the likeness and image of God; he fell through disobedience, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All men are born with a sinful nature, are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ. The portion of the impenitent and unbelieving is existence forever in conscious torment; and that of the believer, in everlasting joy and bliss.
6. Salvation has been provided through Jesus Christ for all men; and those who receive Him are born again of the Holy Spirit, obtain the gift of eternal life, and become the children of God.
7. There shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and of the unjust: for the former, a resurrection unto life; for the latter, a resurrection unto judgment.
8. The church consists of all those who have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, are washed in His blood, and have been born again of the Holy Spirit. It has been commissioned of the Lord to witness in His name, to comfort and build up its members in the holy faith, and especially to fulfill the terms of the Great Commission to go forth into all the world as a witness, preaching the Gospel to all nations.
9. It is the will of God that each believer should be filled with the Holy Spirit and thus be sanctified wholly, being separated from sin and the world and fully consecrated to the will of God, thereby receiving power for holy living and effective service. This is recognized as an experience wrought in the life subsequent to conversion.
10. Provision is made in the redemption of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the mortal body in accordance with His Word. The anointing with oil, as set forth in the fifth chapter of James, is to be practiced by the Church in this present age.
11. The premillennial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is a practical truth which should be preached, showing its relation to the personal life and the service of the believer.

Source of Information: Doctrinal Statement for Alliance Bible Schools, 1928