Statement of Faith
Spiritual Statement
FWCS desires to see every student put their faith and hope in the Gospel of Jesus; to see every student live their lives in faithfulness to God by being filled with the Holy Spirit; and to see every student living in fellowship with other believers. Toward this end, FWCS has organized chapel services for presenting the Gospel and for developing Christian character. The chaplain, Pastor Kenny Johnston, will oversee chapel time and be available throughout the year to help students understand their position with Christ. As the fall semester progresses, students are given an opportunity to respond to the Gospel. The chapels then begin to focus on servanthood and Jesus’ example of serving others. An opportunity for baptism will be given to those who have made a profession of faith during chapel in late February to early March. The remainder of the spring semester focuses on chapel presentations by each class on assigned days. In addition, the staff operates as spiritual counselors and mentors to students by being models of Christ’s behavior and demeanor. FWCS operates from a Christian worldview, and although we do not require attending students to be believers, we purposely strive for them to become followers of Christ.
Statement of Beliefs
- We believe the Bible to be the only inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God.
- We believe there is one God, infinitely perfect and eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the complete deity and perfect humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His substitutionary atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His ministry of intercession for His people, and in His personal return in power and glory.
- We believe man was originally created in the image and the likeness of God and that through sin he fell and is therefore spiritually dead in trespasses and sin.
- We believe in salvation by the sacrifice of Christ received by grace through faith alone.
- We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit in this world, which includes the convicting of the lost of sin, the regenerating and indwelling of all who believe, and the empowering of believers for service and godly living.
- We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead: the saved to the resurrection of eternal life and the lost to the resurrection of eternal punishment.
- We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers under the headship of Jesus Christ.