Why should everyone understand a ministries statement of faith? I think we should start off by asking what is a statement of faith. A statement of faith is a statement that a ministry will put together that tells people what their beliefs are. It can be in depth or in plain English for everyone to easily understand. From my experience in the last 2 hours the Launch program went through two different types of statements of faith. The first one was the Hidden Acres statement of faith and the second one was a online program CCI statement of faith. For the Hidden Acres statement of faith it is easy to understand front and back of a piece of paper. For the online program CCI their statement of faith was very in depth and left a lot of things open so other religions would not be offended. Their statement of faith was five pages front and back. Honestly who would be willing to sit there and read through all of that mumbo jumbo that doesn't make any sense and in the end not remember anything from it.
I think that if an organization truly wants people to read and understand a statement of faith they need to keep it short and to the point otherwise people can interpreter it however they want. I'm not saying that the CCI statement is bad I personally can't grasp what they really believe and to me that is kind of frustrating.
Why should people understand a ministries statement of faith? Well if you are looking for a place to bring your family or send your children you should look into their statement because you can get a feel for the type of organization the camp is. You can see if you believe the same things the camp does and if you don't you can look elsewhere. I hope that covered the question. Enjoy my thoughts.
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