- PIASS affirms the following as
fundamental to Christian belief, practice, and behavior.
- The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as the written
Word originally given by God through revelation to humans, are inspired,
true, and entirely trustworthy in all that it intends to teach, and have
supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct since they contain
all things necessary for salvation.
- There is One God, eternally existent in Three Persons: Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit.
- God is the Creator and Sustainer of the world and of life thanks to
His universal sovereignty over all that He has made in heaven and on
earth.
- Our Lord Jesus Christ, incarnated God, was conceived through the
Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, true God, and a true man without
sin. His bodily resurrection, His ascension, His present mediatorial work,
and his personal return in power and glory to judge the living and the
dead remain a firm source of our hope for the present and life to come.
- The Holy Spirit, one of the persons of the Trinity, witnesses to
Christ, regenerates and sanctifies us. His indwelling enables us to
witness and serve the Triune God and humankind through different spiritual
gifts and talents.
- Man and woman were created by God in his image, free and responsible
to choose good or evil. By sin, human beings were corrupted in their
nature and were separated from their Creator.
- Salvation for humans remains the work of God, accomplished through
Jesus Christ’s expiatory death and bodily resurrection. In his grace, God
justifies the sinner through faith alone.
- The unity of all those who, through believing and confessing that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Saviour of the world, form a
community of children of God, the Church, the Body of Christ of which He
is the Head.
- The bodily resurrection of all the dead, the final judgment, and the
establishment of the eternal kingdom of Christ.
As a Church-owned institution, PUR’s overall conviction and calling are
to build a world in which the love of God for His creation and that we have for
one another is visible and lived in concrete experiences. To stand firm in its
faith and succeed in its mission, the following commitments and strategies are
set as safeguards:
- PUR is committed to reading,
teaching, and preaching the Holy Scriptures in their plain and canonical
sense through an in-depth analysis, and to applying their message.
- PUR is committed to promoting
Ecumenism within it and among Protestant Churches in Rwanda and beyond as
an opportunity and strategy to affirm our Christian witness and fight
against separatism, destructive fundamentalism, and any form of extremism.
- PUR is engaged in the
ministry of reconciliation and search for peace within surrounding
communities, in the Rwandan society, and in the Great Lakes sub-region.
- PUR is committed to
supporting initiatives likely to improve the living conditions of
communities.
- PUR is committed to
supporting the weakest among us and to building healing communities where
everyone finds a place.
