Membership Doctrinal Statement
SEEK is a distinctly Christian Homeschool
co-op. Our membership is made up of parents who have been saved by the
grace of God, who worship and serve the one, eternal, triune God, and
who embrace the Bible as the authority for life and godliness. SEEK
is a ministry of Colonial Baptist Church and is governed by the beliefs
and policies of Colonial. SEEK members need not attend Colonial, but
we do ask that you understand Colonial’s beliefs and if your faith
and practice differs significantly, please contact Scott Wylie, the
Pastor of Children’s Ministries before joining.
The following are areas upon which all SEEK members agree:
The Scriptures
We believe that the Bible (the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments)
as originally written, was inspired by God, is the product of spirit-controlled
men, and, therefore, is truth without any mixture of error. We believe
the Bible to be the center of true Christian unity and the supreme standard
by which all human conduct, creeds and opinions shall be tried.
The Triune God
We believe there is one and only one living and true God, the Maker
and Supreme Ruler of heaven and earth. He is glorious in holiness and
worthy of all possible honor, confidence and love. In the unity of the
Godhead there are three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
They are equal in every divine perfection and they execute distinct
but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption. Jesus Christ
is the eternal Son of God, having not been created, but being the eternal
Second Person of the Trinity, came into this world as foretold in the
Scriptures to manifest God to mankind and to be the Redeemer of the
sinful world. The Holy Spirit is a divine person, equal with God the
Father and God the Son and of the same nature.
The Fall of Man
We believe that man was created in innocence under the laws of his Maker;
but, by voluntary transgression, Adam fell from his sinless and happy
estate. In Adam as our representative head, all men have sinned, the
consequence of which, all men are totally depraved, are partakers of
Adam's fallen nature and are sinners by nature and by conduct, and,
therefore, are under just condemnation without defense or excuse.
Grace and the New Creation
We believe that, in order to be saved, sinners must be born again; that
the new birth is a new creation in Christ Jesus. Salvation is instantaneous
and not a process. In the new birth, the one dead in trespasses and
in sin is made a partaker of the divine nature and receives eternal
life, the free gift of God. The new creation is brought about by our
sovereign God in a manner above our comprehension, solely by the power
of the Holy Spirit in connection with divine truth, so as to secure
our voluntary obedience to the Gospel. The proper evidence of true salvation
appears in the holy fruits of repentance, faith and newness of life.
Faith and Salvation
We believe that faith alone in Jesus Christ is the only condition for
salvation.