HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT​

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• We incorporate the three pillars of Truth, Family, and Purpose in every aspect of our teaching and programming.

• The Cumberland Wilderness campus has multiple options for outdoor recreation including hiking, fishing, swimming, camping, rock climbing, and more. 

• We are conveniently located ​within driving distance to Chattanooga (1.5 hours), Atlanta (3 hours), Nashville (1.5 hours), and Birmingham (3 hours).

• We hunger for Truth as defined by scripture alone.

• We model Christ’s love as we teach Biblical Worldview integration into all areas of life.

• We serve our guests as if they were Christ himself.

• We create environments conducive to life change.

• We teach a Biblical Worldview perspective.

• We inspire action that is focused on Kingdom work and eternity.

• We access the power of the Holy Spirit through prayer and fasting.

• We partner with others and access Kingdom resources through a compelling expression of our purpose.

• We are intentional about operational excellence.

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CUMBERLAND WILDERNESS RETREAT

STATEMENT OF FAITH

 

We believe the 66 books of the Bible (39 Old Testament and 27 New Testament) are the inspired, inerrant and authoritative Word of God.  The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and are the only sufficient, certain and authoritative rule of all saving knowledge, faith and obedience.

 (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21; Hebrews 1:1-2).

 

We believe there is one God who manifests Himself in three distinct personalities: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, but without division of nature, essence, or being. There is but one God, the Maker, Preserver and Ruler of all things, having in and of Himself, all perfections, and being infinite in them all; and to Him all creatures owe the highest love, reverence and obedience.

 (Genesis 1:1; Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Luke 3:22).

 

We believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God who came down in human form, lived a sinless life, died on the cross, was buried, rose again and ascended to heaven to the right hand of God. Jesus Christ is the divinely appointed mediator between God and man. Having taken upon Himself human nature, yet without sin, He perfectly fulfilled the law.

 (John 10:33; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:35: Luke 1:26-34; Matthew 1:18-25; Hebrew 4:15, 7:26; 1 Corinthians 15:3; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 2:9; Mark 16:19).

 

 

We believe in the Holy Spirit, whose ministry to the world is the conviction of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment and whose indwelling ministry to the saints is the empowerment to live a godly life, dedicated to serving Christ and His church.  Regeneration is a change of heart, wrought by the Holy Spirit, who revives the dead in trespasses and sins enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the Word of God, and renewing their whole nature, so that they love and practice holiness. It is a work of God’s free and special grace alone.

 (John 14:15-17; Romans 8:13-14; 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19-20; Ephesians 4:30, 5:18).

 

We believe in the total depravity of man. God originally created Man in His own image, and free from sin; but, through the temptation of Satan, he transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original holiness and righteousness; whereby his posterity inherit a nature corrupt and wholly opposed to God and His law, are under condemnation, and as soon as they are capable of moral action, become actual transgressors.

Man is without mercy before God in his natural state (Romans 1:21-32).

 

We believe in the necessity of the new birth for salvation, which comes through faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work on the cross (John 3:16-19, 5:24; Romans 3:23, 5:8-9; Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:5).

 

We believe in the reality of an eternal Heaven and an eternal Hell (Matthew 25:46).

 

 

 

The Lord Jesus is the head of the Church, which is composed of all His true disciples, and in Him is invested supremely all power for its government. According to His commandment, Christians are to associate themselves into particular societies or churches; and to each of these churches He has given needful authority for administering that order, discipline and worship which He has appointed. The regular officers of a Church are Bishops or Elders, and Deacons.

 (Ephesians 4:11-15, 5:25b-27; Matthew 18:15-20; 1 Corinthians 6:1-6).

 

We believe in the return of Jesus Christ for all believers, dead and alive. The bodies of men after death return to dust, but their spirits return immediately to God - the righteous to rest with Him; the wicked, to be reserved under darkness to the judgment. At the last day, the bodies of all the dead, both just and unjust, will be raised. God hath appointed a day, wherein He will judge the world by Jesus Christ, when everyone shall receive according to his deeds; the wicked shall go into everlasting punishment; the righteous, into everlasting life.

 (John 5:28-29, 14-1-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17).

 

We believe in the sanctity of life and that life begins at conception (Psalm 22:10-11; Psalm 139:13, 15; Galatians 1:15; Matthew 19:18).

 

We believe that marriage is between a man and a woman, and that sex outside of that relationship violates God’s plan and law (I Corinthians 6:18-20; Ephesians 5:31-32).

 

We believe that homosexuality violates God’s plan and Law (Romans 1:24-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11).

 

We believe that God created mankind in two distinct and complementary sexes, male and female and that transgenderism violates God’s plan and Law (Genesis 1:26-27; Matthew 19:4).

 

God alone is Lord of the conscience; and He has left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men, which are in anything contrary to His word, or not contained in it. Civil magistrates being ordained of God, subjection in all lawful things commanded by them ought to be yielded by us in the Lord, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. However, if the laws of the civil magistrate would cause us to transgress the law of God, we will choose to obey God rather than man.  (Romans 13:1, 7; 1 Timothy 2:1-2; Acts 5:29; 1 Peter 2:13-14).

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