The eleven Articles of Faith (listed below) are considered a summary of the beliefs of the Evangelical Christian Church in Canada (Christian Disciples), which concentrates on ideals and values of first-century Christianity. Our primary focus is not a religious ideology, but unconditional love. This complete doctrinal statement of the Evangelical Christian Church (Christian Disciples) examines the history, theology, and practices found in this historical movement in Canada since our founding in 1810.

The eleven Articles of Faith are based on fundamental nondenominational Christian doctrines that the early first-century apostolic church embraced and taught. Our only focus is on Jesus Christ as our true identity. Our true identity is found in God and transcends all denominational beliefs and doctrines, including our own. Our freedom is found in Christ, and not in division.. We are all ONE with Christ and the Father. There is no requirement to permit any other religion or creed, nor is there any "official" interpretation of the Bible that they can refer to as their distinctive doctrinal stance. 

 

The Evangelical Christian Church (Christian Disciples) clergy is also at greater liberty to hold other Christian personal views regarding dress code, hair length, observation of religious celebrations, eschatology, etc., as long as they do not conflict with biblical truth in the holy scriptures. Members and clergy of the Evangelical Christian Church in Canada (Christian Disciples) may serve other denominational or independent bodies while holding credentials with this Christian body.

 

That is why the Evangelical Christian Church in Canada (Christian Disciples) celebrates everyone's differences and differences of opinion and does not expect everyone's interpretation of the Bible or their living the Christian life to be identical, according to 1 Cor. 12:4-11. All Evangelical Christian Church clergy and churches are free to subscribe to an official doctrinal statement that they can refer to as their distinctive doctrinal stance. Every minister's commitment to the covenant agreement and accountability to God eliminates the need for a patriarchal authority structure within a nonhierarchical body. Still, freedom of religious belief, freedom of thought and conscience, and private scriptural interpretation of the Bible allow many to commit to the basic fundamental truths in the Holy Scriptures, regardless of their eschatology, paradigms, or biblical models.