Christians should distinguish gospel essentials from secondary matters, pursue conviction without contempt, protect conscience, and remain accountable to Scripture and the church.

Christian liberty frees believers from condemnation and man-made bondage while directing freedom toward love, holiness, conscience care, and God's glory.

The church glorifies God by making disciples through gospel proclamation, baptism, teaching, worship, fellowship, mercy, and faithful witness.

The Spirit gives varied gifts for serving others and building up the church; gifts must operate in love, order, truth, and submission to Scripture.

Both views affirm equal dignity in Christ but differ over whether Scripture reserves certain church offices or teaching authority for qualified men.

Church leaders must display tested character, sound doctrine, household faithfulness, humility, and an ability to teach and shepherd without domination.

Church discipline seeks repentance, restoration, protection of the church, honor of Christ, and clarity about the gospel; it must never become revenge or control.

Church membership is a public covenant of belonging and accountability that makes biblical shepherding, discipline, service, and mutual care concrete.

The Lord's Supper is Christ's covenant meal in which the church remembers and proclaims His death, participates in fellowship, examines itself, and hopes for His return.

Baptism is Christ's commanded sign of union with Him and entrance into the visible covenant community; Christians disagree about whether believers' children should receive it.

God ordinarily strengthens believers through His Word, prayer, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and fellowship in the gathered church.

Common grace is God's non-saving kindness that restrains evil and gives good gifts, knowledge, skill, and social order to humanity broadly.

Election describes God's gracious choice of a people in Christ, producing humility, assurance, holiness, worship, and mission rather than pride or speculation.

God preserves true believers so they continue in faith, and He uses warnings, promises, church fellowship, and discipline as means of perseverance.

Adoption is God's gracious act of receiving believers as His children with access, affection, discipline, and inheritance through Christ.

God declares sinners righteous solely because of Christ's righteousness, received through faith apart from works as the basis of acceptance.

By the Spirit believers are joined to Christ in His death, resurrection, righteousness, life, and inheritance; union with Christ gathers the blessings of salvation together.

On the cross Christ willingly bore the penalty sinners deserved so God might be just and justify those who trust in Jesus.

Scripture is sufficient to make people wise for salvation and equip believers for every good work, though it does not answer every technical question.

Inerrancy confesses that Scripture, as God gave it, is true in all it affirms and therefore trustworthy as the church's final written authority.