Photo: Bishop Justin BARANSANANIKIYE, DD, DMin, PhD.
Teaching at EPISCOPAL FREE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
(Gitega, Burundi, East Africa).
EPISCOPAL FREE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
WEEKLY NEWS, 30 November 2019.
OUR DOCTRINAL STATEMENT:
THE EPISCOPAL FREE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE maintains the same doctrine as The Episcopal Free Church-Province of Burundi.
We believe and confess:
1. We believe that the whole Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit and is the Divine authority and infallible rule for faith, life and doctrine.
2. We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Divine Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, equal in nature, power and glory.
3. We believe in the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His shed blood as the only atonement for sin, His bodily resurrection and ascension to the right hand of the Father and His personal return in power and glory.
4. We believe in the Holy Spirit who convicts of sin, testifies of Christ, enables the believer to live a victorious life, and guides into all truth.
5. We believe that man was created in the image of God, but fell into sin and is in need of regeneration through faith in Jesus Christ.
6. We believe in the resurrection of the body. The believer will arise to eternal life, the unbeliever will arise to eternal condemnation.
7. We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
8. We believe in the commission of the Risen Christ, “That repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His Name among all nations”. (Luke 24:47).
9. We believe that we are lost when we do not trust in Jesus Christ. We acknowledge our Lord’s Mission-Order in obedience and faith. (Matthew 28:19, 20).
10. We are waiting for our Lord’s coming again and we know that there will be a new heaven and a new earth.
PRAYER POINTS:
– Pray for the twenty (20) students (16 gentlemen and 4 ladies) presently attending the Episcopal Free Theological Institute;
– Pray for the need of Christian books (for all theological courses + Bible commentaries and Dictionaries, etc.) to allow us set soon a small library for the students;
– Pray for restoration of 2 buildings of our school (1 classroom + dormitory and refectory) which have been damaged by an earthquake two years ago;
– Pray for the need of computers for our students + a generator and an internet connection set at the Institute;
– Pray also for our 5 teachers.
Contact Us:
Episcopal Free Theological Institute
P.O. Box 197 Gitega
Burundi (East Africa)
Tel: +257 79 877 097
Email: bepiscopalfree@gmail.com
www.iprayforyou.worthyofpraise.org