Sola 5 Handbook / Booklet

The Sola 5 booklet (containing the Confession of Faith, Core Values, and Constitution of Sola 5) as adopted on 30 September 2005 at the first Sola 5 Annual General Meeting in Pretoria, South Africa.

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Our Lord Jesus Christ is establishing his kingdom in this world through his church for the glory of God the Father. We are privileged ...

Adopted 30 September 2005
GOD
There is one living and true God, who exists in three distinct Persons—Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  Each Person is fully God, yet the Godhead is one and indivisible.
God’s existence derives from himself,  and He is set apart from all his creatures.  He is pure spirit,  having no body or unstable emotions.  God is infinite in his being and perfections: changeless, eternal, almighty, most holy, allknowing, most wise and free.  He is most loving, gracious, merciful, compassionate and forgiving;  He rewards those who seek him,  but hates sin and is perfectly just in the punishment thereof...

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Adopted 30 September 2005
GOD-CENTEREDNESS
God commands us to glorify him in all we do.  Furthermore, he requires us to love him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.
Therefore we affirm that our lives in their entirety must be lived before God, under his authority, and for his glory alone. In the light of this, we will endeavour to be focused on honoring and pleasing God in our personal lives, our worship and all our cooperative activities.
We deny that there is a place for man-centeredness or for the promotion of our own popularity, carnal success or self-image...

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Adopted 30 September 2005
INCORPORATION
By the adoption of this Constitution the Association is formed. This Constitution supersedes all previous rules and procedures.
NAME
The name of this Association is Sola 5, with the subtitle An Association of God-centred evangelicals in Southern Africa. Our name reflects our commitment to the biblical doctrines of the Reformation, encapsulated in the “five solas”: Scripture alone (sola Scriptura); by grace alone (sola gratia); Christ alone (solus Christus); by faith alone (sola fide); glory to God alone (soli Deo gloria)...
  

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The Sola 5 association is designed to be a genuine fellowship of God’s people participating together in faith and ministry. Such a fellowship is based on the sharing of biblical values. It is these Core Values which make Sola 5 a most distinct association of churches. These values express the convictions and practices that have grown out of our doctrine and theology. They put hands and feet on our Confession of Faith.

It is extremely important, therefore, that the brethren in our churches share these values. Real heart and soul convictions about such matters as the Core Values cover grow over time through being exposed to and made to think about the Scripture’s teaching on them. None of us think biblically automatically.

That is what these discussion questions are for. This is a tool for use in Bible studies, home fellowship groups or even new members’ classes. The questions are designed to provoke thought, stimulate discussion and interact with the Scriptures. They not only provide a way to inculcate these values into our churches, but in the process of discussion, to reveal what values our people presently have so we know where more teaching needs to be done.