The Kingdom Restoration Society’s (KRS) Ordination Council provides oversight for the
ordination process to Gospel ministry in partnership with local ministry leaders, who hold to the
historic, orthodox, Christian faith as it is expressed in the ecumenical creeds and the articles
and confessions of faith from the Protestant Reformation. Good summaries of our doctrinal
beliefs can be found in the Reformed Confessions, the Lausanne Covenant, and the Cape Town
Commitment.
Nevertheless, KRS recognizes that not all theological commitments carry the same weight, nor
can be arrived at with the same degree of certainty. For example, the twelve articles of faith in
the Apostle’s Creed carry the most weight, marking the boundaries of what every Christian
must believe to enter the Church. Beyond those twelve articles, however, Christians throughout
the global church differ on secondary matters such as forms of government, the number and
nature of the sacraments, and tertiary matters like the time of the millennial kingdom and the
roles of men and women in ministry.
As mentioned above, KRS identifies with the Reformed Protestant branch of the church with
regard to its understanding of the operation of God’s grace alone through Christ alone to save
everyone who believes the Good News about the reign of Jesus, the promised Messiah of Israel
and the Lord of all. In keeping with the emphasis of the Reformed tradition on the supremacy
of Christ in all of life, KRS ordains men as servant leaders who foster a holistic approach to
discipleship and an interdependent, team approach to ministry. We believe the Gospel calls us
to foster reconciled relationships across tribal, racial, socio-economic and other artificial lines of
division between God’s image-bearers, who all share a common dignity and need for loving-
kindness from God and one another. We believe this Gospel calling will often take us into
humble circumstances, our own limitations and sinful brokenness in order to find still more of
God’s grace. This measureless supply of grace, offered to us in the gospel, comes to us not
because of our own wisdom or goodness, but only because God has adopted us as sons and
daughters into his family.