Historic Global Faith
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.
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.