Restoration Faith Ministry holds to the authority of Scripture, the gospel's sovereignty, and the historic faith expressed through the Reformers and faithful witnesses. We affirm the present reality of apostolic gifts as seen in Acts, pursue holiness as taught in the Sermon on the Mount, and expect Christ's return in a premillennial hope.
Our Convictions
Restoration Faith Ministry exists to contend for and steward a faithful, sober, and apostolic restoration of New Testament Christian life and practice, calling the church away from worldly compromise and shallow novelty toward holiness, sound doctrine, and supernatural apostolic ministry as seen in Acts.
Rooted in Acts 3:19–21, we affirm a distinct return to the apostolic pattern of Spirit-empowered living, intercession, gifts and miracles — but reject the shallow, carnal, and commercial tendencies that characterize much modern spectacle. Simultaneously, we embrace the Sermon on the Mount as prescriptive Kingdom ethics for present discipleship, pursuing holiness, sobriety, and spiritual rigor in a culture of ease and compromise.
Statement of Faith
Scripture
We hold to the full authority, inerrancy, and sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures — the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments — as the final rule for faith and practice. Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16–17).
The Gospel and Grace
We affirm the sovereignty of God in salvation, justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, and the necessity of the new birth. We stand with the Reformers on the doctrines of grace while maintaining ecclesial independence from any denomination or institutional structure.
Apostolic Ministry
We affirm the present reality and necessity of apostolic gifts as witnessed in the book of Acts — including prophecy, healing, tongues, and miracles — given by the Holy Spirit for the edification of the church and the advance of the gospel. We reject the commercialization, sensationalism, and spiritual carelessness that often accompany these gifts in modern settings, and instead pursue their exercise with sobriety, order, and biblical accountability.
Holiness and Kingdom Ethics
We embrace the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7) as prescriptive Kingdom ethics for present discipleship — not merely aspirational ideals or future-kingdom principles. We pursue holiness, purity of heart, peacemaking, truthfulness, simplicity, and radical trust in the Father as the ordinary marks of a disciple walking in the way of Jesus.
Eschatology
We hold to a premillennial expectation of Christ's return — that Jesus will return bodily to establish His Kingdom, and that the church lives in hope and watchfulness until that day. We take seriously the call to be ready, sober, and faithful stewards of the mysteries entrusted to us.
Ministry Purpose
The primary aims of Restoration Faith Ministry are:
- To preserve and publish long-form Bible studies, sermon notes, and training resources that are the fruit of decades of study.
- To provide a secure, private workspace for drafts, projects, and selected materials.
- To offer curated teaching and mentoring resources to a limited, vetted audience.
- To host public teaching on core topics: apostolic ministry, Spirit-empowered holiness, Sermon on the Mount discipleship, Biblical theology, and practical Christian living.
- To provide historical and theological resources that connect the ministry to trustworthy, godly precedents without institutional affiliation.
Historical Roots
We hold in high regard the historic, service-oriented saints and the sober spiritual disciplines they exemplified. While we claim no institutional affiliation, we seek to walk in the old paths of Scripture and historic fidelity (Jeremiah 6:16), drawing encouragement from the cloud of witnesses who contended faithfully before us.
"Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints." — Jude 3 (ESV)