I am a Christian. I have been a Christian all of my life. I believe in God the Father—omnipotent and omnipresent—who is pure love, mercy, charity, truth, faith, and judgment, having all power and knowledge and from whom all good things come. I believe that His son Jesus Christ was born of the virgin Mary, was crucified on Calvary, was resurrected, and today sits at the right hand of God our Father. I know Jesus Christ is my Savior and my Redeemer and through the grace of His Atonement and resurrection I can be forgiven of my sins and given the opportunity to return to my Heavenly Father in the eternities as a joint heir with Christ—a resurrected and exalted being according to the scriptures.

I believe in worshipping and praying to God my Heavenly Father, just as Jesus Christ so aptly demonstrated throughout His ministry in setting the perfect example of prayer.

I believe in worshipping Jesus Christ as the only begotten son of God, ending all my prayers to the Father in His name, and taking upon me His name in truth and righteousness.

I believe in the gifts of, and in praying and worshipping under the inspiration and power of, the Holy Ghost, who together with God the Father and Jesus Christ form the Godhead—three distinct beings with a perfect oneness that defies all human comprehension.

I believe God is the great I Am and not the great I was, and as such He has blessed us with living oracles on the earth today in Apostles and Prophets, and in an open canon of the Holy Scriptures as the everlasting word of God.

I believe in community worship and have selected among the many thousands of Christian denominations in the world today the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as my own Christian faith community.

I believe that Jesus Christ leads His Church from His throne in the heavens and will come again to reign personally on earth where His kingdom will have no end.

I believe that both faith and works go hand in hand, with works being an accurate measure of one's faith and love in the Lord Jesus Christ, and by which we will be judged as a testimony of our willingness to sacrifice and lose our lives in the service of God.

I believe family is the most important entity in the kingdom of God, and that through our love and faithfulness to the Lord Jesus Christ and His gospel we can return to our Father in Heaven and be together as families in the eternities.

I bear this solemn testimony in the holy name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen

Eric Shuster
Founder and Executive Director
The Foundation for Christian Studies