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2020-2021 Student Handbook (Revised 2.5.2021) 12 worship, instruction, evangelism, and service. The ordinances of the local church are baptism and the Lord's Supper. We also believe in the interdependence of local churches and the mutual submission of Christians to each other in love. Separation of Church and State We believe that each local church must be free from interference by any political authority. We also believe all men and women are directly responsible to God in matters of faith and life, and that they should be free to worship God according to the dictates of their consciences. Christian Conduct We believe that the supreme task of every believer is to glorify God in life and conduct and be blameless before the world. Each Christian should be a faithful steward of all possessions and seek to realize in every area of life the full stature of maturity in Christ. Last Things We believe in the bodily resurrection of the saved and lost, the eternal existence of all people in either heaven or hell, in divine judgments, rewards, and punishments. National Association of Evangelicals' Statement of Faith The National Association of Evangelicals takes its stand on the changeless Word of God as expressed in the following Statement of Faith: 1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. 2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. 4. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. 5. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by who's indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. 6. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation. 7. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. Community Values and Behavioral Commitments Preamble Denver Seminary's mission calls the entire Seminary community – all students, employees, and trustees – to "engage the needs of the world with the redemptive power of the gospel and the life-changing truth of Scripture." This mission assumes a shared calling to live as the holy people of God in all dimensions of human life. No matter the work, task, context, community, or culture, all members of the Denver Seminary community commit themselves to making choices that express the redemptive character of the gospel,