The Doctrines of The Salvation Army
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| 1. | The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and that they only constitute the divine rule of Christian faith and practice. |
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| 2. | There is only one God, who is infinitely perfect, the Creator, Preserver and Governor of all things, and who is the only proper object of religious worship. |
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| 3. | There are three persons in the Godhead - the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, undivided in essence and coequal in power and glory.
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| 4. | In the person of Jesus Christ the divine and human natures are united so that He is truly and properly God and truly and properly man.
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| 5. | Our first parents were created in a state of innocency, but by their disobedience they lost their purity and happiness; and that in consequence of their fall all men have become sinners, totally depraved, and as such are justly exposed to the wrath of God.
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| 6. | The Lord Jesus Christ has by His suffering and death made an atonement for the whole world so that whosoever will may be saved.
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| 7. | Repentance toward God, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit, are necessary to salvation.
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| 8. | We are justified by grace, through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and that he that believeth hath the witness in himself.
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| 9. | Continuance in a state of salvation depends upon continued obedient faith in Christ.
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| 10. | It is the privilege of all believers to be wholly sanctified, and that their whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
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| 11. | In the immortality of the soul; in the resurrection of the body; in the general judgement at the end of the world; in the eternal happiness of the righteous; and in the endless punishment of the wicked |