White Papers

These white papers were written by various International Church Council Project theologians; each paper bears the name of its author. These papers were later “boiled down” by a committee of theologians to create the distilled statements in the Affirmation & Denial Papers. It is the Affirmations & Denials that will be debated globally by the International Church Council Project.

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White Papers

(These are NOT the documents which will be discussed by the International Church Council Project. These are the documents on which the Affirmation & Denial Documents are based. It is the Affirmation & Denial Documents which will be discussed.)

1. Biblical Inerrancy

2. Biblical Hermeneutics

3. The Essentials of a Christian Worldview

4. The Kingdom of God

5. The Omniscience of God and Human Freedom

6. The Pelagian Controversy

7. The Judicial and Substitutionary Nature of Salvation

8. The Trinity

9. The Eternal Fate of Unbelievers

10. The Lordship of Christ

11. The Unity of the Body of Christ

12. Church Discipline