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The Meaning of "Chi Alpha":

The name Chi Alpha comes from two letters of the Greek alphabet, Chi ("X") and Alpha ("A").  The Chi and Alpha are the first two letters of Greek words written in English as "Christou Apostoloi" and translated as "Christ's Sent Ones."  We find our calling in the Apostle Paul's words, "We are therefore Christ's ambassadors...we implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God" (II Corinthians 5:20).

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Statement of Vision:

Reconciling Students to Christ --- Transforming the University, the Market place and the World.

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Chi Alpha exist to reach the strategic mission field of the university.  As a missions arm of the Assemblies of God, we are committed to the fulfillment of Christ's Great Commission on campus.  We are a national organization of students in higher education who unite to express the person and claims of Jesus Christ to campus communities and call others into relationship with Him.

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Chi Alpha Campus Ministries adheres to and expresses in the campus community a Biblical and Pentecostal theology in keeping with the General Council of the Assemblies of God Statement of Fundamental Truths.

The Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative written Word of God.

There is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.

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, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His personal future return to this earth in power and glory to rule a thousand years.

We believe in the blessed hope---the rapture of the Church at Christ's coming.

The only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Christ.

Regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation.

We believe in water baptism by immersion.

The redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing of the human body in answer to believing prayer.

The baptism in the Holy Spirit, according to Acts 2:4, is given to believers who ask for it.

We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life.

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting damnation.

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As ministers of reconciliation, we are a community of God's college-age people: a community of worship, a community of prayer, a community of fellowship, a community of discipleship, and a community of witness.  We include the concept "community" in all of these because of the high priority we put on coming together as a group for Biblically commanded activity.  We will use the term "community" to stress our position that we can be more visible and effective as a group than as isolated individuals.  As students graduate, Chi Alpha recognizes the mission continues beyond the campus.

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As a "community of worship", Chi Alpha must establish ministry to God as the highest call of Christians.  We recognize we were created by and are now reconciled to God to bring Glory to Him. As Christ's family gathered, we become the dwelling place of God for the very purpose of ministry to Him as His priests for proclamation of His greatness to the world.  We believe the presence of God is made real among us when Christians are spiritually empowered in worship (Psalm 22:3; Isaiah 43:7; Ephesians 1:10-22; 1 Peter 2:4-10; Acts 1:8).

We direct adoration to His person and give thanks for His acts of loving-kindness toward us.  We must learn like Mary to sit at His feet and respond to Him.  We allow the spiritual gifts listed in 1 Corinthians 12 to flow through us to the Lord.  Finally, we learn to worship Him in our actions (Psalm 100, 150; Luke 10:38-42; John 10:4,5; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Hebrews 13:15,16).

As a "community of worship" we expect other ministries to grow best when nurtured in an atmosphere of ministry to the Lord.

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As a "community of prayer", Chi Alpha must establish intimacy with God as the highest privilege of Christians.  We recognize the importance of confession, affirming the lordship of Christ, the fatherhood of God, and the conviction of the Spirit (Philippians 2:9-11; John 16:8).  We acknowledge to God sins which make us ineffective in our spiritual walk and pray for each other for forgiveness and restoration (Hebrews 12:1; James 5:13-16; Psalm 139:23-24).

In supplication we acknowledge God as our source and supplier (Philippians 4:6,7,19).  We bring our requests to God, expecting Him to fully supply our needs.  We look to God for daily guidance, open to His revelation.

As the Apostle Paul illustrates, in spiritual warfare we recognize we are spiritual beings in a battle that calls for spiritual weaponry (Ephesians 6:10-18).  Prayer is a priority in breaking the spiritual strongholds on our campuses and in our society.

Through intercessory prayer we profess that God is the powerful healer and worker of miracles.  We pray in faith that the sick may be restored.  We stand in the gap praying His will may be accomplished on earth (1 Timothy 2:1; Ezekiel 22:30-31).

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As a "community of fellowship", we are in joint submission to Jesus' command, "As I have loved you, so you must love one another" (John 13:34).  The permanent motivation to pursue fellowship is the command of Jesus to love one another.  The permanent pattern of fellowship is the example of Jesus' relationship with His disciples.

"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.  And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers" (1 John 3:16).  By this we also know the believer cannot live in isolation, but as a member of the Body of the elect, joined together by the common life-source of the Holy Spirit.  Because members of the Body are priests and servants, they follow Christ's example of self-sacrifice on behalf of one another.  This entails assessing one another's needs and responding with intercessory prayer and deeds of caring---"Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn" (Romans 12:15).

This flow of love is enabled and sustained by the Holy Spirit and His gifts (1 Corinthians 12; Romans 12; Ephesians 4).  It produces harmony among the members that reflects the relationship within the Triune Godhead, testifies to the divinity of Jesus, and validates the community's claim to be disciples of Jesus.

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As a "community of discipleship", we are committed to pursue the fulfilling of the Great Commission given by the Lord Jesus Christ, to "disciple all nations" (Matthew 28:20).  Therefore, our discipleship will have a strong focus on global evangelization, starting from our own 'Jerusalem' (the campus) and going to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8).

Our discipleship finds its directive in the authority of God's revelation, the Holy Scriptures.  We are people of the Book.  "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of Gad may be thoroughly equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16-17).  It is our one authority for belief and behavior, the subject of our constant study.

It is our conviction that discipling is best accomplished in the relational context of the mature believer helping to nurture younger members of the community in small group situations, even as Jesus discipled went from house to house.  By this process each member is thus given the basic knowledge and skills necessary to grow toward maturity in Christ and is equipped for the work of the ministry (Ephesians 4:11-16).

We desire to follow the instructions of Paul to Timothy, "These things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others" (2 Timothy 2:2).  In this way we perpetuate a continuous development of maturing leaders for the work of Christ in the collegiate community and beyond.

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As a "community of witness", we are Spirit-empowered to display to the campus community what it means to be the people of God, proclaiming the gospel, and calling others into relationship with God.  We affirm the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, empowering believers to live a life characterized by dynamic faith and expectancy in the supernatural, enabling them to boldly witness about the truth and transforming power of the Cross.  We take seriously the fact that the Great Commission is central to God's agenda in history and is a task He intends us to complete (Matthew 24:14).

We owe every person a clear presentation of the good news, that "God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him, shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).  We strive to communicate the gospel to a culturally diverse audience, following Paul's example to be all things to all men while maintaining the integrity of the gospel (1 Corinthians 9:22).

Our statement of the gospel is combined with the Christ-like life-style we exhibit.  This is seen in our intense love and care for one another and our deeds of love and justice in the world.  We are an epistle read of all men (John 13:35; 2 Corinthians 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 2:8).

Our witness extends beyond the campus to reach a lost world.  We must also go to the nations to show and preach the gospel.  For us, mobilizing, equipping, and sending will always be vital components of evangelism.  Each student is endowed with a distinct calling from God.  Some are called to vocational missions, others to impacting the marketplace through their careers.  Our priority is reaching the marketplace and society for Christ and assisting their involvement in the life of the local church.

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Deeply aware of the urgency of this moment in history, we commit ourselves unreservedly to the work of reconciling men and women to God by the power of the Spirit.  We consider the Great Commission of Jesus Christ to be our personal and primary responsibility before God and dedicate ourselves to reaching and discipling students to impact the nations of the earth before Christ's return.

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