CMU MINISTRIES
CMU MINISTRIES / CMU THEOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
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THE LEADERSHIP

Drs. Bill and Sharon Finney, ministry leaders for Christian Missionaries United Ministries, a non-denominational ministry, are the founders of  CMU Theological University.  The purpose of CMU Theological University is:

  • for the equipping of the saints for ministry
  • for the discipling of new converts
  • for the training and ordination of men and women for ministry

OUR DOCTRINAL STATEMENT

Christian Missionaries United Ministries hold to the fundamental truths of the Christian Faith which are:

  • Heaven and Hell: We  believe in eternal life in heaven for those who accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. We believe in a literal place of eternal damnation and torment called, Hell, or the Lake of Fire, for all who reject Jesus Christ. Revelation 20:11-15:
  • We believe in the authority of the Scriptures: We believe that God inspired all writing of Scripture as holy men of God were moved by the power of the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 1:20-21
  • We believe in the deity of Christ:  Jesus was God incarnate:  John 10:30
  • We believe in the The Virgin Birth:  Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary.  Luke 1:26-38
  • We Believe in the Substitutionary Atonement:  Jesus Christ took our sins on His own body on the cross, paying the penalty for our sins. 1 Peter 2:21-25
  • We believe in the bodily resurrection and physical return of Christ. Christ rose physically from the dead on the third day after his death on the cross. He will return physically at the last day in the same way he ascended up into heaven. John 14:1-4.

THE SACRAMENTS

CMU holds to two sacraments which consumates the true Church.

  • We believe in the Sacrament of Baptism (following confession of sins, repentance of sins, and profession of faith in Jesus Christ). Jesus said, "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. Mark 16:16
  • We believe in the sacrament of Holy Communion:  (All who have been baptized into the Christian faith and who are in fellowship with one another are invited to share in the Holy Communion Service:  Matthew 26:26-29 and John 14:1-31.

WE BELIEVE AND OPERATE IN THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

We believe and operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit as the apostle Paul recorded in 1 Corinthians 12:8-11: "To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another, the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another, gifts of healing by that One Spirit,  to another, miraculous powers, to another, prophesy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and still another the interpretation of tongues.  All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and He gives them to each one, just as He determines. 1 Cor. 12:8-11 NIV.

"When He ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men. " . . ."It was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ  may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ:" Ephesians 4:11-13. NIV.