OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Our guiding principles closely parallel those of Focus on the Family. For their five guiding principles, click here.

Like Focus on the Family, the Culpeper CIC's  primary reason for existence is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ through a practical outreach to homes. We have firm beliefs about both the Christian faith and the importance of the family. This ministry is therefore based upon guiding philosophies that are apparent at every level throughout the organization. These "pillars" are drawn from the wisdom of the Bible and the Judeo-Christian ethic, rather than from the humanistic notions of today's theorists. In short, the Culpeper CIC is a reflection of what we believe to be the recommendations of the Creator Himself, who ordained the family and gave it His blessing. 

We believe this CIC must be Christ Centered, Biblically guided, and for the entire community.

We believe the only true way to transform a community is through a moral transformation.

We believe that the ultimate purpose in living is to know and glorify God and to attain eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord, beginning within our own families and then reaching out to a suffering humanity that does not know of His love and sacrifice. We believe that we demonstrate the love of Christ by ministering to the physical and spiritual needs of all. 

We believe that the institution of marriage was intended by God to be a permanent, lifelong relationship between a man and a woman, regardless of trials, sickness, financial reverses or emotional stresses that may ensue. 

We believe that children are a heritage from God and a blessing from His hand. We are therefore accountable to Him for raising, shaping and preparing them for a life of service to His Kingdom and to humanity. 

We believe that human life is of inestimable worth and significance in all its dimensions, including the unborn, the aged, the widowed, the mentally handicapped, the unattractive, the physically challenged and every other condition in which humanness is expressed from conception to the grave. 

We believe that God has ordained three basic institutions — the church, the family and the government — for the benefit of all humankind.

• The family exists to propagate the race and to provide a safe and secure haven in which to nurture, teach and love the younger generation. Family is anyone related by blood, adoption, or marriage. The family exists to propagate the race and to provide a safe and secure haven in which to nurture, teach and love the younger generation. We believe the only true guide for a health family is The Bible.

• The church is the moral centerpiece and exists to minister to individuals and families by sharing the love of God and the message of repentance and salvation through the blood of Jesus Christ. Without a strong church, you cannot have strong families or a strong government.

• The government exists to maintain cultural equilibrium and to provide a framework for social order.