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What Does Tom Kraeuter Believe?

Although Tom is part of a nondenominational church (by the way, the same church for more than thirty years), the church is very strong on historic, orthodox Christian doctrine. The fact that he regularly ministers in churches that are theologically very conservative—all across North America—should say something about his theology.
Articulating Tom's stance on every doctrinal issue would be far too time-consuming, so below are listed a few core beliefs that are intrinsic to who we are as a ministry.
We believe that all people are sinful (Romans 3:23—"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God") and in need of redemption, but that God loved us so much that He sent Jesus, His Son, to die in our place for that redemption (John 3:16—"For 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").
We believe that our redemption from sin is an act of God's unmerited favor, not because of anything we can do on our own (Ephesians 2:8 9—"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast"), and that there is exactly one way for salvation—through the atoning sacrifice and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12—"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved").
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God (2 Tim 3:16—"All Scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness").
We believe that Jesus will come again (Acts 1:11—"This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven").
Beyond these things, there are sample sections of many of Tom's books and several articles on other pages of our web site. These would give a bit further understanding of his theological persuasion.