{"id":191,"date":"2016-12-08T09:03:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T15:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/financialgrace.net\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2017-02-24T08:21:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T14:21:11","slug":"requirements-how-do-i-apply","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/financialgraceministries.com\/requirements-how-do-i-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"REQUIREMENTS &#8211; How do I apply?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Financial Grace believes that the following requirements benefit all trainees by being<br \/>\nScriptural, by minimizing future financial risks and costs, by ensuring proper financial<br \/>\naccountability, and by encouraging sound financial practices. Applicants must meet all of<br \/>\nthe following criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be a professing Christian according to Biblical principles. Romans 10:9-10, John<br \/>\n3:3<\/li>\n<li>Be in agreement with the following <a href=\"https:\/\/financialgraceministries.com\/statement-of-faith\/\">Statement of Faith<\/a>:\n<ul>\n<li>I believe in the triune God of the Bible. He is one God Who is revealed in three<br \/>\ndistinct Persons\u2014God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.<\/li>\n<li>I believe Jesus Christ was God in the flesh\u2014fully God and fully man.<br \/>\nHe was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died on the cross to pay the penalty<br \/>\nfor our sins, was bodily resurrected on the third day, and now is seated in the<br \/>\nheavens at the right hand of God, the Father.<\/li>\n<li>I believe that all people are born with a sinful nature and can be saved from<br \/>\neternal death only by trusting in Christ\u2019s atoning death and resurrection to save<br \/>\nus from our sins and give us eternal life.<\/li>\n<li>Statement of Faith Scripture references: Genesis 1:26, Luke 1:35, Luke 3:21-22, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Matthew\u00a028:18-20, Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1-2, John 1:14, Hebrews 1:1-4, John 5:18, Colossians 1:15-20, Colossians 2:9,\u00a0Hebrews 4:15, Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:22-23, John 8:46, Hebrews 4:14-15, Hebrews 7:26, 1 Peter 2:22, 1 John\u00a03:5, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Corinthians 15:3, John 1:29, Hebrews 9:11-14, Hebrews 10:10-12, 1 Peter 2:24, 1\u00a0Corinthians 15:3-4, 1 Corinthians 15:20-21, John 2:18-21, Luke 24:38-40, Matthew 26:64, Mark 16:19, Acts\u00a02:32-33, Jeremiah 17:9, Romans 5:12-21, Romans 3:9-11, Romans 3:23, John 14:6, John 3:3, Ephesians 2:8-9,\u00a0John 20:30-31, Romans 10:8-13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Attend church regularly (at least three out of four weeks per month that one\u2019s<br \/>\nhealth or the weather permits). Hebrews 10:25 If it is not possible for someone to<br \/>\nattend church, he or she must submit a letter giving the details.<\/li>\n<li>Believe that Christians are to bear one another\u2019s burdens as taught in the Bible.<br \/>\n(Galatians 6:2; Philippians 2:4)<\/li>\n<li>Agree to not abuse any legal or prescribed substance and abstain totally from<br \/>\nillegal drugs and recreational use of marijuana. (Romans 13:1; I Corinthians 6:12)<\/li>\n<li>Choose option one or two regarding the use of alcohol. (Ephesians 5:18)<br \/>\nOption 1. Abstain totally from all beverages containing alcohol (wine used for<br \/>\ncommunion only is an approved exception).<br \/>\nOption 2. Limit consumption of alcohol to moderate amounts so as to never drink<br \/>\nto Drunkenness.<\/li>\n<li>Abstain from any sexual activity outside of traditional Biblical marriage as<br \/>\ndesigned by God between one man and one woman. (Genesis 2:24, Matthew<br \/>\n19:5, I Corinthians 6:18)<\/li>\n<li>Agree to practice good health measures in accordance with the principle that<br \/>\nyour<br \/>\nbody is the temple of the Holy Spirit. (I Corinthians 6:19-20)<\/li>\n<li>Be in agreement that when you have a dispute with a fellow Christian, and your<br \/>\nfellow Christian is willing to submit that dispute to fellow believers for resolution,<br \/>\nyou are not to sue each other in the civil courts or other government agency (I<br \/>\nCorinthians 6:1-8)<\/li>\n<li>Any person initiating a governmental proceeding against Financial Grace to<br \/>\nbecome a program trainee would disqualify himself from qualifying for the Grace<br \/>\nprogram.<\/li>\n<li>Sign and send a Training Continuation Form each year while enrolled within the<br \/>\nprogram confirming that the trainee is meeting the above requirements.<br \/>\n(Proverbs 10:9)<\/li>\n<li>Have the trainee\u2019s pastor or church leader sign a statement confirming that the<br \/>\ntrainee meets the above requirements. (Hebrews 13:17)<br \/>\nThe trainee will be required to complete an application form agreeing to these<br \/>\nrequirements and providing personal background and financial information.<br \/>\nAnnually, the trainee will need to confirm that he\/she meets these requirements<br \/>\nwhile enrolled in the Grace Program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial Grace believes that the following requirements benefit all trainees by being Scriptural, by minimizing future financial risks and costs, by ensuring proper financial accountability, and by encouraging sound financial &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialgraceministries.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialgraceministries.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialgraceministries.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialgraceministries.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialgraceministries.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialgraceministries.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialgraceministries.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}