A brief statement of our beleifs

Christianity isn't about division, it's about unity, but a ministry has to put it's belief structure out there. So, here goes, as brief as I can make it, lest it sound like a legal document...

• We believe that judgment and condemnation are a sin.
• We believe that God has a plan for each of us, and that these plans are part of His larger plan for the collective people of the world. We believe that prayer, faith, and knowledge are the pillars of understanding His plan.
• We believe that by following the path God has for us we will find peace, prosperity, and fulfillment.
• We believe that to follow His path, we must pray and be thankful.
• We believe in the Ecumenical Nicene Creed and have faith that God has given us the Holy Bible so that we may understand His plan for us.
• We believe that faith in the Bible does not mean that every word, law, and parable must be taken literally, but that understanding the allegory behind the literary is an important part in understanding God's plans for us, both individually and collectively.
• We believe in science. The mystery of God is manifest in the complexity of the universe. Understanding that complexity is as important as understanding the allegorical truths of the Holy Bible.
• We believe that translations, interpretations, and modification of the Bible by man cannot hide the universal truth that God loves us.
• We believe that Satan exists to test our mettle, as he tested Job, but that Satan is in no way the oppositional equal of God, who is above all things.
• We believe that the end times are coming, but are not near. We believe that the Book of Revelation, like Song of Songs, is almost entirely allegorical. While there is amazing truth in Revelation, we believe that it is not a literal prediction of things to come, but rather of vision interpreted by John by what he knew of the world in the time of his life.
• We believe that the council of Nicaea debated in earnest what constitutes the canon, and that it is the canon to which we should turn first. We further believe that non-canon, apocrypha, and the writings of other religions may contain wisdom and have value, but that such works must be viewed carefully for accuracy and relevance to the core values of Christianity.
• We believe that separating Church and State is appropriate and just, not only for the purpose of "rendering unto Ceasar" but because the state's job is to provide for the protection and safety of the people's physical and psychological well-being, while the Church's job is to provide for the protection of people's moral and spiritual well-being. The two may sometimes coexist and sometimes contradict, and therefore should be separate.

And that's it, in a nutshell.