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Core Organizing Beliefs
1. Reality is More Important Than Anything We Believe. 
2. All Principles Must Be Consistently Applied.
3. The Bible is the Undisputed Primary Source Material for Christianity.
These are our Three Core Organizing Principles. They are Core because they are at the center of every issue we explore and every belief we have. They are Organizing because they help us organize every principle, every belief, every challenge to our thinking. They are Principles because they apply to all people at all times in all places.
We believe that all people will accept these Core Organizing Principles as Self-Evident. While we might disagree over what is and is not Real, we all agree that Reality is what Reality is, no matter what we believe Reality is. While many people preach “principles” that they use only against others and do not apply to themselves, we all agree that if a Principle is really the Principle, then the Principle should apply consistently. Finally, while we may disagree over whether the Bible is the Word of God or what books belong in it, we all agree that, for Christians, the Bible is the one Primary (First) Source (Place to Go for Answers) Material (in this case, a Book) we agree ought to govern Christianity more than any other single source.
Christian or not, we ask that all people who attend Agathos Ministries consider and accept our Core Organizing Beliefs. These Core Organizing Principles are different than what we consider Critical Beliefs for Christians. Critical Beliefs are those we believe draw a line between those who are Christian and those who are not Christian. Key Beliefs are those that define our particular flavor of Christianity, but we accept and understand that there are other reasonable points of view on some or all of these Beliefs and other Christian Churches will teach and maintain some of these points of view. We affirm the right of these churches to hold any reasonable belief. We affirm that Fundamentals should be allowed to be Fundamentals, that Charismatics should be allowed to be Charistmatic, and Evangelicals should be allowed to be Evangelical. Likewise, we expect others to respect us enough to affirm that Agathos should be allowed to be Agathos. For a member of Agathos, we ask the the Key Beliefs be accepted.
Finally, Positions are nothing more than the way Agathos Ministries has chosen to handle issues. Even Agathos Members and Agathos Leaders may disagree on some of these issues. They define our official position, and every Agathos Leader will teach the official Agathos Position - but are also authorized to share their own position when they disagree, and the logic behind their disagreement. In this, we accept and understand that individuals will have differing points of view and we respect all reasonable, Biblical, self-consistent points of view on these subjects.
