We are committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ being lived out in the African-American experience. We are persuaded of the uniqueness of Jesus in history, and the efficacy and necessity of His sacrifice on the cross to provide salvation. We respond to Jesus when He says, "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father, but by Me."

As a result, we of The Impact Movement commit ourselves to the development of an African-American cultural expression of the kingdom of Christ. No matter where God may lead us, how much or how little He entrusts to us, it is our promise to use every means at our disposal to bring the greatest glory to our heavenly Father, to see the maximum number of souls won to the Savior, to disciple those who respond to our message and to mobilize as many as possible to join us in taking the Gospel to the campuses, to our communities, and ultimately to the world. Stewardship of life. We are open to giving our lives full time to the pursuit of this mission. However, not all of us will God call to serve in this way. Those of us who are not called to ministry as our occupation will use our talents, time, and treasure in the accomplishment of, support for, and advocacy of this mission. We are to pursue excellence in all we do. That excellence is ever to be an expression of our obedience to God."To whom much is given, much is required" (Luke 12:48) means that we must make the most of all our opportunities. Perspective of Money. We will avoid debt, accumulate capital and invest our God given financial resources in order to maximize our ability to sustain God's work. We will eschew those enterprises that will do damage to the fabric of the African-American community and create, invest in, and support those ventures that will provide godly opportunities for economic advancement.

Other Religions

Islam, whether the Nation of Islam, or Orthodox Islam, is not the natural religion of the Black man. Nor do the varieties of "New Teachings" that are being promulgated hold hope for deliverance for our people. They share a common characteristic in their denial of Jesus as the divine Messiah. As such, they move and grow in the spirit of anti-Christ. These systems of religious thought exist as a judgment on the Orthodox Church for failing to live out its identity. We are committed to countering the insurgence of non-Christian ideologies as solutions to the challenges of the African-American community.

Racism and Reconciliation

While defining ourselves as an African-American cultural expression of Christianity, we do affirm our unity with others in the body of Christ. We call on the American church to acknowledge and deal with its history of racism. We acknowledge that racism is not the exclusive province of the white community. It is the biblical sin identified as partiality in James 2:10. As such, any of us can sin in this way either in attitude or action. The Black church must individually and corporately release the bitterness that so often has followed our righteous anger. To fulfill our destiny, we must pursue standing as one under the banner of Christ with our brothers and sisters of other ethnicities.

Sexual Purity

It is our commitment to live in a manner consistent with the clear teaching of scripture as it relates to our sexuality. To wit, we will abstain from any form of sexual involvement until such activity is sanctioned by the bonds of marriage. Those things we commit to abstain from include sexual intercourse, homosexual relationships, and anything that would cause our brother or sister to stumble.

Biblical Manhood

God has created the man to protect and provide for his own. This leadership has been historically and systematically denied African-American men. As a result, we struggle with various manifestations of a crisis in our identity, including the pursuit of sexual conquest, athletic obsessions, criminal commerce and negation lifestyles (homosexuality, drug and alcohol abuse, the abuse of women and children). We declare that The Impact Movement prioritizes the development, empowerment and affirmation of male spiritual leadership. This is essential if our people are to experience the type of liberation and healing that we believe God wants to work in and through us.

Biblical Womanhood

God has made the woman to be a nurturer and protector. She has been historically forced to fill the gap created by the limited survival of male leadership. This experience of oppression has forged in the Black woman a strength that defies concise description. The Impact Movement stands for the acknowledgment, liberation and affirmation of the African-American woman for the incredible load she has carried. We desire to celebrate the leadership she has provided and create a new African-American community where she will no longer have to bear the brunt of the attack of a hostile society.

Family Relationships

We are resolved to reestablishing the Black family as the primary point of development of the emerging generation of leadership. No society, no community can long survive if the relationships in the most fundamental unit of society are diseased or undeveloped. We seek to promote healthy marriages, as marriage is the wellspring of healthy families. We do affirm the family, the extended family and the family of God as being essential to any long-term positive transformation in our community.

The Impact Movement is not defined by a particular church or denomination, but it does stand in general partnership with and in specific dependence on the church. We are of the church, from the church, and we must return to the church for our lifelong spiritual sustenance. We desire to apply leadership and workers to the church. We desire to help build and strengthen the church in its dynamic witness to our community, the broader society, and the world.

Authority as a Believer

As a movement we take the above positions on the basis of the authority we possess as believers in and co-heirs with Jesus Christ. We recant the powerlessness we so often confess. The Scriptures teach us to affirm, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." (Philippians 4:13) We claim our authority over those systems, structures and entities, both seen and unseen, natural and supernatural, that seek to oppress and enslave our people. We affirm in the words of the Negro spiritual, "No man can hinder me!" Nor any demon. Nor any institution. "If God be for us, who can be against us!" (Romans 8:31) And so we do declare our commitment, our perseverance, our diligence, and yea, our very lives, in obedience to our King, and in service of His Kingdom. We will pray, fast, study, preach, teach, and testify to the reality, relevance and essentiality of a relationship with God through Jesus Christ for the emerging generation of African Americans. May He use us to draw hundreds of thousands of African-American people, those of various ethnic identities in America, and peoples around the world in to a saving knowledge of Him. To Jesus be all the glory.