RESOLUTION ON DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY AND HERMENEUTICS

Adopted July 1, 2020 at the 2020 Annual Convention

WHEREAS Dispensational theology emerges from a consistent literal- grammatical-historical hermeneutic and,

WHEREAS, the IFCA International has been committed since its inception to a Dispensational understanding of Scripture and,

WHEREAS many interpretative differences among believers result, not from the plain reading of Scripture, but from inconsistent application of the literal- grammatical-historical hermeneutic to all texts of Scripture and,

WHEREAS the IFCA has long rejected a dual hermeneutic, which approaches most of Scripture literally, but other portions allegorically and,

WHEREAS it has become increasingly popular for some, in their attempt to promote the gospel and exalt Christ, to do so by replacing the literal- grammatical-historical interpretive approach to Scripture with a redemptive- historical or Christocentric hermeneutic, which seeks to find Christ and redemption in every text of Scripture;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that the IFCA International seeks to affirm the exaltation of both the gospel and Jesus Christ; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the IFCA seeks to proclaim Christ and redemption from every biblical passage in which He has been placed by the Holy Spirit and,

BE IT RESOLVED, that where neither Christ nor the gospel is explicitly found in the text, that we refuse to place either there through the misuse of typology or through the use of a preconceived hermeneutical grid; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that we commit ourselves to the search for the authorial intent, both divine and human, behind every biblical text, through the careful use of the interpretation principles found in the literal- grammatical-historical approach to hermeneutics.