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The Church of Eleven22 Statement of Faith on Original sin & the human will

UNDATED (READ 2026) · ACTS 29 / REFORMED EVANGELICAL · DOCUMENT, NOT A PERSON
READ IN A PRIMARY SOURCEAFFIRMS°
STANCE

Will in bondage; needs sovereign grace to be freed

Being estranged from his Maker, yet responsible to Him, he became subject to divine wrath, inwardly depraved and apart from a special work of grace, utterly incapable of returning to God. This depravity is radical and pervasive.
Statement of Faith, Man ↗

THE POSITION

Total depravity with the faculties itemised. Fallen man is inwardly depraved and, apart from a special work of grace, utterly incapable of returning to God; the corruption is called radical and pervasive and is said to extend to mind, will and affections. Unregenerate man lives under the dominion of sin and Satan, at enmity with God.

17 OTHERS HOLD THIS

AugustineVoddie BauchamCalvinJonathan EdwardsM. HeiserJosh HowertonTim KellerSecond London Baptist ConfessionLutherJohn MacArthurJohn OwenJustin PetersJohn PiperR.C. SproulCharles Haddon SpurgeonWestminster ConfessionZwingli
Nature wounded but not destroyed; grace perfects itAQUINAS · ATHANASIUS · EPHESUS
Depraved, but prevenient grace restores ability to respondJACOBUS ARMINIUS · PHILIP MELANCHTHON · WESLEY
Free will substantially intact; God and man cooperateBASIL THE GREAT · CHRYSOSTOM · IRENAEUS
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

The confession of a multi-campus Jacksonville church founded by Joby Martin in 2012 and belonging to the Acts 29 network — Reformed on sin and justification, continuationist on the gifts, and conspicuously silent on election.

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"The Church of Eleven22 Statement of Faith on Original sin & the human will", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/eleven22/original-sin (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/eleven22/original-sin).

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