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Church Constitution
Articles of Faith
Justification, Regeneration, and Adoption
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9.2

We believe that adoption is that gracious act of God by which the justified and regenerated believer is constituted a son of God.

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Copyright 2013
by Nazarene Publishing House

Published by the authority of
the Twenty-eighth General Assembly
held in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.
June 23–27, 2013

Editing Committee

Dean G. Blevins
Stanley J. Rodes
John E. Seaman
Terry S. Sowden
David P. Wilson

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