The C&MA affirms the immortality of the soul and a conscious existence after bodily death. The soul does not sleep or cease to exist at death but remains in conscious communion with God or in conscious separation from God pending the final judgment. Believers who depart this life enter into the presence of Christ, while those who die in unbelief experience a state of separation from God.

At the end of history, all the dead will be raised bodily at Christ's return in accordance with the fourfold gospel's emphasis on Christ as Coming King. The resurrection will be literal and physical, reuniting spirit and body in a glorified state for the redeemed. The intermediate state is real but temporary, pending the consummate state when the resurrected saints dwell eternally with Christ in the new creation.

This understanding is consistent with C&MA emphasis on personal accountability before God and the reality of both resurrection and judgment. The doctrine affirms that death does not end personal existence or relationship with God but transitions believers into deeper communion with their Savior.