The ECC affirms the Christian hope of resurrection and eternal life. The soul/spirit does not cease to exist at physical death but continues in conscious existence. The ultimate Christian hope is not merely spiritual immortality but bodily resurrection, in which believers will be raised to glorified, transformed life. This resurrection is grounded in Christ's own bodily resurrection and represents God's ultimate redemption of the whole person — spirit, soul, and body.

The ECC teaches that all people will be raised from the dead at the final judgment. Believers will be raised to eternal life in God's presence and fellowship, while the unrighteous face judgment and the second death. The resurrection body is understood as a real, physical body that is also transformed and glorified, fitted for existence in the renewed creation where God will dwell with his people.

Personal identity is preserved through death and into eternity. The Christian who dies in faith is not annihilated or absorbed into an impersonal divine reality. Rather, believers maintain their identity, relationships, and consciousness as they journey into the presence of Christ and ultimately into the hope of bodily resurrection. This affirmation grounds the Christian confidence that death is not the end but a transition into deeper communion with God.