The EFCA Statement of Faith (2008) affirms that those who do not respond to the gospel in faith will face 'the everlasting suffering of the unsaved.' This is a traditional evangelical affirmation of eternal conscious punishment — the unrighteous will face a real, unending, and terrible consequence for rejecting the saving grace offered in Christ.

The EFCA previously held an explicit premillennial position and a traditional hell doctrine, both of which were formalized in its earlier statements. The 2008 revision maintained the eternal punishment of the unsaved while removing the explicit premillennial requirement (see millennium topic). The commitment to the reality of eternal judgment remains non-negotiable and is connected to the urgency of evangelism in EFCA culture.

Conditionalism (annihilationism) has not been officially accepted within EFCA fellowship. The statement's language of 'everlasting suffering' reflects the traditional position. Individual EFCA theologians may engage with conditionalist arguments, but the official EFCA position is that the unsaved face unending conscious punishment in the final state.