The EFCA Statement of Faith affirms that 'Adam's sin has extended to all mankind; all are sinners by nature and by choice, therefore under condemnation, yet God in His great mercy has not left us without hope.' This is a clear affirmation of original sin: the Fall of Adam resulted in a universal condition of human sinfulness — both a corrupted nature and genuine moral guilt — that affects every human being.

The EFCA's formulation ('sinners by nature and by choice') acknowledges both the involuntary condition of sinful nature inherited from Adam and the personal moral responsibility of individual sinners who choose to act on that sinful nature. This double affirmation is careful: it avoids both Pelagianism (denying the inherited nature) and a determinism that would eliminate personal responsibility.

The universality of sin makes universal the need for the gospel — every human being, without exception, needs the saving grace of Jesus Christ. This conviction drives the EFCA's church planting and evangelistic mission. The statement's affirmation that 'God in His great mercy has not left us without hope' immediately frames original sin within the framework of redemptive grace.