Biblical Inerrancy

The UPCI affirms that the Bible is the inspired Word of God and fully authoritative in all matters of faith and practice. The UPCI's convictions about God's oneness, the Acts 2:38 plan, and holiness standards are all grounded in the claim that Scripture, properly understood, teaches exactly what the UPCI teaches. The inerrancy of Scripture is thus a foundational commitment: if Scripture errs, the distinctive UPCI exegetical claims lose their grounding.

The UPCI approaches Scripture with a strong conviction that the New Testament church practiced exactly what the UPCI teaches — and that the historical record of Acts demonstrates this. The inerrancy of Acts in particular is important for the UPCI's argument that every conversion in the New Testament included water baptism in Jesus' name and Spirit baptism with tongues.

While the UPCI does not formally engage the technical inerrancy debate in the manner of, say, the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, its functional commitment to the full trustworthiness and accuracy of Scripture is equivalent to inerrancy. All doctrinal claims are tested by and grounded in the scriptural text, and no teaching is accepted that contradicts the plain sense of Scripture as the UPCI understands it.