Predestination

IFCA International embraces a nuanced view of predestination that reflects the theological diversity within the fellowship. All IFCA members affirm the doctrine of eternal security: once saved, always saved. This conviction is foundational to IFCA soteriology and reflects confidence in God's preserving grace. However, the IFCA does not impose a single doctrine of election and predestination on all members.

Some IFCA churches and theologians hold Calvinist views — affirming unconditional election, limited atonement, and divine sovereignty in salvation. Others hold Arminian or Molinistic views, affirming human free will and conditional election based on foreseen faith. This diversity reflects the historical reality of fundamentalism as a broad coalition united on core doctrines (verbal inerrancy, virgin birth, penal substitution, bodily resurrection, literal second coming) but allowing variance on secondary matters including predestination.

IFCA theology is shaped by premillennial dispensationalism, which views human history as divided into distinct dispensations and emphasizes God's separate purposes for the church and for Israel. This framework influences IFCA understanding of election and predestination, though not uniformly. The IFCA maintains that genuine believers are eternally secure and that God's purposes in redemption are certain, while allowing good-faith disagreement on the precise mechanism of predestination and election.