Our Principles
We believe that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God and thus it is the supreme Rule of faith and conduct.
Based on this truth, our worldview can be described essentially as follows:
Government under the Biblical model exists to protect persons from harm. Government does not have an inherent sovereignty over its citizens. It can do nothing which would overreach God's moral boundaries which apply to everyone.
Science is the way we learn about the world. It is not a method for discovering origins, but a tool which enables us to serve God with knowledge and efficiency.
Work is good and necessary. The free enterprise system is the normal system which has existed throughout civilization, and is the way which God intended commerce to be.
Education of children should be accomplished by parents, either directly or indirectly. The State has no place in determining the societal future of any person.
Religion is not something to be stacked up and stored in the church building, but something to be integrated into every facet of our lives. Our "rely"gion in God must continue everywhere.
Additionally, the founders of the YCLA have agreed to a basic series of doctrines which they have in common.
1. God’s Words are pure and have been preserved through history.
2. The Members of the Trinity are distinct but act totally harmoniously.
3. Creation was by direct act of God.
4. Man is equal in humanity, responsibility, and rights.
5. Authorities are to be respected, and must be obeyed when their commands do not violate Scripture.
6. Individuals are naturally free to make decisions over matters of conscience.
7. Death and suffering came by sin.
8. Man must have faith in Christ and His atonement to be saved from sin.
9. Heaven and Hell are literal.
10. Christ will bodily return to Earth.
