Atonement How the death and resurrection of Christ reconcile people to God, and what exactly the cross achieved.
Authority Where Christians locate the final authority for doctrine: Scripture alone, or Scripture together with tradition and a teaching office of the church.
Christ How Jesus Christ is both God and human: whether he has one nature or two, and how his divinity and humanity are united in one person.
Church What the church is and how it is governed: who holds authority, how ministers are chosen, and how local congregations relate to the wider body.
Creation and Evolution How the Genesis creation accounts relate to modern science: the age of the earth, common descent, and whether God created through evolution.
Divine Foreknowledge Whether God knows the whole future, including the free choices people have not yet made, and what that means for God’s relationship to time and change.
God and Trinity Who God is: one God in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, sharing one divine nature while remaining distinct from each other.
Hell What happens to those who are finally separated from God: whether their punishment is everlasting, whether they cease to exist, or whether all will in the end be saved.
Last Things What Christians expect at the end of history: the return of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, the final judgement, and the meaning of the thousand-year reign in Revelation 20.
Liberation and Justice How the gospel relates to poverty, oppression and social justice, and whether salvation has a political and economic side as well as a personal one.
Sacraments The rites, above all the Eucharist and Baptism, through which churches hold that God’s grace is given or signified, and what actually happens in them.
Salvation How a person is reconciled to God: what grace does, what the human will contributes, and whether being saved means being declared righteous, made righteous, or united with God.
Scripture and Inerrancy In what sense the Bible is without error: whether its truthfulness covers every statement it makes, including history and science, or chiefly what it teaches about faith and life.
Sexuality and Marriage What marriage is, who may marry, and how churches should teach and practise on sexual ethics, especially same-sex relationships.
Spiritual Gifts Whether the miraculous gifts described in the New Testament, such as speaking in tongues, prophecy and healing, are still given to the church today.
Wealth and Blessing Whether God promises material wealth and physical health to believers who have faith, and how Christians should think about money and possessions.
Women in Ministry Whether women may be ordained or hold the highest teaching and leadership roles in the church, and how Scripture’s passages on men and women in church and home should be read.