What is a statement of faith?
A statement of faith should describe your Christian faith and how it is relevant to your involvement with IJM. The statement can either be incorporated into your cover letter or submitted as a separate document. It should include, at a minimum, a description of your spiritual disciplines (prayer, study, etc.) and your current fellowship or place of worship.
A statement of faith is a document that applicants to a religiously-affiliated school may be asked to sign. Statements of faith differ in degree from school to school; some merely require that professors not actively oppose the teachings of the school, while others also mandate how professors may and may not behave both in and out of the classroom, including agreeing not to drink or engage in certain kinds of relationships or activities. Such statements are most common at highly conservative Christian institutions.
