St. Martha's

Human Nature

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: What are we by nature?

A: We are part of God's creation, made in the image of God.

Q: What does it mean to be created in the image of God?

A: It means that we are free to make choices: to love, to create, to reason, and to live in harmony with creation and with God.

Q: Why then do we live apart from God and out of harmony with creation?

A: From the beginning, human beings have misused their freedom and made wrong choices.

Q: Why do we not use our freedom as we should?

A: Because we rebel against God, and we put ourselves in the place of God.

Q: What help is there for us?

A: Our help is in God.

Q: How did God first help us?

A: God first helped us by revealing himself and his will, through nature and history, through many seers and saints, and especially the prophets of Israel.

An Outline of Faith

Click on a link below to read more FAQs about our faith.

• - Human Nature
• - God the Father
• - The Old Covenant
• - The Ten Commandments
• - Sin and Redemption
• - God the Son

• - The New Covenant
• - The Creeds
• - The Holy Spirit
• - The Holy Scriptures
• - The Church
• - The Ministry

• - Prayer and Worship
• - The Sacraments
• - Holy Baptism
• - The Holy Eucharist
• - Other Sacramental Rites
• - The Christian Hope

Millennium Development Goals

The MDGs represent a global partnership that has grown from the commitments and targets established at the world summits of the 1990s. Responding to the world's main development challenges and to the calls of civil society, the MDGs promote poverty reduction, education, maternal health, gender equality, and aim at combating child mortality, AIDS and other diseases.