It is Christ's life-giving cross--

     It's symbolism reveals the new birth of a child of God.  The supernatural resurrection of Jesus Christ following His death on the cross has made possible a new life and the transformation which follows new birth.

     "We believe that the change which takes place in the heart and life at conversion is a very real one; that the sinner is then born again in such a glorious and transforming manner that old things are passed away and all things are become new; insomuch that the things once abhorred are now held most sacred and dear; and that now having had imputed to him the righteousness of the Redeemer and having received of the Spirit of Christ, new desires, new aspirations, new interests, and a new perspective of life, time and eternity, fill the bloodwashed heart so that his desire is to now openly confess and serve the Master; seeking ever those things which are above." 3

     It is true that some persons who bear the cross do not understand the meaning of it nor do they realize its importance.  But the Foursquare Church does accept the cross with a Scriptural knowledge of its employment in God's plan of redemption.

     The cross today stands as a symbol of the denomination's first cardinal doctrine: 

   2, 3 -  Foursquare Declaration of Faith