Theology: What We Believe

We’re Christian

The Holy Scriptures

With the church in all times and in all places, what we believe finds its source in God's revelation of himself to humanity: the inspired, infallible, and inerrant Old and New Testaments—the Holy Scriptures.

Ancient Creeds

As a Christian church rooted in history, we identify with the “orthodox” (meaning, “right teaching”) and “catholic” (meaning, “universal”) creeds the ancient churches confessed—the Apostles’, Nicene, Chalcedonian, and Athanasian Creeds. These creeds confess the mystery of the one true God who exists eternally as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and who in time creates, redeems, and sanctifies. They also confess the mystery that the Person of the eternal Son assumed to himself a true human nature and so exists as one Person yet in two natures with two wills as our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

• These creeds summarize Scripture’s teaching about God and salvation.

• They unite us with Christians across time and place.

• They guard the church from error so the gospel remains clear.

We’re Protestant

As churches rooted in the Protestant Reformation, we confess the truths of Scripture and the ancient churches against the abuses of the medieval Roman Catholic Church.

• Scripture alone is our final authority.

• Jesus Christ is the supreme and only head of the church.

In particular, we confess the biblical gospel or “good news”:

• The Triune God saves sinners through the person and work of Jesus Christ and ministry of the Holy Spirit.

• The Father sent his Son, the Son accomplished our redemption, and the Holy Spirit applies that redemption to us to bring us back into eternal fellowship with our Creator.

• Christ’s righteousness alone justifies or declares us righteousness in the eight of God.

• Sinners are saved from eternal wrath by God’s grace alone, received through faith alone, resting in Jesus Christ alone.

We’re Reformed

As Reformed churches, we wholeheartedly confess the “Three Forms of Unity”—the Belgic Confession, Heidelberg Catechism, and Canons of Dort. Their truths were shared by all the Reformed churches of the 16th-17th centuries and are are echoed in other confessional documents we esteem such as The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, Second Helvetic Confession, Westminster Confession, and Westminster Shorter and Larger Catechisms.

You’ll hear these convictions in our Scripture-shaped worship, clear preaching, and reverent prayer each Lord’s Day.

We invite you to learn more:

• What is Reformed Theology? Its Roots, Core Beliefs & Key Leaders

• 25 Reformed Theology Books Everyone Should Know

We’re Confessing

While we stand upon the shoulders of our theological forebears, we continue to be confessing churches that proclaim the truths of the Word, using creeds and confessions in our contemporary context. The leadership of our church has also adopted the following statements on various issues of importance.

These are not our weekly pulpit themes; they are resources we’ve adopted to help us shepherd faithfully with biblical clarity and confessionally fidelity when questions arise.

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