What We Believe

SCRIPTURE

The scriptures are wholly sufficient and we read them in community with the church through the ages. At the heart of our view of the Bible is the belief that God has spoken. And not only that he has spoken but he has spoken to all humanity in his law and his gospel. Law and gospel both are contained in the Old and New Testaments (Rom. 15:4, 1 Cor. 15:3-4). We confess that Jesus is God’s word (Heb. 1:1-3) revealing God’s gracious purpose for his people. We believe the Bible is God’s word addressed to you and to all in the world (Matt. 28:18-20). We look to the scriptures, God’s word, as the only rule for faith and practice.

ECUMENICAL CREEDS

We cherish and voluntarily submit to the ancient creeds and confessions of the church as faithful summaries of God’s word. Our minister is sworn to uphold these confessions and all our members agree to them as a faithful summary of scripture in their membership vows. These ecumenical creeds are a faithful statement of the catholic faith confessed by all Christians everywhere. They especially describe the nature and acts of the triune God, whose name we take in our baptism, and the glorious mystery of the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

• Apostles’ Creed

• Nicene Creed

• Athanasian Creed

REFORMED CONFESSIONS

We are a protestant church in the Dutch Reformed tradition and therefore confess the “Three Forms of Unity.” These three confessional documents from the Reformation era serve both as a standard for what we believe, a norm to be upheld by office bearers, and as a tool for the instruction of adults and youth. As a confessionally Reformed church plant, these confessions are embraced by all our leadership and we look to them as a source of comfort, guidance, and strength.

• Belgic Confession

• Heidelberg Catechism

• Canons of Dort