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Our Beliefs

Foundations

Our faith and beliefs are rooted deeply in the Scriptures. We believe that God has spoken and still speaks through the pages of the Old and New Testament.  As such, we believe that the Scriptures are both authoritative and sufficient as God’s Word.

Our beliefs take on more character and color as the Scriptures have been interpreted throughout the ages through the Creeds, Catechisms and Confessions of our faith. The Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creed, Scots Confession, Heidelberg Catechism, Second Helvetic Confession, Westminster Confession, Westminster Shorter and Larger Catechisms, Theological Declaration of Barmen, Confession of 1967, and A Brief Statement of Faith embody our Reformed understanding of the faith. We believe that these historical documents still speak and shape our theology today.

Essential Tenets                   (BOO F-2.03 – F-2.05)

As Reformed Presbyterians, we recognize that certain teachings help define and form us.  Some of these include:

  • SCRIPTURE ALONE as the final authority for salvation and the life of faith.
  • GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY.
  • The INCARNATION of the eternal work of God in JESUS CHRIST and his LORDSHIP.
  • The SIN of idolatry.
  • JUSTIFICATION (Grace alone, Faith alone).
  • God’s ELECTION for salvation and service.
  • HOLY SPIRIT’S power to create and sustain.
  • The mystery of the TRINITY.
  • A faithful STEWARDSHIP of God’s creation.
  • The fellowship of the Church.
  • Seeking justice and living in OBEDIENCE to the Word of God.

The Sacraments

The sacraments are a physical sign and seal of God’s grace to us.  They, Baptism and Communion, are ways that we can experience the grace of God here on earth.  And Jesus invites us to participate together in these two sacraments.

  • BAPTISM symbolizes our entrance into the covenant community.  In baptism we remember God reaches out to us long before we can reach back out to God and adopts us into the family of God.  Therefore, we baptize infants and adults alike as we are all cleansed and reborn in Christ.
  • In COMMUNION we remember the sacrifice that Jesus paid for us, but we also celebrate his resurrection and the life.  We believe that Communion if a blessed foretaste of the Heavenly Banquet that we will enjoy forever together.

We believe that the power and the focus of these sacraments are not found in the elements themselves, or in the heart of the individual believer that partakes of these Sacrament, but the power and focus of the Sacraments is on God’s Grace… which is experienced within the context of God’s Covenant Community which is the Church

Even more of what we believe…

To learn more about what we believe about becoming a Christian, click here.