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Recognizing the unity
of the Church
of Christ in all the world, and
extending to all true believers the hand of Christian fellowship, we
confess with them our faith in the great fundamental truths in which
all Christians should agree.
We accept the Scriptures as the Word of God, composed by
holy men of old, as they were moved by the Holy Spirit, and believe
them to be the only infallible rule of religious faith and practice.
We confess our faith in God the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit, the only living and true God, the Creator and Preserver of
all; in the Father, the sovereign and righteous Disposer of all events;
in Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word, who is exalted to be our Redeemer
and King; in the Holy Spirit, who is present in the church to renew and
sanctify the soul.
We confess the common sinfullness and ruin of our race and
that it is only through the life and expiatory death of Christ that any
are justified before God, receive remission of sins, and through the
regenerating and sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit are delivered from
the power of sin, and ultimately perfected in holiness.
We believe in the institution of the local and visible
church, in the ministry of the word, in the sacraments of baptism and
the Lord's Supper, in the resurrection of the dead, and in a general
judgement, and that the wicked shall go into everlasting punishment,
and the righteous into eternal life. |