Our Belief Statement
The Church is the Body of Christ; conceptions of the nature and essence of the Church have varied throughout Christian history as man has sought to respond to the presence of the risen Lord in the congregation.
Guidance to the conceptual expression of the Church Universal within this Fellowship is found in "Our Distinctive".
Creedal Expressions
We subscribe to the spirit and content of the following ancient creedal expressions as representing the faith of the Church Universal:
As inherent parts of this sacred deposit, and therefore as essential to the restoration of unity among the divided branches of Christendom, we account the following, to wit:
Guidance to the conceptual expression of the Church Universal within this Fellowship is found in "Our Distinctive".
Creedal Expressions
We subscribe to the spirit and content of the following ancient creedal expressions as representing the faith of the Church Universal:
- The Apostle's Creed
- The Nicene Creed
As inherent parts of this sacred deposit, and therefore as essential to the restoration of unity among the divided branches of Christendom, we account the following, to wit:
- The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the revealed Word of God... "containing all things necessary to salvation," and as being the rule and ultimate standard of faith.
- The Apostles' Creed, as the Baptismal Symbol;
- The Nicene Creed, as the sufficient statement of the Christian faith.