We are Christian
We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inerrant Word Of God. They are our only rule in faith and practice. In the Bible, the Triune God reveals himself and his salvation. With the church throughout the ages, we confess:
We believe in God:
The Father Almighty, the Creator of Heaven and Earth;
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: who was conceived of the Holy Spirit,
Born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into Hell.
On the third day He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into Heaven and now sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
We believe in the Holy Spirit; the one holy church—both visible and invisible;
The communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins;
The resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.
Amen.
We are grateful heirs of the early Church, and we subscribe to their explanations of the Triune God and the incarnate Christ.
Creeds
Nicene Creed
The Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not created, being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And we believe one holy, universal, and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Athanasian Creed
Whoever wants to be saved should above all cling to the universal faith. Whoever does not keep it whole and undefiled will doubtlessly perish eternally.
Now this is the universal faith: We worship One God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, another of the Holy Spirit. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit is One, equal in Glory, coeternal in Majesty. What the Father is, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is; the Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated; the Father infinite, the Son infinite, and the Holy Spirit infinite; the Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal. And yet there are not three eternals but one eternal, as also not three infinites, nor three uncreated, but one uncreated, and one infinite. So, likewise, the Father is almighty, the Son is almighty, and the Holy Spirit is almighty; and yet there are not three almighties but one almighty. So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God; and yet there are not three gods but one God. So the Father is Lord, the Son is Lord, and the Holy Spirit is Lord; and yet there are not three lords but one Lord. For just as we are compelled by Christian truth to acknowledge every Person by Himself to be both God and Lord; so are we forbidden by the universal religion to say, there are three gods or three lords. The Father is made of none, neither created nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone, not made nor created but begotten. The Holy Spirit is of the Father and the Son, not made nor created nor begotten but proceeding. So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; and one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits. And in this Trinity no one is before or after, greater or less, but all three Persons are coeternal together and coequal. So that in all things, as is aforesaid, the Trinity in Unity and the Unity in Trinity is to be worshipped. He therefore who wants to be saved should think thus of the Trinity.
But it is necessary to eternal salvation that he also believe faithfully that our Lord Jesus Christ became flesh. The right faith therefore is that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man. He is God of the substance of the Father begotten before the worlds, and He is man of the substance of His mother born in the world; perfect God, perfect man subsisting of a reasoning soul and human flesh; equal to the Father as touching His Godhead, inferior to the Father as touching His Manhood. Who although He be God and Man yet He is not two but one Christ; one however not by conversion of the Godhead in the flesh, but by taking of the Manhood in God; one altogether not by confusion of substance but by unity of Person. For as the reasoning soul and flesh is one man, so God and Man is one Christ. Who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, rose again from the dead, ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of the Father, from whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies and shall give account for their own works. And they that have done good shall go into life eternal, and they who indeed have done evil into eternal fire.
This is the universal faith, which except a man shall have believed faithfully and firmly he cannot be in a state of salvation.
Definition of Chalcedon
Therefore, following the holy fathers, we all with one accord teach men to acknowledge one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at once complete in Godhead and complete in manhood, truly God and truly man, consisting also of a reasonable soul and body; of one substance with the Father as regards his Godhead, and at the same time of one substance with us as regards his manhood; like us in all respects, apart from sin; as regards his Godhead, begotten of the Father before the ages, but yet as regards his manhood begotten, for us men and for our salvation, of Mary the Virgin, the God-bearer; one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten, recognized in two natures, without confusion, without change, without division, without separation; the distinction of natures being in no way annulled by the union, but rather the characteristics of each nature being preserved and coming together to form one person and subsistence, not as parted or separated into two persons, but one and the same Son and Only-begotten God the Word, Lord Jesus Christ; even as the prophets from earliest times spoke of him, and our Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us, and the creed of the fathers has handed down to us.
We are Reformed
Our faith is expressed by the principles of the Protestant Reformation, known as the Five Solas: Jesus Christ redeems His people by grace alone through faith alone, as taught in Scripture alone, to the glory of God alone (sola fide, solus Christus, sola gratia, sola Scriptura, soli Deo gloria).
We are Presbyterian
Our church is a member of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). The Bible remains our only rule of faith and practice; it is the ultimate authority because it is the word of God. We believe that the best summary of God’s word are the Westminster Confession and its catechisms. All of the pastors, elders, and deacons of our church have taken vows to uphold and to teach the doctrine of these subordinate standards.
Westminster Confession of Faith
Westminster Larger Catechism
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Our church is governed by our Book of Church Order. You can access a pdf here. There are very helpful videos explaining how our church works here.