Our beliefs.

 

God’s Word

Our beliefs all stem from a full commitment to the authority of the Bible as the inerrant, infallible Word of God. Thus, you will typically hear expository preaching through the full biblical text.

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,”

- 2 Timothy 3:16

 

Christ our Savior

We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the crucified and risen Lord. He was both fully God and fully man, who lived a perfect life, and died on the cross as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.

And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 

But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 

- Hebrews 10:10,12

 

The Trinity

We believe in the Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. All three are at the same time distinct, yet also one. While this is difficult for our human minds to understand, it is truth and supported throughout scriptures.

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Westminster Confessions

The 1647 Westminster Confession of Faith is the most precise and theologically rich confession produced by the Christian Church. Though we take the whole Word of God alone as our only rule of faith, the Confessions further help provide a clear statement of what we understand the Word of God to teach.

RPCNA Testimony

As a part of the RPCNA, we adhere to The Constitution of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. This includes the following content:

  • The Westminster Confession of Faith

  • The Reformed Presbyterian Testimony

  • The Larger Catechism

  • The Shorter Catechism

  • Directory for Church Government

  • The Book of Discipline

  • The Directory of Public Worship

  • Vows

  • Suggested Forms

  • History of the Standards

  • The Covenant of 1871

Reformed Worship

The "Reformed" in our name refers to our adherence to the biblical principles set down by the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. Our spiritual fathers include Martin Luther, John Calvin, and John Knox. This also influences our view on how we should worship God. Thus, we believe in the Regulative Principle of Worship, or simply put, that worship should only include that which is directed by God through the Holy scriptures.

Exclusive Psalmody - We believe that during worship we are called to sing the Psalms, which are God’s infallible word, back to him in praise. This has been a practice from the Early Christian church and also back to ancient Israel. For further study see the Synod paper Psalms in Worship.

A Cappella (no instruments) - We believe that instruments were used in the Old Testament during ceremonial offering of sacrifices by the Levites (priests). The absence of instruments during our worship is a symbol that Christ has already completed his work as the ultimate and final sacrifice.

“And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.”

- 2 Chronicles 29:28

“Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.”

- Hebrews 13:15