Covenant United Reformed Church - Kalamazoo, Michigan

<body stylesrc="../ourblfs.html" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">  <h4><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><em><strong>Home <img src="../images/Blue_Right_Arrow_on_White_10_pt.gif" alt="Blue Right Arrow on White 10 pt.gif (847 bytes)" width="13" height="14"> Our Beliefs</strong></em></font></h4> <h1><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><strong>Our Beliefs</strong></font></h1> <h2><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><strong>Our Creeds and Confessions</strong></font></h2> <p>O<span class="small-caps-primary">ur beliefs are stated at length in the </span>E<span class="small-caps-primary">cumenical </span>C<span class="small-caps-primary">reeds,</span> which are professed by all churches worthy the name Christian; and in the Reformed Confessions, which set forth and distinguish our beliefs from other churches (Baptist and Lutheran, for example).</p> <p style="margin-left: 25px">Ecumenical Creeds:</p> <p style="margin-left: 50px"><a href="http://reformed.org/documents/apostles_creed.html" target="_top">Apostles' Creed</a><br> <a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/nicene.html" target="_top">Nicene Creed</a><br> <a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/athanasian.html" target="_top">Athanasian Creed</a></p> <p style="margin-left: 25px">Reformed Confessions:</p> <p style="margin-left: 50px"><a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/BelgicConfession.html" target="_top">Belgic Confession</a><br> <a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/heidelberg.html" target="_top">Heidelberg Catechism</a><br> <a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/canons_of_dordt.html" target="_top">Canons of Dort</a></p> <h2><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><strong>Other Reformed Creeds and Confessions</strong></font></h2> <p>Other Reformed churches throughout the world give official assent to other Reformed creeds and confessions.  While we do not officially hold to these other creeds and confessions, we have great respect for them and we agree with most, if not all, of their teachings.</p> <p style="margin-left: 25px"><a href="http://www.creeds.net/reformed/helvetic.htm" target="_top">Second Helvetic Confession</a><br>      <font color="#FF0000"><em> NEW!</em></font> - <a href="http://www.christianobserver.org/helvetic.htm" target="_top">Commentary by Dr. Chuck Baynard on the Second Helvetic Confession</a><br> <a href="http://www.idontkno.ab.ca/books/newslett/actualnls/ScotConf.htm" target="_top">Scottish (or Scots') Confession</a><br> <a href="http://members.aol.com/RSICHURCH/faith.html" target="_top">Westminster Confession of Faith</a><br>      <a href="http://members.aol.com/RSICHURCH/west1.html" target="_top">William Symington on the writing of the Westminster Confession</a><br> <a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/larger1.html" target="_top">Westminster Larger Catechism</a><br>      <a href="http://www.christianobserver.org/wcf.htm" target="_top">Commentary by Dr. Chuck Baynard on the Westminster Larger Catechism</a><br> <a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/westminster_shorter_catechism.html" target="_top">Westminster Shorter Catechism</a><br> <a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/sum/sum.html" target="_top">Sum of Saving Knowledge</a>, from the Westminster Confession of Faith</p> <h2><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><strong>An Introduction to Covenant URC</strong></font></h2> <p>The Covenant URC Council developed this <a href="../beliefs/intro.html">statement</a> and approved it for public distribution in September 1998.  It is a summary of what we as a congregation teach.</p> <h2><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><strong>Essays Explaining the Reformed Faith</strong></font></h2> <p class="pre-indent">We believe that the essay <a target="_top" href="http://www.chalcedon.edu/articles/article_as_16.html">"A Survey of the Reformed Faith" by Rev. Andrew Sandlin</a> is an excellent explanation of what the Reformed faith is.  We do, however, wish to point out that not every Reformed believer would agree with every statement made in the "Society" section near the end of this essay.  For example, while many Reformed believers anticipate "a future period of an overwhelming number of conversions" to Christianity, this view is not held by every Reformed believer.  Despite our misgivings about some of the statements made in the "Society" section, we nevertheless believe that this essay is an outstanding explanation of the Reformed faith and we highly recommend this essay to everyone who wants to learn more about the Reformed faith.</p> <p class="indent">Another excellent explanation of the Reformed faith is a <a href="http://www.kuyper.org/stone/preface.html" target="_top">series of lectures</a> delivered by Dr. Abraham Kuyper at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1898 under the auspices of the L. P. Stone Foundation.</p> <h2><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><strong> Covenant URC Official Position Statements</strong></font></h2> <ul> <li> <a href="../beliefs/ps-homosexuality.html">Official Position Statement on Homosexuality</a></li> <li> <a href="../beliefs/ps-racerelations.html">Official Position Statement on Race Relations</a></li> </ul> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><a href="../informat.html">Information</a>  <a href="../whatsnew.html">What's New</a>  <a href="../ourblfs.html">Our Beliefs</a>  <a href="../sermons.html">Sermons</a>  <a href="../literatr.html">Literature</a>  <a href="../urchrchs.html">U.R. 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