Our Beliefs Our BeliefsOur beliefs are stated at length in the Ecumenical Creeds, 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).
Ecumenical Creeds:
Apostles' Creed
Nicene Creed
Athanasian
Creed
Reformed Confessions:
Belgic
Confession
Heidelberg Catechism
Canons of Dort
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.
Second Helvetic Confession
NEW! - Commentary
by Dr. Chuck Baynard on the Second Helvetic Confession
Scottish
(or Scots') Confession
Westminster Confession
of Faith
William Symington on the writing of the Westminster Confession
Westminster Larger
Catechism
Commentary
by Dr. Chuck Baynard on the Westminster Larger Catechism
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Sum of Saving
Knowledge, from the Westminster Confession of Faith
The Covenant URC Council developed this statement and approved it for public distribution in September 1998. It is a summary of what we as a congregation teach.
We believe that the essay "A Survey of the Reformed Faith" by Rev. Andrew Sandlin 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.
Another excellent explanation of the Reformed faith is a series of lectures delivered by Dr. Abraham Kuyper at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1898 under the auspices of the L. P. Stone Foundation.
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