Commitment to
the Holy Scriptures
We are united in submission to the inspired
and inerrant Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, which
are the only authoritative rule of faith and practice given
by Christ to His church. We are united in the belief that
the only infallible rule for the interpretation of Scripture
is Scripture itself.
Commitment to
the Authentic Gospel
We are united in our belief that God
justifies sinners at conversion by grace alone, through
faith alone apart from works, in Christ alone, and that this
faith itself is the gift of God; that believers’ sins are
imputed to Christ, and the perfect righteousness of Christ
is imputed to them; that believers are acceptable to God not
on account of the worthiness of their faith or any
righteousness of their own, but because only the
righteousness of Christ constitutes their righteousness
before God, both now and at the Last Judgment, and it cannot
be received or applied to them any other way than by
believing on Christ.
We are united in our belief that the
Covenant of Grace is the Gospel (Ephesians 1-2) and that
the sacraments are only symbols (that is, signs and
seals) of the Gospel.
We are united in our conviction that the
Gospel should be fervently proclaimed in preaching to
the end that souls may be saved, congregations
established, Christians built up in our most holy faith,
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