The CRPC Constitution
In
submission to Scripture, we confess the purpose of our church is to glorify God
through reverent worship, proclaiming Christ to sinners, and building up our
members through preaching the whole counsel of God and observing Christ’s
sacraments. Towards these ends, we establish the following constitution:
CRPC
Constitution (PDF)
Statement of Faith
Our
various creeds and confessions express an important part of who we are as a
church. We confess and believe together with our fathers in the faith and our
brothers throughout the world. We are baptized into their company as members of
the same Body, the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with them we eat of a
common loaf and drink from a common cup. Their creed is our creed, even as their
life is our life—one Lord, one faith, and one baptism. The elders of Covenant
Reformed Presbyterian Church therefore subscribe to these creeds and
confessions, holding them to be a faithful witness to what the Scriptures teach,
and as a means of identifying with the broader Church:
The
Apostle's Creed
The Nicene Creed
The Definition of Chalcedon
The Westminster Confession of Faith
(1646)
More on the beliefs of
our congregation can be found
here.
Memorials (Position
Statements)
Memorials state
the position of both Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church and our parent
denomination, the
Confederation of Reformed Evangelicals (CREC), on issues for which a
confessional statement has not yet been made. Memorials are contained in the
Book of Memorials and are incorporated by reference into the above Constitution.
CRPC
Memorials (PDF)
Vows
On certain
special occasions--the ordination of officers, the Baptism of covenant children,
as well as the joining and receiving of new members--we make solemn promises
before the LORD, asking him that he might bear witness to and enforce our oaths.
CRPC
Vows (PDF)
Last update: 9 March 2009
