The Bible: God's Inerrant Written Word

At Covenant Reformed Presbyterian we are firstly committed to teaching the Bible--God's inerrant written Word, true in everything to which it speaks from cover to cover. This is why we place a high emphasis upon the reading and preaching of the Bible in worship on the Lord's Day as well as teaching it in our Family Integrated Sunday School class or at mid-week studies. The Bible is central to understanding who we are, how to be saved, and how to lead a godly life for it was given by God to His people over time for this very purpose. And God has spoken clearly in its pages. He has not muttered and mumbled. His Word is meant to be understood and obeyed.

Creeds & Confessions: Their Secondary Role

The Bible alone is the Word of God and the supreme authority in all matters of faith and practice, but this does not mean there are no other authorities, exercising a lesser, or secondary authority in the life of the church. Because we believe the Bible, we seek to summarize its teaching on various matters; and in so doing, whether one writes them down or not, these summaries become secondary standards--creeds and confessions--which are intended to summarize, not supersede, biblical teaching on a given subject. Everyone will have a creed of some sort, even the man who boasts he has "no creed but Christ." Well, which Christ is that? The Christ of the Mormons? The crucial question, therefore, is whether one's confession is an accurate summary of biblical teaching.

As a congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ, we acknowledge that God by His Spirit has been at work guiding and conforming the Church to His Word by means of written creeds and confessions. Much of the church's early history entailed struggles to defend and define biblical doctrines such as that of the Incarnation and the Trinity over against those who assaulted the biblical teaching of these doctrines. As part of the historical church, then, we subscribe to the ancient ecumenical standards such as the Apostle's, Nicene, and Athanasian creeds. As heirs of the 16th century Protestant, and more specifically 17th century English Reformation, we hold to the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), the latter of which defines our doctrinal standard, not our boundaries of fellowship.

You may read these here:  Apostle's Creed   Nicene Creed 

Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)

Where our elders have had occasion to disagree with some portion of the latter reformation era summary of doctrine, they have declared that publicly and to our Presbytery in writing. You may read about their exceptions here:

CRPC Exceptions to the WCF

From time to time, the Session of Covenant Reformed may also deem it prudent to speak to a particular issue or controversy affecting Bible-believing churches today. These "memorials" or position papers, having not stood the test of time or the scrutiny of the larger church, do not arise to the level of confessions and creeds, but are nevertheless may be timely and helpful to the saints, and express the collected understanding of those whom the LORD has appointed to shepherd this particular congregation. These memorial statements may be read here:

Statement on Justification, Faith & Works