BELIEFS
We, as a member of the PC(USA), identify with the affirmations of the Protestant Reformation:
We express the faith of the Reformed tradition 1, central to which is the:
Further, we profess the Confessions 2 of the PC(USA), from The Nicene Creed and The Apostles' Creed through A Brief Statement of Faith.
It further is one of our principles, as a member of the PC(USA), that the great ends of the church are the:
We strive to attain these ends and perform these imperatives. We do this through the body at large and through our various committees, to whom are assigned these respective functions.
We invite you to review the various pages describing our Ministries, to ascertain our efforts to attain these ends.
1 For further discussion, in addition to Presbyterian 101 - A General Guide and Presbyterian 101 - Theology, and other topics of interest, we take the liberty to also refer you to What Presbyterians Believe.
2 The inclusive set of the
Confessions — the Book of
Confessions being Part I of the Constitution of the PC(USA) — are available in PDF
format, both in
English and in Spanish, by use of the respective aforesaid
link.
Part II of the Constitution is the Book of Order and is
also available in PDF
format, both in
English and in Spanish, by use of the respective aforesaid
link.
An additional resource for understanding and using the Constitution is
the Companion to the Constitution
and likewise is available in PDF format by use of the aforesaid link.